Program Notes for the Solo Tuba

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ISBN: 9780253311894 | 0253311896
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Copyright: 10/1/1994

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"This is a valuable reference tool for any serious tuba scholar." -- TUBA Journal Reviews"... an excellent resource... " -- American Music TeacherProgram 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.

Foreword
Preface
Canto VII for Solo Tuba	p. 3
Concert Piece for Tuba and Band; Concerto No. 1 in B minor for Tuba and Orchestra	p. 4
Six Likes for Tuba, Op. 33	p. 7
Quintet for Tuba and Strings	p. 8
Piece for Solo Tuba and Tuba Quartet; Sonata for Tuba and String Quartet	p. 10
Divertissement for Tuba	p. 13
Concerto for Tuba and Band	p. 14
Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano	p. 15
Sonatina for Tuba and Piano	p. 17
Tuba Sonata	p. 18
Concerto for Tuba and Wind Orchestra	p. 19
... and then there were six	p. 21
Daysong; Elegy for Solo Tuba	p. 22
Mary's Idea for Tuba and Harpsichord; Seaview for Tuba and Piano; A question of summer for Tuba and Harp	p. 24
Tabu for Tuba	p. 27
Sonata for Tuba and Piano	p. 28
Basso Concertino; Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Yevrah Yad Thrib Bypah	p. 29
Suite for Tuba, Op. 53	p. 33
Concertino for Tuba, CN 320; Sonata for Tuba and Piano, CN 307	p. 35
Sonatina for Tuba and Piano	p. 40
Tuba Suite for Solo Tuba and Three Horns	p. 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 Tuba	p. 45
Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra; Variations for Solo Tuba and Nine Horns	p. 50
Sonate fur Bass Tuba und Klavier	p. 52
Sonatina for Tuba and Piano	p. 56
Concerto for Bass Tuba and Band	p. 56
Songs of Ascent for Solo Tuba and Orchestra	p. 57
Monologue No. 9	p. 60
Tuba Concerto (Andirivieni); Encounters II	p. 61
Canzona de Sonare; Sonata for Tuba and Piano	p. 64
The Devil's Herald	p. 66
Parable for Solo Tuba (Parable XXII), Op. 147; Serenade No. 12 for Solo Tuba, Op. 88	p. 68
Midnight Realities	p. 72
Capriccio for Tuba and Band; Concerto for Tuba and Strings; Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Second Sonatina for Tuba and Piano; Suite for Tuba	p. 73
Five Studies for Tuba Alone	p. 77
Sonata for Tuba and Piano, Op. 68	p. 79
Concerto for Tuba and Band; Midnight Variations	p. 80
Fractured Mambos	p. 82
Suite Concertante for Tuba and Woodwind Quintet	p. 84
Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra	p. 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; Tunes	p. 87
Capriccio for Tuba and Orchestra	p. 92
Sonata for Tuba and Piano	p. 93
Suite for Tuba and Piano	p. 94
Sonatina for Tuba or Trombone and Piano	p. 96
Dances; Triumph of the Demon Gods; The Liberation of Sisyphus; Soliloquy - Peace in Our Time; Suite No. 1	p. 97
Night Train for Tubas; A Variation of East African Calls	p. 102
Two Moods for Tuba	p. 104
The Yellow Bird	p. 105
Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra	p. 107
Cambi	p. 109
Sonata for Tuba and Piano	p. 110
Sonata for Tuba and Piano; Suite No. 1 for Tuba and Piano (Effie Suite); Suite for French Horn, Tuba and Piano	p. 112
Concertino for Tuba and Winds	p. 116
Tuba Concerto	p. 117
Four Pieces for Tuba	p. 119
Paul Hindemith's Place in Twentieth-Century Music	p. 123
Vincent Persichetti	p. 130
Remembering Halsey Stevens	p. 134
Ralph Vaughan Williams	p. 137
Alec Wilder - A Short Biography	p. 140
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