Festive Overture

[TubaingAgain]

Looking for copy of Tuba part for Shostakovich Festive Overture Op 96 Can anyone help me out?? Need it in a HURRY



Thanx

[Wyvern]

Substantial excerpt of part can be found in the book "An Introduction to Orchestral Excerpts for Tuba" compiled by R. Winston Morris, published by Shawnee Press Inc.

I don't know if it is still available, but I got a copy in the last couple years

[Art Hovey]

The concert band version is in one key, the original orchestra version is in another key. Which one are you looking for?

[GC]

What key is the orchestra version in? I've recently played a concert band version in Ab and a brass band perversion in G (and boy, it was hell to play!; there were a ton of pedal notes in the BBb part, some of them quite fast-moving, and a lot of loud stuff in the low register; it took a horrendous amount of air).

[MartyNeilan]

Looking for copy of Tuba part for Shostakovich Festive Overture Op 96 Can anyone help me out?? Need it in a HURRY
Thanx

I had to sightread the Concert Band part about two years ago in a performance. I was called in as the only tuba last minute. Fortunately, I sat near a very good bari sax player (yes, a few do exist) and didn't have any problems. It is a very busy part, just make sure to subdivide like mad and don't play any "solos". And, when it is loud, play LOUD (with a good sound, of course.)

[quinterbourne]

Looking for copy of Tuba part for Shostakovich Festive Overture Op 96 Can anyone help me out?? Need it in a HURRY
Thanx

I had to sightread the Concert Band part about two years ago in a performance. I was called in as the only tuba last minute. Fortunately, I sat near a very good bari sax player (yes, a few do exist) and didn't have any problems. It is a very busy part, just make sure to subdivide like mad and don't play any "solos". And, when it is loud, play LOUD (with a good sound, of course.)

Just be glad you didn't have to sight read the euphonium part

[Art Hovey]

I found that I do have a photocopy of the band version's tuba part in Ab. I have played the Orchestra version a couple of times, but never copied the part. It is in A, and most of it is in Winston Morris's book, as mentioned above.

[TubaRay]

bloke " 'Band' people are generally thought too stupid to play stuff with more than two sharps...Right...?? "

I would amend that to state that band people are generally thought too stupid to play stuff with any sharps, generally.

[MileMarkerZero]

'Band' people are generally thought too stupid to play stuff with more than two sharps...Right...?? "

I always thought it was 'cause we were too smart to fool with it...

[Chuck(G)]

I've played a brass band arrangement by Peter Kitson that puts it in the key of F. It seemed to be okay.

[a2ba4u]

Jumping on the old digression wagon here....

THE band version that we are all speaking of here is the Hunsberger transcription that is in A-flat (as has been noted). I seem to recall hearing that Hunsberger's transcription is simply a re-working/Americanizing of a transcription that Shostakovitch himself did of the work for a Russian military band back in the day. Not sure how accurate this story is, but it does provide a different reason for the key choice.

And since I KNOW that at least someone is interested in what I think (this IS TubeNet, of course).....

I, personally, do not like this bandistration. First, I think its in the wrong key--it should be in B-flat. As noted in an earlier post, this makes for some tricky range issues. I feel, though, that if you actually have a band that has the fingers for this chart at its customary tempo, then you probably have a band that can deal with the extra whole step. Secondly, I've heard this version realized by at least a dozen different bands (played in one or two myself) of all levels and, no matter what, it always comes off as sounding like the largest chamber music composition ever. For me, this transcription is too much "intricate lace weaving" and not enough "see what the Harley can do on the open road with no cops around." I'd love to hear a different band version sometime, just to compare.

Kyle