Tuba after American bandmaster John Philip Sousa, resembles a hélicon with the bell pointed up (in the original models as the J. W. Pepper prototype and Sousa's concert instruments) and then curved to point forward (as developed by Conn and others). Some ancestors of the tuba, such as the military "bombardon", had unusual valve and bore arrangements compared to modern tubas. During the American Civil War, most brass bands used a branch of the brass family known as "saxhorns", which, by today's standards, have a narrower bore taper than tuba—the same as true cornets and baritones, but distinct from trumpets, euphoniums,
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