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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.

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Author:   Gary Bird ,  G. Bird
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780253311894

ISBN 10:   0253311896
Pages:   166
Publication Date:   22 July 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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 (Parable XXII), 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

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Author Information

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.

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