Euphonium main tuning slide trigger, which allows players more flexibility with intonation. The euphonium, like the tenor trombone, is pitched in concert B. For a valved brass instrument like the euphonium, this means that when no valves are in use the instrument will produce partials of the B harmonic series. It is generally orchestrated as a non-transposing instrument like the trombone, written at concert pitch in the bass clef with higher passages in the tenor clef. Treble clef euphonium parts transposing down a major ninth are included in much concert band music: in the British-style brass band tradition, euphonium music is
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings the London Symphony Orchestra accompanied. The words or lyrics to each movement are: The day’s grown old; the fainting sun<br> The splendour falls on castle walls<br> O Rose, thou art sick!<br> This ae nighte, this ae nighte,<br> Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,<br> O soft embalmer of the still midnight,<br> Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings The Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, is a song cycle written in 1943 by English composer Benjamin Britten for tenor accompanied by a solo horn and a small string orchestra. Composed during World War II at the request of the horn