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{{Infobox instrument
| name = Euphonium
| image = BC Euphonium ed1.jpg
| caption = Compensating 4-valve euphonium by Besson
| background = brass
| classification = {{hlist
  | [[Aerophone]]
  | [[Wind instrument|Wind]]
  | [[Brass instrument|Brass]]
  | [[Bugle]]
}}
| hornbostel_sachs = 423.231.2
| hornbostel_sachs_desc = Valved [[bugle]] with wide [[conical bore]]
| developed = 1840s from the [[ophicleide]]
| range = <div style="text-align: center; background-color: white;">
  <score lang="lilypond">
    {
      \new Staff \with { \omit Score.TimeSignature }
      \clef treble \key c \major
      \cadenzaOn \omit Stem
      s4 ^ \markup "in B♭"
      \arpeggioBracket <cis d'''>1 \arpeggio
      \once \hide r1
      \clef bass
      \arpeggioBracket <b,, c''>1 \arpeggio
      ^ \markup "sounds"
      e,,4 \finger \markup \text "pedal" \glissando bes,,4 s
    }
  </score></div>The euphonium is notated in bass clef at [[concert pitch]], or as a [[transposing instrument]] in treble clef sounding a [[major ninth]] lower{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=484|loc=Appendix 2: The Ranges of Labrosones}} (see [[#Range|§ Range]])
| musicians =
| sound sample = {{listen|embed=yes |filename=The Bride of the Waves - U.S. Coast Guard Band.ogg |title=Herbert L. Clarke: ''The Bride of the Waves'' |description=[[United States Coast Guard Band|US Coast Guard Band]], euphonium: David Werden }}
| builders = [[List of euphonium, baritone horn and tenor horn manufacturers]]
| related = {{hlist
  | [[Tuba]]
  | [[Baritone horn]]
  | [[Tenor horn]]
  | [[Saxhorn]]
  | [[Ophicleide]]
  | [[Mellophone]]
  | [[Flugelhorn]]
  }}
}}

The '''euphonium''' ({{IPAc-en|lang|j|u|ˈ|f|oʊ|n|iː|ə|m}} {{respell|yoo|FOH|nee|əm}}; {{langx|it|eufonio}}; {{langx|es|bombardino}}) is a [[tenor]]- and [[baritone]]-voiced [[brass instrument valve|valved]] [[brass instrument]] pitched in [[Eight foot pitch|9-foot (9{{prime}})]] B♭ an octave below the B♭ [[trumpet]] or [[cornet]], employed chiefly in [[British brass band|brass]], [[military band|military]], and [[concert band]]s. The euphonium is a member of the large family of valved bugles, along with the [[tuba]] and [[flugelhorn]], characterised by a wide [[conical bore]]. Most instruments have four valves, usually [[Tuning compensation|compensating]] [[piston valve]]s, although instruments with four or five [[rotary valve]]s are common in Eastern and Central Europe.

[[Euphonium repertoire]] can be notated in [[concert pitch]] in the [[bass clef]], or in the [[treble clef]] as a [[transposing instrument]] in B{{music|flat}}. In British brass bands, it is typically treated as a treble-clef instrument, while in American band music, parts may be written in either treble clef or bass clef, or both. A musician who plays the euphonium is known as a ''euphoniumist'', a ''euphonist'', or simply a ''euphonium player''.

== Name ==

The euphonium derives its name from the [[Ancient Greek]] word {{lang|grc|εὔφωνος}} (''euphōnos''), meaning "pleasant-sounding" or "sweet-voiced".<ref name="Euphonium">{{cite dictionary|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/euphonium|title=Euphonium|dictionary=Merriam-Webster|access-date=2012-05-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131090408/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/euphonium|archive-date=31 January 2013}}</ref>{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=162|loc="Euphonium"}}

The euphonium has many relatives in the large and diverse family of valved bugles to which it belongs. The ''[[baritone horn]]'' found in [[British brass bands]], although similar, has a narrower [[conical bore]], smaller bell, and often lacks a fourth valve.<ref name="Grove"/> The ''American baritone'' with three front-mounted piston valves, a narrower conical bore, and a curved forward-pointing bell, was dominant in American school [[marching band]]s throughout most of the 20th century. This instrument, along with the euphonium and similar-looking [[cylindrical bore]] instruments like the ''[[trombonium]]'', were almost universally lumped together and labelled ''baritone'' by both band directors and composers.{{sfn|Bevan|2000|p=222}} Band scores and manufacturers have sometimes treated them as the same instrument, or used the word ''baritone'' to refer to the euphonium, thus contributing to a confusion of terminology in the United States.{{sfn|Bevan|2000|pp=266-268}}

Ferdinand Sommer's ''Sommerophone'' was patented in Berlin in 1844 as the ''Euphonion'', and adopted in Britain as the ''euphonium'' after Sommer toured it in the 1850s.<ref name="Grove">{{Cite Grove |last=Bevan |first=Clifford |author-link=Clifford Bevan |title=Euphonium |id=09077}}</ref> The euphonium is sometimes called the ''tenor tuba'' particularly by British composers, although this term can also refer to other [[Tuba#Types and construction|types of tuba]]. Names in scores in other languages include the French ''basse'', ''saxhorn basse'', and ''tuba basse''; German ''Baryton'', ''Tenorbass'', and ''Tenorbasshorn''; Italian ''baritono'', ''bombardino'', ''eufonio'', and ''flicorno basso''.<ref name="Grove"/> In Italy, {{lang|it|flicorno tenore}} refers to the narrower bore baritone, while {{lang|it|flicorno baritono}} and {{lang|it|flicorno basso}} refer to the euphonium with three or four valves, respectively.<ref name="Grove-flic">{{Cite Grove |title=Flicorno |id=51233}}</ref>
The most common German name, ''Baryton'', may have influenced Americans to adopt the name "baritone" for the instrument, due to the influx of German musicians and instrument makers to the United States in the 19th century.<ref name="Grove" />

[[File:1894 Lyon & Healy catalog - tenor, baritone, and bass brass instruments.png|thumb|[[baritone horn|Baritone]] and euphonium instruments in the 1894 [[Lyon & Healy]] catalog|alt=Scanned page of an instrument catalog]]
By the 1890s, American euphoniums were sometimes called the ''B♭ bass'' (with only one "B"). The 1894 [[Lyon & Healy]] catalog depicts instruments called the ''B♭ tenor'', ''B♭ baritone'', and ''B♭ bass'' with the same pitch and overall three-valve construction, differing only in bore and bell widths (while also listing "EE♭ bass" and "BB♭ bass" [[tuba]]s).<ref>{{cite book |title=Lyon & Healy's Band Catalogue |edition=35 |date=1894 |publisher=[[Lyon & Healy]] |pages=39–41 |url= http://www.horn-u-copia.net/books/L&H-1894.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120407064700/http://www.horn-u-copia.net/books/L%26H-1894.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2012 |via=Horn-U-Copia }}</ref> In the 1930s, American [[Drum and bugle corps (modern)|drum and bugle corps]] introduced the ''baritone bugle'' (or ''Baro-tone'') in G with a single D piston valve, before a ''euphonium bugle'' in the same key but with a much wider bore had largely replaced it by the end of the 1960s.{{sfn|Pirtle|2002|pp=74–76}}

== History ==

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  | image2 = Bass Ophicleide in C MET DP249364.jpg
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  | alt2 = Photograph of an ophicleide
  | footer = Euphonium ancestors: [[serpent (instrument)|serpent]], {{circa|1800}}, ''left''; [[ophicleide]], {{circa|1825}}, ''right''. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | footer_align = left
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The history of the euphonium is tied to the history of the [[tuba]], which is itself the search for a practical valved bass-voiced brass instrument suitable for use in bands and orchestras.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=1}} Before the invention of [[brass instrument valve|valves]] in the 1820s, brass instruments were either restricted to a single [[harmonic series (music)|harmonic series]] like the [[natural trumpet]] or [[bugle]], or used a [[slide (wind instrument)|slide]] like the [[trombone]], or used keys and [[tone hole]]s like the [[keyed bugle]] or [[serpent (instrument)|serpent]]. For low-pitched brass instruments, none of these solutions were ideal; the [[bass trombone]]s with slide handles were unwieldy for fast passages, and the ''[[timbre]]'' of the serpent was often criticised.{{sfn|Yeo|2021|pp=128-31|loc="serpent"}}

The euphonium can trace its origins partly to the [[ophicleide]], an all-metal, conical bore keyed brass instrument developed by the Paris instrument maker [[Jean Hilaire Asté]] in 1817 to extend the keyed bugle into the bass range and replace the serpent.{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=303|loc="Ophicleide"}} The ophicleide improved on the serpent, in use particularly in France since the late 16th century, by using keys covering larger tone holes sized proportionally to the bore width, in their acoustically correct positions.<ref name="gmo-ophicleide">{{Cite Grove |title=Ophicleide |first=Reginald |last=Morley-Pegge |id=40954}}</ref> The wide conical bore of the ophicleide, extrapolated from the keyed bugle, imparted the warm, noble ''timbre'' characteristic of the modern euphonium. The ophicleide was widely used in French and British [[military band]]s, orchestras, and the emerging civic [[British brass band|brass band]] movement for several decades, even after the invention of valves, and as late as the 1870s.{{sfn|Yeo|2021|p=99|loc="ophicleide"}}

=== The invention of valves ===

The invention of the Stölzel valve in 1814, the [[Berlin valve]] in 1833 used on the 1835 {{lang|de|Baß-Tuba}} and [[Adolphe Sax]]'s early brass instruments, and especially the modern piston valve by [[François Périnet]] in 1839, allowed the construction of brass instruments with an even sound and facility of playing in all registers.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|pp=2–4}} Combined with [[Steam power during the Industrial Revolution|steam power]] and other advances in manufacturing brought about by the [[Industrial Revolution]], this led to the 19th century becoming a time of intense transformation in brass instrument design.{{sfn|Herbert|1997|pp=178–179}}

As early as 1829 in Berlin, the Prussian military conductor [[Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht]] required for his trumpet corps a {{lang|de|Tenorbasshorn}} in B♭ with three valves, a name which was later sometimes used for the euphonium. No specimens or images survive, but the historian [[Clifford Bevan]] claims it was likely to have been a larger bore version of the {{lang|de|Tenorhorn}}, later often called the {{lang|de|Baryton}}.{{sfn|Bevan|2000|p=222}}

Several instruments appeared in the 1830s and 1840s that fit the broad description of a baritone valved bugle (in B♭ or C) with a wide conical bore. In Vienna, valves were applied to the ophicleide to replace its keyed tone holes, otherwise retaining its bore and shape. The larger versions of these became known as ''bombardons''.{{sfn|Bevan|2000|pp=214–215}}

In 1838, [[Carl Wilhelm Moritz]], son of [[Johann Gottfried Moritz]], who (with Wieprecht) had patented the five-valved {{lang|de|Baß-Tuba}} in F in 1835, built a similar but smaller tenor tuba in B♭ with four valves.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=7}} In Italy around this time, the Milan instrument maker [[Giuseppe Pelitti]] developed his {{lang|it|bombardino}} with four valves based on the larger {{lang|it|bombardone}}, a valved ophicleide in F. While Pelitti preferred to call his instruments {{lang|it|Pelittone}}, other makers in Italy made similar instruments and called them {{lang|it|flicorni}} (pl.; sing. ''flicorno''). Built in B♭ with either three valves as {{lang|it|flicorno bombardino}} or four valves as {{lang|it|flicorno basso}}, they became the equivalent respectively of the modern baritone horn and euphonium.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|pp=7–8}}

=== The earliest modern euphoniums ===
[[File:Ferdinand Sommer playing Sommerophone at the 1851 Great Exhibition.jpg|thumb|Ferdinand Sommer playing his Sommerophone at the 1851 [[Great Exhibition]], London|alt=Engraving]]
Ferdinand Sommer, a bandmaster in Weimar, developed his {{lang|de|Sommerophone}} in 1843, which was built and patented as the {{lang|de|Euphonion}} by Franz Bock in Vienna the following year.{{sfn|Bevan|2000|pp=221, 226}} In Paris at around the same time, Sax invented his family of [[saxhorn]]s {{circa|1843–45}}. Sommer toured his instrument in solo performances, and at the 1851 London [[Great Exhibition]], presented it as both ''Sommerophone'' and ''Euphonion''. The latter term was rapidly adopted as the anglicised ''euphonium'', but it was the {{lang|fr|saxhorn basse en sí bemol}} (bass saxhorn in B♭) that can be considered the earliest modern euphonium.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=9}} It had a slightly narrower bore, but was often used interchangeably with the euphonium in British brass bands.{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=361|loc="Saxhorn"}}

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  | alt1 = Photograph of a bass saxhorn
  | alt2 = Photograph of an oval euphonium
  | footer = Early euphoniums: {{lang|fr|saxhorn basse}} by [[Adolphe Sax]], ''left''; {{lang|de|Kaiserbaryton}} by [[V. F. Červený & Synové|Červený]], ''right''. Musical Instrument Museums, [[University of Edinburgh]] | footer_align = left
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Adolphe Sax's saxhorns became popular in bands in Britain and the United States due largely to the [[Distin family]], who helped popularise the British brass band movement by promoting and performing widely on Sax's brass instruments. By 1850, Distin & Co. was manufacturing them in London, and in New York and Pennsylvania by the 1870s after the London business was purchased by [[Boosey & Hawkes|Boosey & Co.]]{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=10}} The bass saxhorn also formed the basis of the six-valve French tuba in C, the standard tuba used by French composers and orchestras well into the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=An Argument in Favor of the Saxhorn Basse (French Tuba) in the Modern Symphony Orchestra |last=Kleinsteuber |first=Carl |date=2017 |institution=University of North Texas |degree=DMA |url= https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984120/m2/1/high_res_d/KLEINSTEUBER-DISSERTATION-2017.pdf |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190509133600/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984120/m2/1/high_res_d/KLEINSTEUBER-DISSERTATION-2017.pdf |archive-date=9 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[Austria-Hungary]], the instrument maker [[Václav František Červený]] built his ''Baroxyton'', a baritone instrument with four valves, in 1852. Červený developed several instrument families in ophicleide, [[Helicon (instrument)|helicon]], and tuba shapes, but is especially notable for his later ''Kaiser'' instruments, with [[rotary valve]]s and large conical bores. These included the ''Kaiserbaryton'', in a distinctive oval shape. This design was quickly adopted by other makers, and has become the standard configuration for euphoniums in central and eastern Europe.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=10–11}}

=== Modern instruments ===

With their more consistent ''timbre'' and playing facility throughout the range, and simpler fingering using three or four valves, valved brass instruments eventually led to the disappearance of the ophicleide by the end of the 19th century. In Britain, ophiceides were replaced by euphoniums, offered in competitions as prizes for winning ophicleide players.{{sfn|Yeo|2021|p=99|loc="ophicleide"}}{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|loc="Ophicleide"|p=303–306}}

The modern "British-style" compensating euphonium was developed in the 1870s by [[David Blaikley]], the factory manager at Boosey & Co.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=6}} Blaikley, after experimenting with a three-valve compensation system, obtained a patent in 1878 for a four-valve version where the fourth valve returns the airway through the first three valves a second time, adding smaller tubing loops to rectify intonation. Similar designs were patented earlier by [[Gustave Auguste Besson]] in 1859, and [[Pierre-Louis Gautrot]]'s {{lang|fr|système equitonique}}, found on his instruments of the period, was patented in 1864.{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|pp=436–437|loc="Valve"}} Blaikley's compensation system was the most successful and has since been in continuous use in Britain, little-changed, on instruments by Boosey & Co. (later, Boosey & Hawkes), and [[Besson (music company)|Besson]] after their acquisition by Boosey & Hawkes in the mid-20th century.<ref name="Childs-history">{{cite web |title=The History & Development of the Euphonium |first=David |last=Childs |work=davechilds.com |url= http://www.davechilds.com/reviews-and-articles/article=the-history |access-date=2021-04-16 |archive-date=19 October 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191019170247/http://www.davechilds.com/reviews-and-articles/article=the-history |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1974, the patent expired, and many euphonium manufacturers added the compensation system to their euphonium models, including Hirsbrunner, Miraphone, Sterling, Willson, and Yamaha.<ref name="Childs-history"/>

Modern euphonium makers have introduced some improvements, such as tapered and wider-bore valve tubing, small adjustments to the compensation tubing to soften some of the sharp bends, and [[trigger (brass instrument)|triggers]] for the main tuning slide.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=15}} Adams developed an adjustable lead-pipe receiver for their euphoniums, which allows players to customise the timbre and responsiveness of the instrument.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adams Euphoniums |url=https://www.adams-music.com/en/adams/brass/adams_euphoniums |publisher=Adams Musical Instruments |access-date=2021-04-16 |archive-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416010212/https://www.adams-music.com/en/adams/brass/adams_euphoniums |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Construction ==

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The euphonium, like the tenor trombone, is pitched in [[Eight foot pitch|9-foot (9{{prime}})]] B♭ an octave below the [[trumpet]] or [[cornet]], and played with a mouthpiece similar to those used on the ophicleide or [[bass trombone]].{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=162|loc="Euphonium"}} When no valves are in use, the instrument will produce partials of the B♭ harmonic series which result from the vibrating air column within its {{convert|9|ft|abbr=off}} of tubing.{{sfn|Yeo|2021|p=68|loc="harmonic series"}}

The euphonium has a wide [[conical bore]], gradually increasing in diameter throughout its length (apart from the necessarily [[cylindrical bore|cylindrical]] valve tubing). The bore ranges from {{convert|.563|to|.654|in|mm|order=flip}} at the first valve, and the bell ranges from {{convert|10|to|12|in|mm|order=flip|abbr=on}}.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=1}} Like the [[flugelhorn]] and tuba, the conical bore of the euphonium emphasises lower frequency spectral content by favouring the lower partials, resulting in a mellower tone compared to cylindrical-bore instruments such as the trumpet or trombone.{{sfn|Campbell|Gilbert|Myers|2021|p=274}}

The valves each add lengths of tubing to lower the pitch of the instrument, combining to produce a fully chromatic scale and range.{{sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|pp=49–50}} Euphoniums commonly have three top-action piston valves, played with the first three fingers of the right hand, plus a fourth valve, generally found midway down the right side of the instrument and played with the left index or middle finger. On most models the fourth valve is a compensating valve which resolves intonation issues below E{{sub|2}}.{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=162|loc="Euphonium"}} On European instruments with rotary valves, the three or four valves are operated together by the right hand and are non-compensating; some include a fifth valve to allow for alternate intonation fingerings instead.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=1}} Beginner models often have only the three top-action valves and no fourth valve, while some intermediate models may have a non-compensating fourth top-action valve placed next to the other three and played with the fourth finger of the right hand.{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=162|loc="Euphonium"}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Phillips |first=Harvey |author-link=Harvey Phillips |title=The Art of Tuba and Euphonium Playing |last2=Winkler |first2=William |publisher=[[Summy-Birchard]] |year=1999 |isbn=978-1-45740-4382 |pages=14–15}}</ref>

=== Compensating valves ===

The modern compensating euphonium uses four valves, and routes the tubing of the fourth valve back through the other three valves to add an extra set of small correcting tubing loops.{{sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|p=51}} This achieves correct intonation in the lower range of the instrument when using the fourth valve, the range being from E{{sub|2}} down to B{{sub|1}}.{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|pp=436–437|loc="Valve"}}

Less commonly, there are three-valve compensating euphoniums. Usually older instruments, these have a similar compensating mechanism, but route the tubing of the third valve back through extra loops on the other two valves. This corrects the intonation, of C{{sub|3}} and B{{sub|2}} in particular. This compensating system is also found on some three-valve British style baritone horns.{{sfn|Bevan|2000|p=198}}

== Types ==

=== Double bell euphonium ===
{{Main|Double bell euphonium}}

[[File:MIMEd 3487. Conn double-belled Euphonium.png|thumb|left|upright=0.6|Double bell euphonium by [[C. G. Conn|Conn]] |alt=Photograph of a double bell euphonium]]
First built as early as 1847 by the Italian maker [[Giuseppe Pelitti]], the [[double bell euphonium]] was a creation uniquely popular in the United States in the early 20th century, featuring a second smaller bell in addition to the main one. The player could switch bells for certain passages, or even for individual notes, by use of an additional valve.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|pp=11–12}} The smaller bell, using a narrower and more cylindrical bore, was intended to emulate the sound of a trombone. Harry Whittier of the [[Patrick Gilmore|Gilmore Band]], and Josef Michele Raffayalo in [[John Philip Sousa|Sousa's]] band introduced the instrument to the United States in the late 1880s, and it was used widely in both school and service bands for several decades, as late as the 1960s, built largely by American manufacturers.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|pp=12–13}} They were last listed by [[C. G. Conn|Conn]] in the 1940s and [[King Musical Instruments|King]]'s catalog in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |author=H. N. White/King |url= https://www.hnwhite.com/euphoniumsbaritones |title=H. N. White Made Euphoniums & Baritones: King 1963 Catalog (Baritone/Euphonium) |date=1963 |access-date=26 September 2025 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130524063626/http://www.hnwhite.com/Euphoniums%20and%20Baritones.htm |archive-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> They are now rare, chiefly known through their mention in the song "[[Seventy-Six Trombones]]" from [[Meredith Willson]]'s 1957 musical, ''[[The Music Man]]''.{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|pp=13}} A model with four compensating valves (and a fifth to switch bells) is made by Wessex Tubas.<ref name="wessex-doublebell">{{Cite web |title=Duplex B♭ Euphonium |location=Andover |publisher=Wessex Tubas |url= https://www.wessex-tubas.com/products/duplex-eb-euphonium-ep105 |access-date=26 August 2025}}</ref>

=== Five-valved euphonium ===
[[File:MIMEd 3415. Besson five-valve euphonium, 1891.png|thumb|upright=0.6|Five-valved euphonium by Besson, 1891 |alt=Photograph of a five-valve euphonium]]
In Britain, a non-compensating five-valve euphonium was manufactured in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Besson, and Highams of Manchester. The five-valve euphonium improved intonation by providing more valve fingering combinations, and was more economical to build than complex compensating instruments, but they were not widely adopted.{{sfn|Myers|2000|p=179}}
The Besson five-valved euphonium mounted the first three piston valves horizontally, and an additional two off to the side.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Besson, F. |title=Euphonium, Nominal Pitch B♭ |date=1891 |work=Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh |publisher=[[University of Edinburgh]] |id=Accession: 3415 |url= https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15311 |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref>

In central and eastern Europe, euphoniums usually have rotary valves, and an oval form. [[V. F. Červený & Synové|Červený]] and other manufacturers make models with five non-compensating rotary valves.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Rotary Valve Instruments |page=7 |date=2005 |publisher=[[V. F. Červený & Synové]] |publication-place=Kraslice |url= https://www.bigbandinstruments.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Catalogues/Cerveny_Rotary_Valve_Instruments.pdf#page=7 |access-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230306105145/https://www.bigbandinstruments.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Catalogues/Cerveny_Rotary_Valve_Instruments.pdf#page=7 |archive-date=6 March 2023 |via=Big Band Instruments |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Marching euphonium ===

[[File:Marchingeuph (crop).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Marching euphonium by [[King Musical Instruments|King]] |alt=Photograph of a marching euphonium]]
Euphoniums built in a horizontal bell-forward configuration are used in the [[marching arts]]. Marching euphoniums lack a fourth valve, partly to conserve weight. They are currently produced by B.A.C. Music, Eastman, Jupiter, Dynasty, and Yamaha, as well as by several Chinese-made [[white-label product|stencil brands]] like Schiller, John Packer, and O'Malley.<!-- TODO: more mfr links --><ref name="marching-mfrs">{{Multiref2
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  | {{Cite web |title=Marching Baritones and Euphoniums |work=Schiller Band & Orchestral Instruments |publisher=Schiller |publication-place=Frankfurt |url= https://www.schillerinstruments.com/store/marching/ |access-date=7 November 2025 }}
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In American [[Drum and bugle corps (modern)|drum and bugle corps]], the Canadian instrument maker Whaley, Royce & Co. introduced the euphonium bugle in the mid-1960s, pitched a third lower in G with two valves.{{sfn|Pirtle|2002|p=76}}<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Legget |first=John A. |title=Aspects for Arranging for Drum Corps: It's All About the Music!!! |date=2004 |degree=Master's |publisher=[[Texas Tech University]] |url=https://ttu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2346/10257/31295019541480.pdf?sequence=1 |page=49}}</ref> These were mainly made by the American makers [[F. E. Olds|Olds]], [[King Musical Instruments|King]], [[C. G. Conn|Conn]], and Kanstul.<ref name="TJ-bugles">{{Cite web |title=G Bugles |first=Tiffany |last=Johns |work=Tiffany Johns Music |date=12 August 2023 |url= https://tiffanyjohns.com/blog/g-bugles |access-date=28 September 2025 }}</ref> Whether a drum corps uses marching euphoniums, marching baritones, or a combination of both depends on the preference of the arranger. In mixes, euphoniums will typically play the lower parts and the baritones will play the higher.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Brennan |first=John Michael |title=Show Design and Wind Arranging for Marching Ensembles |date=2014 |degree=Master's |publisher=[[Ohio State University]] |url=http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397561909 |page=83}}</ref>

== Repertoire ==
{{Main|Euphonium repertoire}}

[[File:Amilcareponchielli.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Amilcare Ponchielli]], composer of the first original euphonium solo |alt=Portrait photograph of Amilcare Ponchielli]]
The euphonium repertoire began in the mid-19th century with adaptations of existing {{lang|fr|air varié}} ({{Lit.|[[Theme and variations|air and variations]]}}), a large body of popular music particularly in France and Britain. Works such as [[Jean-Baptiste Arban]]'s ''Fantaisie et variations sur "Le carnaval de Venise"'' (1864) were quickly adapted for ophicleide, and then euphonium. The earliest surviving solo composition written specifically for euphonium is the ''Concerto per Flicorno Basso'' (1872) by the Italian composer [[Amilcare Ponchielli]].{{Sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=163|loc="Euphonium"}} The solo and band repertoire grew in the period from around 1880 to 1920, as the euphonium became an important instrument in bands, and exemplified in the United States by the bands and publications of [[John Philip Sousa]] and [[Arthur Pryor]].{{Sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=385}}

American composers writing for the [[concert band]] since the mid-20th century continued the British brass and concert band tradition of using the euphonium as the principal tenor-voiced solo instrument, akin to the [[cello]] in the string section of the orchestra.{{Sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=2}} A large body of more serious works, including challenging concertos for solo euphonium with brass or concert band accompaniment, has been amassed since 1960 including works from American, German, Scandinavian and British composers.{{Sfn|Bone|Paull|Morris|2007|p=91}} This has also included concertos for euphonium and orchestra, newly commissioned and recorded, as well as existing band concertos newly adapted for orchestra.{{Sfn|Bone|Paull|Morris|2007|p=139}}

Music for unaccompanied solo euphonium until the late 20th century had been largely adaptations of works for other instruments, often trombone, cornet, tuba, cello, or bassoon. The [[International Tuba Euphonium Association]] (ITEA) sponsored new solo works for euphonium through its "GEM Series" published in its journal.{{Sfn|Bone|Paull|Morris|2007|p=195}}

=== Orchestral repertoire ===

Though the euphonium is primarily a brass and symphonic band instrument, it also finds occasional use in orchestral repertoire, where it is often scored as ''tenor tuba''. It appeared as early as 1898 with important excerpts in the tone poems ''[[Don Quixote (Strauss)|Don Quixote]]'' and ''[[Ein Heldenleben]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]], and it has notable solo appearances in the British composer [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]]'' (1914–1917):

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The euphonium is also called for in [[Leoš Janáček]]'s ''[[Sinfonietta (Janáček)|Sinfonietta]]'' (1926), Shostakovich's ballet ''[[The Golden Age (Shostakovich)|The Golden Age]]'' (1930), and several symphonies by the composers [[Havergal Brian]], [[Roy Harris]], [[Arnold Bax]], and [[Samuel Barber]]. Despite the successes of these early works and of its larger tuba cousin, the euphonium has not gained a permanent place in the regular symphony orchestra, although it is commonly used to play parts originally scored for the ophicleide, and sometimes the bass (in F) Wagner tuba.{{Sfn|Bone|Paull|Morris|2007|p=251}}

== Performance ==

Although modern performers and composers are pushing the boundaries of the instrument into other genres, the euphonium remains predominantly a band instrument, with full-time professional positions almost entirely with military bands. This has not deterred new players from learning the instrument, partly due to the increasing worldwide popularity of British-style brass bands, with substantial repertoire that commands much from the euphonium's agility and expressive tone.{{Sfn|O'Connor|2007|pp=15–16}}

As with the cornet and flugelhorn, the euphonium and baritone horn are easily doubled by one player, with some adjustment of breath and [[embouchure]], since they have essentially identical range and fingering.<ref name="DW">{{cite web|last=Werden |first=David |title=Baritone Horn or Euphonium? |url= http://www.dwerden.com/eu-articles-bareuph.cfm |access-date=2008-01-29 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080212225121/http://www.dwerden.com/eu-articles-bareuph.cfm |archive-date=12 February 2008}}</ref>

=== Notation ===

In British brass bands, all instruments except the bass trombone are [[transposing instrument]]s using the [[treble clef]] notation popularized in France by instrument maker Adolphe Sax for his families of instruments.{{Sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|p=69–70}} Thus the euphonium, along with the tenor trombones and baritones, are notated as B♭ instruments in treble clef sounding a major ninth lower than written, like the [[tenor saxophone]] and [[bass clarinet]].<ref name="Grove" />


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In orchestras, concert bands, and US military bands, the euphonium is generally written at concert pitch in the [[bass clef]], treating the euphonium as a non-transposing instrument like the orchestral trombone, with high passages often written in [[tenor clef]]. Concert band music often provides the euphonium parts in both bass and B♭ treble clef, to accommodate players from either background, although professional players are usually familiar with either notation.{{Sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|p=68}} In continental European band music, parts for the euphonium are occasionally written in transposing B♭ in bass clef, sounding a major second lower than written.{{sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|p=70}}

=== Range ===

The euphonium has a large range of at least four octaves. The range from E{{sub|2}} to about G{{sub|4}} is easily accessible, but the full working range from contemporary solo repertoire includes the [[pedal tone|pedal range]] from B♭{{sub|1}} down to B{{sub|0}}, and extends up to at least D<sub>5</sub>.{{sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=484|loc=Appendix 2: The Ranges of Labrosones}}{{sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|p=182}} Higher notes are possible since the upper range is limited only by the fitness of the players' embouchure, although notes above the ''[[Cutoff frequency|bell cutoff frequency]]'', around the tenth harmonic in tuba family instruments (D{{sub|5}} on euphonium), are difficult to centre and continuous ''[[glissando|glissandi]]'' are possible, making valve fingering largely redundant.{{sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|pp=60-63}}

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The lowest notes obtainable depend on the valve set-up of the instrument. All instruments are chromatic down to E<sub>2</sub>, and four-valved instruments extend that down to at least C<sub>2</sub>. Non-compensating four-valved instruments suffer from intonation problems in this range and cannot produce low B<sub>1</sub>. These problems are solved with the modern compensating fourth valve, or with five non-compensating rotary valves on European models, using a flat whole-tone tuning for the fifth valve, as is common on five-valve tubas. Although less satisfactory, a good player can also provide these notes on a three-valve instrument using [[Falset (music)|falset tones]], which are more distinct on instruments with wide conical bores and large bells.{{sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|p=105}} From B♭<sub>1</sub> down lies the pedal range, the fundamentals of the instrument's harmonic series. They are more easily produced on the euphonium and tuba than on other brass instruments, and the extent of the pedal range similarly depends on the instrument.{{sfn|Adler-McKean|2020|p=32, 58}}

=== Notable players ===
{{Main|List of euphonium players}}

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Ferdinand Sommer toured Europe with [[Louis-Antoine Jullien|Jullien's orchestra]] to promote the ''Sommerophone'' he invented in 1843, patented the following year as ''Euphonion''. As a virtuoso soloist, his performances in Britain helped to popularise the euphonium in British brass and military bands.{{Sfn|Bevan|2000|pp=225–226}}{{sfn|O'Connor|2007|p=7}} [[Alfred James Phasey]] (1834–1888) was a distinguished British ophicleide player who, unlike his fellow ophicleidist [[Sam Hughes (musician)|Samuel Hughes]] (1823–1898), switched to euphonium and became just as renowned for his euphonium playing.{{Sfn|Herbert|Myers|Wallace|2019|p=163|loc="Euphonium"}}

In Brazil, {{Ill|Irineu de Almeida|pt}} (1863–1916) was an influential musician and professor of the genre of [[Choro]] music, composing and performing on ophicleide and {{lang|pt|bombardino}} (euphonium). He participated in the first early 20th century recordings of Brazilian music, and he and his influential student [[Pixinguinha]] (1897–1973) established and popularized Choro music and its instruments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Irineu Batina |work=Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira |url=https://dicionariompb.com.br/artista/irineu-batina/ |access-date=19 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919232247/https://dicionariompb.com.br/artista/irineu-batina/ |archive-date=19 September 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== 20th century ====

In the United States, the Italian-born trombone, baritone and euphonium virtuoso [[Simone Mantia]] (1873–1951) toured with the bands of both John Philip Sousa and Arthur Pryor, made some of the first solo euphonium recordings, and helped to popularize the instrument in the United States.{{Sfn|Bierley|2006|pp=68–69}}<ref name="Mantia1">{{Cite web |last=Lehman |first=Arthur |date=July 2008 |title=A quick analysis of Simone Mantia's artistry on the euphonium |publisher=David Werden |url= http://www.dwerden.com/eu-articles-lehman-Mantia2008.cfm |access-date=1 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110930213508/http://www.dwerden.com/eu-articles-lehman-Mantia2008.cfm |archive-date=30 September 2011}}</ref> [[Leonard Falcone]] (1899–1985), also Italian-born, was appointed Director of Bands at [[Michigan State University]] in 1927, and, as professor of euphonium, taught many artists until his death in 1985. The [[Leonard Falcone International Tuba and Euphonium Festival]], a principal venue for the instrument in the United States, was established in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Michigan State University]] |work=Leonard Falcone Collection |url= https://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/falcone1.htm |title=Leonard V. Falcone |access-date=24 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080509104649/http://www.msu.edu/unit/msuarhc/falcone1.htm |archive-date=9 May 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis|title=The life and work of Leonard Falcone, with emphasis on his years as director of bands at Michigan State University, 1927 to 1967 |last=Welch |first=Myrna Delford |degree=DMA |institution=[[University of Illinois]] |date=1973 }}</ref>

[[Arthur W. Lehman|Arthur ("Art") Lehman]] (1917–2009), euponiumist with the [[United States Marine Band]], was an early proponent of the double bell euphonium and wrote ''The Art of Euphonium'', a significant pedagogical text. Lehman was a student of Harold Brasch and Simone Mantia, and advanced a rich sound concept with sparing use of vibrato, pioneered by Mantia.<ref name="Mantia1"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Arthur W. Lehman, 91, Retired Sergeant Played Euphonium with the Marine Band |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last=Schudel |first=Matt |date=28 June 2009 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/27/AR2009062702268.html |access-date=5 July 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121108112434/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/27/AR2009062702268.html |archive-date=8 November 2012}}</ref> [[Brian Bowman]], euphonium soloist with the [[United States Navy Band]] and [[United States Air Force Band]], was professor of euphonium at the [[University of North Texas]] and co-edited ''Arban's Method for Trombone and Euphonium'', an adaptation of Arban's 1864 [[Arban's Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet|method for cornet]]. Bowman developed a sound based on a fusion of the mellow British sound and Falcone's recordings, and played the first euphonium recital at [[Carnegie Hall]].{{Sfn|Morin|2002|p=1113}}<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=The First Carnegie Hall Euphonium Recital |date=2009 |first=Brian |last=Bowman |author-link=Brian Bowman |type=CD booklet |page=1 |publisher=[[Crystal Records]] |id=CD393}} [[Discogs]] [https://www.discogs.com/release/23846084 23846084].</ref>

In Japan, the euphonium soloist and clinician [[Toru Miura (Musician)|Toru Miura]] was a founding member in 1973 of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (ITEA; founded as TUBA).<ref name="miura-besson">{{cite web |title=Artists: Toru Miura |publisher=[[Besson (music company)|Besson]] |url=https://www.besson.com/artist/toru-miura/ |access-date=29 September 2025 |archive-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125073757/https://www.besson.com/artist/toru-miura/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He is professor of euphonium at the [[Kunitachi College of Music]] in Tokyo, and in 2008 was awarded the ITEA Lifetime Achievement Award for his role in promoting the instrument.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist Profile: Toru Miura |date=2007 |publisher=Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival |url= http://jiwef.org/english/competition/sub_01_07_view.php?jd_no=31&jd_typ=15&PHPSESSID=06d3bdf28359df449e07590a1deac751 |access-date=24 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111005161633/http://jiwef.org/english/competition/sub_01_07_view.php?jd_no=31&jd_typ=15&PHPSESSID=06d3bdf28359df449e07590a1deac751 |archive-date=5 October 2011}}</ref>

==== 21st century ====

In the late 20th century, many players from brass and concert band backgrounds became virtuoso performers and promoters of euphonium music. English soloist [[Steven Mead]], professor at the [[Royal Northern College of Music]], is recognised for advancing the British euphonium sound.{{Sfn|Newsome|2006|p=252}} He has commissioned many solo works for euphonium, and his extensive discography includes most of the major modern works composed for euphonium.{{sfn|Bone|Paull|Morris|2007|pp=309–313}} [[David Thornton (musician)|David Thornton]], a student of [[Steven Mead]], has won several international competitions, and played principal euphonium in and conducted several prestigious British brass bands. He has also recorded many works, including a CD that won the 2016 ITEA Roger Bobo Award for Excellence in Recording. He is Director of Brass Band Studies at the Royal Northern College of Music.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet our staff: David Thornton |publisher=[[Royal Northern College of Music]] |publication-place=Manchester |url= https://www.rncm.ac.uk/people/david-thornton/ |access-date=22 September 2025 }}</ref>

The Welsh brothers Robert and [[Nicholas Childs]] have recorded and commissioned many works for euphonium, as well as conducting and adjudicating brass bands. Robert's son David Childs is also a euphonium soloist and recording artist, and professor of euphonium at the University of North Texas, succeeding Brian Bowman. He commissioned a euphonium concerto, ''The Sunne Rising – The King Will Ride'' (2004), from the Welsh composer [[Alun Hoddinott]], and published and recorded an adaptation of the [[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams]] [[Tuba Concerto (Vaughan Williams)|tuba concerto]] for euphonium and orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Symphonic Euphonium – David Childs plays Concertos by Alun Hoddinott, Joseph Horovitz, Karl Jenkins and Philip Wilby [BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Bramwell Tovey; Chandos] |last=Matthew-Walker |first=Robert |work=The Classical Source |date=October 2014 |url=https://www.classicalsource.com/cd/the-symphonic-euphonium-david-childs-plays-concertos-by-alun-hoddinott-joseph-horovitz-karl-jenkins-and-philip-wilby-bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales-bramwell-tovey-chandos/ |access-date=29 July 2025 |archive-date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715093133/https://www.classicalsource.com/cd/the-symphonic-euphonium-david-childs-plays-concertos-by-alun-hoddinott-joseph-horovitz-karl-jenkins-and-philip-wilby-bbc-national-orchestra-of-wales-bramwell-tovey-chandos/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=David Childs / Brass, Euphonium, Instrumental Studies |work=College of Music |publisher=[[University of North Texas]] |url= https://music.unt.edu/people/david-childs.html |access-date=29 July 2025 }}</ref>

==== Jazz and popular music ====

[[File:Muttonbirdsdebut.jpg|thumb|''[[The Mutton Birds (album)|The Mutton Birds]]'' album cover, 1992 |alt=Image of album cover]]
In jazz, [[Rich Matteson]] (1929–1993) and Bernard Atwell McKinney, later [[Kiane Zawadi]] (1932–2024), were two of the few jazz soloists to use euphonium.{{sfn|Dickman|2007|p=515}} Matteson formed the [[Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort]], a [[big band]] scored for tubas and euphoniums, with the tuba player [[Harvey Phillips]], founder of the annual [[Tubachristmas]] events.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.richmatteson.com/article1.html | title=Goodbye Rich – We'll Miss You | last=Phillips | first=Harvey | journal=Jazz Educators Journal | volume=26 | issue=2 | accessdate=16 April 2014 | archive-date=16 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416175741/http://www.richmatteson.com/article1.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Some trombone artists have occasionally used euphonium, such as Gus Mancuso, [[Bill Reichenbach Jr.|Bill Reichenbach]], and [[John Allred (musician)|John Allred]].{{sfn|Dickman|2007|p=515}}

In popular music, the New Zealand musician [[Don McGlashan]] began his musical career as an orchestral horn player, before including euphonium in his switch to popular music with bands such as [[Blam Blam Blam]] and [[The Mutton Birds]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Vicki |date=18 June 2015 |title=Don McGlashan - counting his lucky stars |newspaper=[[The Press]] |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/69470819/don-mcglashan---counting-his-lucky-stars |access-date=2 March 2023 |via=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==

* In Japan, the series of popular ''[[Sound! Euphonium]]'' novels (Japanese: 響け! ユーフォニアム; ''Hibike! Eūfoniamu'') about a student euphonium player, Kumiko, and her high school's concert band has been adapted into [[manga]] serials, an [[anime]] TV series, and translated into English.<ref name="AM2019">{{Cite web |title=Eleven Arts Announces English Cast for 'Sound! Euphonium: The Movie' |last=Milligan |first=Mercedes |work=[[Animation Magazine]] |date=27 June 2019 |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2019/06/eleven-arts-announces-english-cast-for-sound-euphonium-the-movie/ |access-date=1 October 2025 |archive-date=19 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250819043336/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2019/06/eleven-arts-announces-english-cast-for-sound-euphonium-the-movie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The [[Loophonium]] is a hybrid musical instrument and art installation built in 1960 by the [[Liverpool]]-based musician and artist [[Fritz Spiegl]], housed at the [[Walker Art Gallery]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=27 July 2006 |title=Music to drive you round the u-bend |url= https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/music-drive-you-round-u-bend-3516978 |access-date=12 January 2023 |newspaper=Liverpool Echo }}</ref>

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== External links ==

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* [https://www.iteaonline.org ITEA]—The International Tuba Euphonium Association
* [http://www.dwerden.com/emg/ Euphonium Music Guide]—Online list of euphonium literature compiled by David Werden and Denis Winter
* [https://forum.dwerden.com/homepage Dave Werden's Euphonium Tuba Forum]—Online forum
* [https://historyofthetuba.substack.com/ History of the Tuba Podcast]—Jake Kline & Jack Adler-McKean, also discusses the euphonium

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