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Program Notes for the Solo Tuba

By: G. Bird, Gary Bird (Editor)

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Published: 22nd July 1994
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"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.

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

Foreword
Preface
Canto VII for Solo Tubap. 3
Concert Piece for Tuba and Band; Concerto No. 1 in B minor for Tuba and Orchestrap. 4
Six Likes for Tuba, Op. 33p. 7
Quintet for Tuba and Stringsp. 8
Piece for Solo Tuba and Tuba Quartet; Sonata for Tuba and String Quartetp. 10
Divertissement for Tubap. 13
Concerto for Tuba and Bandp. 14
Sonata for Bass Tuba and Pianop. 15
Sonatina for Tuba and Pianop. 17
Tuba Sonatap. 18
Concerto for Tuba and Wind Orchestrap. 19
... and then there were sixp. 21
Daysong; Elegy for Solo Tubap. 22
Mary's Idea for Tuba and Harpsichord; Seaview for Tuba and Piano; A question of summer for Tuba and Harpp. 24
Tabu for Tubap. 27
Sonata for Tuba and Pianop. 28
Basso Concertino; Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Yevrah Yad Thrib Bypahp. 29
Suite for Tuba, Op. 53p. 33
Concertino for Tuba, CN 320; Sonata for Tuba and Piano, CN 307p. 35
Sonatina for Tuba and Pianop. 40
Tuba Suite for Solo Tuba and Three Hornsp. 41
Concerto for Tuba and Brass Band (Orchestra, Band, Piano)p. 43
Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Suite for Unaccompanied Tubap. 45
Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra; Variations for Solo Tuba and Nine Hornsp. 50
Sonate fur Bass Tuba und Klavierp. 52
Sonatina for Tuba and Pianop. 56
Concerto for Bass Tuba and Bandp. 56
Songs of Ascent for Solo Tuba and Orchestrap. 57
Monologue No. 9p. 60
Tuba Concerto (Andirivieni); Encounters IIp. 61
Canzona de Sonare; Sonata for Tuba and Pianop. 64
The Devil's Heraldp. 66
Parable for Solo Tuba (Parable XXII), Op. 147; Serenade No. 12 for Solo Tuba, Op. 88p. 68
Midnight Realitiesp. 72
Capriccio for Tuba and Band; Concerto for Tuba and Strings; Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Second Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Suite for Tubap. 73
Five Studies for Tuba Alonep. 77
Sonata for Tuba and Piano, Op. 68p. 79
Concerto for Tuba and Band; Midnight Variationsp. 80
Fractured Mambosp. 82
Suite Concertante for Tuba and Woodwind Quintetp. 84
Concerto for Tuba and Orchestrap. 86
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; Tunesp. 87
Capriccio for Tuba and Orchestrap. 92
Sonata for Tuba and Pianop. 93
Suite for Tuba and Pianop. 94
Sonatina for Tuba or Trombone and Pianop. 96
Dances; Triumph of the Demon Gods; The Liberation of Sisyphus; Soliloquy - Peace in Our Time; Suite No. 1p. 97
Night Train for Tubas; A Variation of East African Callsp. 102
Two Moods for Tubap. 104
The Yellow Birdp. 105
Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestrap. 107
Cambip. 109
Sonata for Tuba and Pianop. 110
Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Suite No. 1 for Tuba and Piano (Effie Suite); Suite for French Horn, Tuba and Pianop. 112
Concertino for Tuba and Windsp. 116
Tuba Concertop. 117
Four Pieces for Tubap. 119
Paul Hindemith's Place in Twentieth-Century Musicp. 123
Vincent Persichettip. 130
Remembering Halsey Stevensp. 134
Ralph Vaughan Williamsp. 137
Alec Wilder - A Short Biographyp. 140
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ISBN: 9780253311894
ISBN-10: 0253311896
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 166
Published: 22nd July 1994
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Dimensions (cm): 21.0 x 14.0  x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.339