The ''Edel Rhapsody'' is a musical work written in 1993 by British composer

Stephen Caudel Stephen Caudel is a British composer and guitarist. He studied at Leeds College of Music where he took a specialist course in Classical and Jazz music and then moved to London to work as a composer and performer. He has met and worked with a wi ...

. He was commissioned by the North Pennine Orchestra along with Northern Arts to create a new musical composition for the little-known 19th-century instrument the Wagner tuba. Regarded as a 'world first', Edel Rhapsody is believed this was the first orchestral piece written to feature solo Wagner tuba as the lead instrument. The work received its World Premiere in June 1993 in Carlisle Cathedral in

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. Caudel revised the score in 2015 and made a new recording of the work.

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Compositions by Stephen Caudel Rhapsodies Compositions for symphony orchestra Compositions for tuba {{classical-composition-stub