The Dead Will Only De-Compose

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:36 am

bloke wrote:
OldsRecording wrote:PS- wouldn't 'Dead Germans' be a great name for a band?
The Warped Bombards Â©

Firebombing Dresden

T. J. Ricer · Post by **T. J. Ricer** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:26 pm

Not to go astray a bit on the topic, but one of the new pieces worth checking out in the Tuba/Euph Press catalog is "Sonatina for Piano and Tuba" by Doug Spata. . . I premiered it at SERTEC 2005 and Craig Sutherland (principle tuba, Rochester Philharmonic) recently played it in recital. Tim Olt posted the first movement on his site http://www.timolt.com/studentsounds/

That site includes several new works.

Let's support the guys who are already out there writing for tuba, as well as encouraging more people to do so.

--T. J.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:18 am

As far as I know Earle Hagen (who also composed "Harlem Nocturne") is still alive...

http://imdb.com/name/nm0006120/

circusboy · Post by **circusboy** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:24 pm

I, too, think it's a grand idea. You've got my twenty simoleans.

Choosing the composer will be the real tough one--and the type of piece.

My vote would be for a solo by

Silvestrov
Gorecki
Reich
Erb
Blackwood

or maybe Damon Albarn, now that he's written an opera

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:28 pm

I go with Joe. Maybe we should contact Earle Hagen to write a tuba solo.