Haydn and Mozart used brass before Beethoven did, both as ensemble players and as solo instruments.
Yes, tuba and trumpet CAN sound louder than viola and violin, but not necessarily. A fine trumpeter can play with as much delicacy and control as any violinist.
When an oschestra is amplified (usually in commercial music settings) or recorded in a studio and a lot of spot miking is used, the exact opposite of what you suggest is true. The brass is miked up close and the strings much farther away. Otherwise the strings' timbre would not be natural sounding at all, with way too much high frequency content.
Brass instruments were indeed designed to sound loud outdoors. The hunting horn and precursor to the French horn being the best example.
As far as how an unamplified (live) orchestra might sound, you owe it to yourself to find out. You obviously have a great interest in music and there is nothing like the sound of real, unamplified intruments to fine tune one's ears.
Regards.
Yes, tuba and trumpet CAN sound louder than viola and violin, but not necessarily. A fine trumpeter can play with as much delicacy and control as any violinist.
When an oschestra is amplified (usually in commercial music settings) or recorded in a studio and a lot of spot miking is used, the exact opposite of what you suggest is true. The brass is miked up close and the strings much farther away. Otherwise the strings' timbre would not be natural sounding at all, with way too much high frequency content.
Brass instruments were indeed designed to sound loud outdoors. The hunting horn and precursor to the French horn being the best example.
As far as how an unamplified (live) orchestra might sound, you owe it to yourself to find out. You obviously have a great interest in music and there is nothing like the sound of real, unamplified intruments to fine tune one's ears.
Regards.