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As one of the editors (High School Literature) of the new Euphonium Source Book, Winston Morris is keeping us informed of the progress of the work. He sent me this today:

We are receiving numerous requests for updates on the status of the two new "source" books. Please help disseminate the following information to anyone in the tuba/euphonium/brass world who would have an interest in the status of these two projects.

The GUIDE TO THE TUBA REPERTOIRE: The NEW TUBA SOURCE BOOK and the GUIDE TO THE EUPHONIUM REPERTOIRE: The EUPHONIUM SOURCE BOOK are currently in preparation at Indiana University Press in Bloomington, Indiana. The two thousand page manuscript for the TSB was submitted to IU Press on June 1st, 2005 and involves a complete update of all the literature and discography chapters of the original Tuba Source Book (IU Press, 1996). An even larger manuscript for the ESB was submitted October 1st, 2005. The ESB will follow the format of the original TSB in terms of all the information that will be included. These publications are the result of years of preparation by dozens of leading euphonium and tuba artists from around the world. They will be definitive in their presentation! Release dates are not precise but it is projected that the TSB will be released circa October 2006 and the ESB will be released circa February 2007.

rwm/Cookeville, Tennessee, 11/04/05

Two thousand pages for tuba and even larger for Euphonium??

I remember the very forst source book that was around a hundred pages, times have changed. It would cost a forture to print and the selling price will be in orbit. Seems to me that it's time to abandon paper and make this available only on CD ROM.

Brian,

Your suggestion is so common sense and practicle. THAT is exactly why it will not be. I hope the tuba "powers thst be" can suggest and promote this format. A CD-ROM could even include performances and (GASP) include 21st century technology and super high quality photos and save a few hundred trees, and I am by no means a tree hugger.

Such a common sense suggestion to a government entity (university) will sadly fall upon deaf ears and surpass the understanding of those few who actually have the power to enact such a great idea.

very good idea, though I wonder if we can really expect a CD-ROM to be less expensive on the buyer's end.. these are, after all, still textbooks, and will undoubtedly(and <i>somewhat</i>understandably) be priced as such.

How would an online version be financed? It does cost money.

brianf wrote:How would an online version be financed? It does cost money.

Unfortunately, a CD-ROM version would probably be copied so much as to not pay for the effort.