Tuba solos, kind of different...

jon112780 · Post by **jon112780** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:32 am

Does anybody know of any tuba solos, (with or without any kind of accompianiment) that might fit into any of these catagories:

Seralistic
Avant-garde
Aleatoric
Minimalistic
Cross-over
New complexity
Twelve-tone
Eletroacoustic

Aside from the Tuba Source Book, I don't know where to look, or if these works for solo tuba even exist. Any info will be appreciated!

kegmcnabb · Post by **kegmcnabb** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:13 am

Cage's 4'33" may be played on any instrument as per the composers instructions (not just piano, as is commonly thought).

But as I have already performed it better than anyone else ever will, I don't know why you would bother.

OK, with the possible exception of Zappa's version, but he did it on piano.

tubafatness · Post by **tubafatness** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:02 am

Check out this piece called "Whales" by I. Mitsuoka. The solo part consists of squiggly lines written on staff lines. Once you figure out how to do it, it's actually a fun little solo.

Navytubaman · Post by **Navytubaman** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:06 pm

A comment on the Whales piece.

I did it in college on a recital, but a little different.

I had a CD of wave and sea sounds playing behind me which set the mood better than music alone.

Careful study of the work led me to create a whole family of sounds, like a pod of whales together. I played each whale with their own valve combination, therefore giving a different timbre for each.

The audience seemed to enjoy it (or maybe it was the free beer we served at the end...)

JKD

Dean E · Post by **Dean E** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:35 pm

Effie Passes a Kidney Stone

schneidah · Post by **schneidah** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:08 pm

My understanding is that Northwestern's music library made a priority to try to collect as much of the published music for solo instruments (with and without accompaniment) as they could. They certainly have a lot of music that fits the bill! I'd try searching their library holdings (google "NUcat"); you may be able to narrow your search to the types of pieces that you want in particular (serial, aleatoric, etc.).

I've performed Cage's "Solo for Tubas in F and Bb"; it's plenty aleatoric, but also pretty workable as well as enjoyable for a "clued-in" crowd. Published by Edition Peters. Gorecki's "Aria" could fall under the heading of "spiritual minimalism"; I've found it to be a bear to play, at any rate. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:14 pm

Dean E wrote:Effie Passes a Kidney Stone

Didn't Alec Girlsgonewilder write that piece?

circusboy · Post by **circusboy** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:26 pm

Minimalist: Giacinto Scelsi's "Maknongan"

Electroacoustic: see Oren Marshall CDs

Dean E · Post by **Dean E** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:07 pm

windshieldbug wrote:
Dean E wrote:Effie Passes a Kidney Stone
Didn't Alec Girlsgonewilder write that piece?

I cant top that.

Seriously though, my copy says by "Ross" and from a dead web site:
http://tubalicious.tripod.com

Tubainsauga · Post by **Tubainsauga** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:29 pm

For the Electro-acoustic, I liked "Still" for tuba and live electronics by Jon Harvey. More interesting then your basic tuba + tape piece.