Meanings
nounWagner tuba (plural Wagner tubas)
plural Wagner tubas
- entertainmentA brass instrument that combines tonal elements of the French horn and the trombone.
Origin
The instrument was originally created for Richard Wagner's operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.
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