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I recently acquired a spiral-bound collection of orchestral excerpts- The Tubists' Orchestral Repertoire: Excerpts from the Symphonic Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries. It is over one inch thick and contains over 200 pages of orchestral tuba parts-- printed back-to-back. I believe the compilation was available through "informal sources" during the 1970s and 1980s. Wishing to respect copyright laws, the compiler, etc., I would like to make contact with the compiler of this work. I would like to publish some of the excerpts that might not be available elsewhere (depending upon successful copyright clearance). Those with information to share are invited to contact me by PM or through my email address. Thanks, Steve Shoop

tubashaman wrote:That will be a nice edition to the cherry classics

It will probably be a nice addition to them, as well.

the elephant wrote:

Scooby Tuba wrote:?!

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TubaRay wrote:

tubashaman wrote:That will be a nice edition to the cherry classics

It will probably be a nice addition to them, as well.

It will probably be a nice audition for them, as well.

Edified?

the elephant wrote:

Scooby Tuba wrote:?!

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Any reason to use an interrobang is a good one

the elephant wrote:

circusboy wrote:

TubaRay wrote: It will probably be a nice addition to them, as well.

It will probably be a nice audition for them, as well.

Edified?

It will probably be nice to audition for them, as well.

I'd only audition with an edition that includes this addition.

Stephen Shoop wrote:I recently acquired a spiral-bound collection of orchestral excerpts- The Tubists' Orchestral Repertoire: Excerpts from the Symphonic Literature of the 19th and 20th Centuries. It is over one inch thick and contains over 200 pages of orchestral tuba parts-- printed back-to-back. I believe the compilation was available through "informal sources" during the 1970s and 1980s. Wishing to respect copyright laws, the compiler, etc., I would like to make contact with the compiler of this work. I would like to publish some of the excerpts that might not be available elsewhere (depending upon successful copyright clearance). Those with information to share are invited to contact me by PM or through my email address. Thanks, Steve Shoop

Was the book actually in publication? In undergraduate school, my teacher had a giant book of excerpts which sound quite familiar to the above. There were two volumes, spiral bound and many charts I had never heard of.

Nope. Never officially printed, published or anything else. Two of my teachers had copies of this book and it comes with a strict "don't ask where it came from" policy. It's a huge collection of copies of full tuba parts from various sources (some of them handwritten) that, in the hands of my teachers, was in about its fifth "generation" of being handed down from teacher to student.

It has a lot of great stuff in it, though I certainly don't advocate owning one as it is REALLY REALLY illegal. That's my official position.

is it the Walter Sear excerpt book?

Just guessing.

eupher61 wrote:is it the Walter Sear excerpt book?
Just guessing.

My guess is that it is not. I have those, and I'm sure many others do as well.

Apparently there are several compilations out there! The one I have includes the following tuba parts: (1) Bartok- Concerto for Orchestra, Miraculous Mandarin, Suite; (2) Berg- Violin Concerto, Wozzeck; (3) Berlioz- Benvenuto Cellini, Corsair, Harold in Italy, Hungarian March, King Lear, Requiem, Romeo and Juliet, Symphony Fantastique; (4) Brahms- Symphony #2; (5) Britten- Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; (6) Bruckner- Symphony #4, #7, #8, #9; (7) Elgar- Enigma Variations; (8) Franck- Symphony in D Minor; (9) Gershwin- An American in Paris; (10) Hindemith- Mathis Der Maler, Nobilissima Visione, Symphonic Metamorphosen; (11) Holst- The Planets; (12) Kodaly- Hary Janos-Suite; (13) Mahler- Symphony #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #8; (14) Mendelssohn- Midsummer Night's Dream Overture; (15) Mussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition; (16) Prokofieff- Alexander Nevsky, Lieutenant Kije, Romeo and Juliet, Symphony #5; (17) Revueltas- Homage to Garcia Lorka; (18) Rimsky-Korsakov- Scheherazade; (19) Strauss- Death and Transfiguration, Don Quixote, Ein Heldenleben, Til Eulenspiegel, Zarathustra; (20) Stravinsky- Petrouchka, Rite of Spring, Suite #2; (21) Tschaikowsky- 1812 Overture, Symphony #4, #5, #6; (22) Verdi- La Forza Del Destino, Requiem; (23) Wagner- Entry of the Gods Into Valhalla, The Flying Dutchman, Introduction to Act III Lohengrin, Die Miestersinger, Sigfried, Die Walkure; (24) Webern- Passacaglia, Six Pieces for Orchestra. None seem to be hand-written. The collection concludes with several pages of German musical terms.

Yup, that's the same one I have, and came from the source I mentioned in my PM.

Came from a prominent East Coast teacher. Some of the parts I unwittingly provided to said teacher, not knowing his intent.