Richard Wagner had a special relationship with the brass family of instruments, which is also reflected in his composition style for horn and Wagner tuba. The development of the horn as an orchestral instrument had achieved admirable results by Wagner's time. The introduction of the valve horn allowed Romantic composers to compose more flexibly for this instrument. Both the horn and the Wagner tuba are two of the main carriers of themes or accompanying motifs in Wagner's greatest operatic creation, The Ring of the Nibelung.
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