Wagner tuba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brass instrument that combines tonal elements of the French horn and the trombone.

Word forms

Wagner tuba Wagner tubas

Etymology

The instrument was originally created for Richard Wagner's operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.

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