Program Notes for the Solo Tuba

by Gary Bird (Editor)

Overview

"This is a valuable reference tool for any serious tuba scholar." —TUBA Journal Reviews

" . . . an excellent resource . . . " —American Music Teacher

Program notes, written by the composers themselves, describe 88 works for the solo tuba. Includes works for the tuba alone, tuba and piano, and tuba with other types of accompaniment. Each entry gives complete publication data, a history of the piece, its instrumentation and movements, and a description of its musical structure and characteristics. Gary Bird provides an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and professional performers in building repertoire and in gaining insight into a vital body of contemporary music.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253311894
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	07/22/1994
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

GARY BIRD is Professor of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches tuba, euphonium, and jazz studies. He has been Principal Tubist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and is presently tubist with the Johnstown and Westmoreland symphony orchestras.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Harvey Phillips
Preface

Part One: The Repertoire

Samuel Adler: Canto VII for Solo Tuba
Eugene D. Anderson: Concert Piece for Tuba and Band; Concerto No. 1 in B minor for Tuba and Orchestra
Theodore Antoniou: Six Likes for Tuba, Op. 33
Jan Bach: Quintet for Tuba and Strings
David Baker: Piece for Solo Tuba and Tuba Quartet: Sonata for Tuba and String Quartet
Bennie Beach: Divertissement for Tuba
Rule Beasley: Concerto for Tuba and Band
Thomas Beversdorf: Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano
John Boda: Sonatina for Tuba and Piano
Doug Borwick: Tuba Sonata
Bruce Broughton: Concerto for Tuba and Wind Orchestra
Newel Kay Brown: ... and then there were six
Robert Chamberlin: Daysong; Elegy for Solo Tuba
Barney Childs: Mary's Idea for Tuba and Harpsichord; Seaview for Tuba and Piano; A question of summer for Tuba and Harp
John Downey: Tabu for Tuba
Arthur Frackenpohl: Sonata for Tuba and Piano
Gregory Fritze: Basso Concertino; Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Yevrah Yad Thrib Bypah
Crawford Gates: Suite for Tuba, Op. 53
Thom Ritter George: Concertino for Tuba, CN 320; Sonata for Tuba and Piano, CN 307
Jennifer Glass: Sonatina for Tuba and Piano
Morton Gould: Tuba Suite for Solo Tuba and Three Horns
Edward Gregson: Concerto for Tuba and Brass Band (Orchestra, Band, Piano)
Walter S. Hartley: Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Suite for Unaccompanied Tuba
Bernard Heiden: Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra; Variations for Solo Tuba and Nine Horns
Paul Hindemith: Sonate for Bass Tuba and Klavier
Merle E. Hogg: Sonatina for Tuba and Piano
Robert Jager: Concerto for Bass Tuba and Band
Roger Kellaway: Songs of Ascent for Solo Tuba and Orchestra
Erland von Koch: Monologue No. 9
William Kraft: Tuba Concerto (Andirivieni); Encounters II
Frank Lynn Payne: Canzona de Sonare; Sonata for Tuba and Piano
Richard Peaslee: The Devil's Herald
Vincent Persichetti: Parable for Solo Tuba (ParableII), Op. 147; Serenade No. 12 for Solo Tuba, Op. 88
Morgan Powell: Midnight Realities
William Presser: Capriccio for Tuba and Band; Concerto for Tuba and Strings; Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Second Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Suite for Tuba
David Reck: Five Studies for Tuba Alone
Kjell Roikjer: Sonata for Tuba and Piano, Op. 68
Walter Ross: Concerto for Tuba and Band; Midnight Variations
Charles Ruggiero: Fractured Mambos
Armand Russell: Suite concertante for Tuba and Woodwind Quintet
Ole Schmidt: Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra
William Schmidt: Concertino for Tuba and Woodwind Quintet; Serenade for Tuba and Piano; Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Tony and the Elephant or Jim and the Roadrunner; Tuba Mirum for Tuba, Winds and Percussion; Tunes
Gunther Schuller: Capriccio for Tuba and Orchestra
Robert Sibbing: Sonata for Tuba and Piano
James Staples: Suite for Tuba and Piano
Halsey Stevens: Sonatina for Tuba or Trombone and Piano
John Stevens: Dances; Triumph of the Demon Gods; The Liberation of Sisyphus; Soliloquy—Peace in Our Time; Suite No. 1
Richard Stroud: Night Train for Tubas; A Variation of East African Calls
Donald Swann: Two Moods for Tuba
Fred Tackett: The Yellow Bird
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra
Anthony Vazzana: Cambi
Donald White: Sonata for Tuba and Piano
Alec Wilder: Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Suite No. 1 for Tuba and Piano (effie Suite); Suite for French Horn, Tuba and Piano
Rolf Wilhelm: Concertino for Tuba and Winds
John Williams: Tuba Concerto
Marilyn J. Ziffrin: Four Pieces for Tuba

Part Two: Composer Profiles

Paul Hindemith's Place in Twentieth-Century Music, by David Neumeyer
Vincent Persichetti, by the Staff of Theodore Presser Company
Remembering Halsey Stevens, by Morten Lauridsen
Ralph Vaughan Williams, by Paul Borg
Alec Wilder—A Short Biography, by Gunther Schuller, Loonis McGlohon, and Robert Levy

What People are Saying About This

American Music Teacher

. . . an excellent resource . . .

TUBA Journal Reviews

This is a valuable reference tool for any serious tuba scholar.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a valuable reference tool for any serious tuba scholar."—TUBA Journal Reviews

". . . an excellent resource . . ."—American Music Teacher

From the Publisher

The first part consists of 88 articles describing important compositions written for solo tuba, as well as some accompanied pieces. In many cases, the notes are written by the composers. Entries include publication data, a history of the piece, instrumentation and movements, and a description of the musical structure and characteristics. The second part profiles five deceased composers of tuba solos. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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