Originally Posted by
euphlight
Without wandering away too much from this topic, I can possibly see an use for a 4 valve compensating baritone in a concert / wind band playing bass clarinet or bassoon parts (or cues) in thinner woodwind voicing where the euphonium sound is a bit much covering the missing bass woodwind voice but it would be noticeable that the bass woodwind voice is missing. There's a few times which I wish I had a 4 valve compensating baritone just for that function in my community band and well, just so people know the difference between the euphonium and baritone.
When, over 50 years ago, I started the study of a brass in the local wind band of the country the "flicorno tenore"( baritone) was a stable component of the band then,, with the passing of the years, it gradually disappeared ( as well as other instruments such as the flicorno soprano Bb, the flicorno sopranino Eb, the little clarinet Eb, sax soprano etc.) and today there is no trace of it, at least in the wind bands of northern Italy and neighboring Switzerland. You can still note its presence in the south of the country where bands interprets arrangements of the most famous works by italian composers ( Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini etc.) and the voices of the singers are replaced by various instruments ( soprano by flicornino Eb, tenor by flicorno tenore ( baritone), baritone by bombardino (euphonium). The directors of the bands where I play don't want to see the baritone horn even in photography, is just tolerated for the services of marches. I don't know what this is due to, maybe the baritone players were not skilled enough to be able to melt the sometimes harsh sound of their instrument with the rest of the band, so the various directors have declined it the oblivious in favor of the sweetest and melodious sound of the euphonium. However I am trying to bring back it, at least on some occasions and with tracks suitable for the purpose, the presence of the baritone in my band that, if played well and discreetly, can give more color and amalgam to the complex,