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I used to play a 12-tone duet in the early 1970s.
It was written in bass clef, in trombone/euphonium range.
(I don't know which instrument it was written for.)
It was surprisingly melodic and fun to play.
Anyone know what I'm talking about or where I can
get a copy?

thanks, Bruce

I seem to remember such a piece. I have a copy of it but I don't remember who it is by and I'm not sure where it is as I am in the middle of moving. I try to look for it this weekend.
Phil

Any duet will go 12-tone, maybe not exactly by the rules, if your partner’s knowledge of fingerings is limited.

The most convincing piece of 12-tone music I ever heard was Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto.

Some job to transcribe that one for 2 low brasses. Not to be done by me.

Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre

There's a set of 12 tone duets by Roger Jones. I don't have it, though.

I haven't found it yet but it seems to me that the composer was Goldman and the cover was a dark red with a copy of the tone row in the center of the cover. There was only one duet if in fact this is the one you are looking for. I'll keep looking during my move. Phil

Alban Berg, not Anton.

(I couldn't let that one slide; he's one of my favorite composers)

Sorry,
CJH

Phil:

Yes, a dark red cover sounds familiar.
Yes, it was a stand alone duet, not in a collection.
Yes, Goldman might ring a bell.

Let me know if you find it in the process of moving.

thanks, Bruce

bttmbow wrote:Alban Berg, not Anton.

(I couldn't let that one slide; he's one of my favorite composers)

Sorry,
CJH

I can well understand Klaus' freudian slip. Anton Berg is one of my favourite chocolatiers.

I admit to having done the error, and I have corrected it.

Honestly: I had the music in my ears, and not the chocolate in my mouth!

Anton Berg is our finest large-scale maker of chocolate, and I admit to have eaten my share. Sadly I since a few years have become too allergic towards the cocoa contents.

And it is no coincidence that it is an Icelandic board member, who nails down the root of my error. There have been strong bonds between our countries on all levels for possibly a millennium. I have gone to school with and done union work with folks from Iceland. I don’t know if it goes any longer, but when I did union work, people from Iceland were the only foreigners, who could become Danish state civil servants without changing their citizenship to Danish.

Finnbogi can read my language better than I can read his, but then I still can read some Icelandic. It is not their alphabet, but their vocabulary, which causes me problems.

Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre, who has not yet done his last error in the matter of names