What is the preferred transposition for new Wagner tuba works?

Was this simply indecision on his part or an uncertainty as to the employment and transposition of the new instruments? Wagner evidently preferred E-flat/B-flat notation while Richter preferred B-flat/F notation. read more

Historically speaking, there are two different Wagner tuben, F and Bb. They're the same keys as a single F horn and a single Bb horn. Composers who wrote for them would write parts for the strongest range of each tuba, hence the high (1/3) parts in Bb and the low (2/4) parts in F. read more

Composers of works involving the Wagner Tuba since Richard Wagner’s time have all experienced a dilemma with the instrument’s notation. For today’s orchestral performances, most Wagner Tuba parts have been totally transcribed and retain the standard F Horn transposition throughout. In this way, the uncertainty is avoided by horn players. read more