[Dixielandjazz] More than one Euphonium

[Jerry Gordon]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 05:24:19 +0000 "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
writes:
> Listmates,
> 
> Ron asks regarding the Cell Block 7 use of double bell euphoniums:
> 
> >I'm curious about the double bell Euphonium trio.  Is that the 
> Euphonium
> >plus one other horn, one and a half Euphonia or three of the 
> beasties?
> 
> Right off I notice we are using different plurals for the word 
> "euphonium." 
> Anybody wanna weigh in on this important question?


I believe "euphonium" is of Greek derivation, and not Latin, hence I
suspect  that "Euphonia" is (are?) wrong. But what do I know? I'm just
another washboard player, and an amateur (one who plays for the enjoyment
and not the money) at that.

Jerry Gordon, Troy, NY - Web master for
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