Tuba & Bass Bone Duets?

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Tuba & Bass Bone Duets?

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I'll be spending a chunk of a weekend soon playing duets with a bass trombonist and hoped you fine people might know of/have stuff that would work well.
I have some nice Bach 2-part inventions and a few other bits already...
Ideally I suppose a range of styles - early, right through the 'classical' eras, and into modern and jazzy, but whatever works for now.

Thinking about stuff for:
2 x F tuba
1 x F tuba + 1 x Contrabass
Any combination you think might work...

Happy to pay for titles BUT if you just happen to have PDFs or Sibelius files, well, do go ahead and email them through my profile.

Thanks for any help,
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What about the Weyse bassoon duet from my project?

The original version in Bb major fits the ranges of two euphoniums very well. 2nd goes from open pedal Bb to G above the bass staff, 1st has same range but for the pedal Bb.

With this edition I have made versions in all 12 major keys. Your set-up could go with the versions in Ab or in F depending on your preferences.

Weyse’s name may not too well known, but everybody has heard some of his music, namely the slow section of the cats’ duet ascribed to Rossini.

There is a duet version of 2 Blashevich etudes with quite tough 2nd parts added by me. Also comes in several keys.

As does the Norwegian bridal march, which has 4 version including waltz and tango.

Ridderen og Jomfruen is short and harmonically simple, but has a very challenging range in the second part. Several keys.

And then there are the Beethoven and Mozart duets.

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The Singleton duets are wonderful. A bit pricey ($33 for each volume) but worth it.

http://www.hickeys.com/search.php?q=singleton+duets" target="_blank

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Re: Tuba & Bass Bone Duets?

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A Song for Japan for 2 bass bones would work fine.

Bass trombone duos by Pederson are really fun and jazzy, and also in a good range for an F tuba.
Yamaha YEB-321 Eb 4v TA tuba
Meinl-Weston 2141 Eb 5v FA tuba
Hirsbrunner Bb 3v TA compensated euph
Wessex Dolce Bb 3+1v TA compensated euph
Alto/tenor/bass trombones in various sizes/plugs
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