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Of Wagner, Tubas and Gyorgy Kurtag
Synopsis It’s said that nature abhors a vacuum — and so, apparently, did Richard Wagner, who devised a brass instrument to bridge a gap he perceived between the horns and the trombones in the orchestra of his day. And so...
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Of Wagner, Tubas and Gyorgy Kurtag is an episode from Composers Datebook by American Public Media. Synopsis It’s said that nature abhors a vacuum — and so, apparently, did Richard Wagner, who devised a brass instrument to bridge a gap he pe...
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Published Aug 13, 2026, 00:02:00 long, audio available.
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