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Eine Alpensinfonie

The Score extension handles snippets of music notation using Lilypond. An excerpt from the 4th trombone part of Eine Alpensinfonie by Richard Strauss, often played on a contrabass trombone although not specifically called for:

$\relative c, { \time 4/4 \clef bass \key c \major r2 r4\ff g\tenuto c2.\tenuto c4\tenuto g'2.\tenuto g4\tenuto c1 e2~ e4.. b16 a1 g1 c8 r8 r4 r2 \bar "|." }$

You can hear (but not see!) it being played in this performance by the Berlin Philharmonic. I mean, I love how they at least bothered to point the camera at the trombone section, but the only time the 4th trombonist is playing his contrabass (you can see his bass sitting on its stand), and he's not in shot: