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Instrumentation for the VW tuba concerto?

Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 10:03 pm
by Tubadork
Does anyone know what the instrumentation for the Vaughan Williams tuba concerto is? (The version for tuba and orchestra).
Would be very appreciated,
THanks,
Bill

Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 12:42 am
by Mark
I see your question has already been answered. Here are some hints on how to find out this kind of information:

Buy a copy of Orchestral Music by David Daniels. I know it is a very expensive book; but if you are an orchestral tuba player, you will use it for many, many years. (You can also check your local library for a copy.)

Some of the online sheet music sellers can act as an online Daniels. I find Luck's Music Library to be the best, http://www.lucksmusic.net.

If you do a search on Vaughan Willams and tuba you get this: http://www.lucksmusic.net/cat-symph/sho ... gNo=O11003. Which gives you the instrumentation.

Kalmus, http://www.kalmus-music.com is another source, but I don't find it as easy to use as Luck's.

Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:08 am
by LoyalTubist
You can order the Kalmus catalog for free from the website. And you can buy individual tuba parts. (But they don't have the Vaughan Williams Concerto).