Tuba Part Books

[Himes]

Greetings,

I am looking to purchase tuba parts for the standard repertoire. Many of these appear in various collections, however, I am unsure which editions are the most reliable/accepted. Is there a general consensus in the TubeNet world? Also, where would you fine players recommend I look to acquire these?

Many thanks,

Himes

PS - In my search, I found these CD's supposedly containing all the parts (like a digital part book). Has anyone any experience with these? http://orchmusiclibrary.com/" target="_blank

[Rick Denney]

Greetings,

I am looking to purchase tuba parts for the standard repertoire. Many of these appear in various collections, however, I am unsure which editions are the most reliable/accepted. Is there a general consensus in the TubeNet world? Also, where would you fine players recommend I look to acquire these?

The go-to collection for public-domain orchestral trombone and tubas parts comes from Gordon Cherry.

https://secure.cherry-classics.com/cgi- ... Music.woa/

These are in electronic form and you print them out as needed.

Before these were available, the standard collection to own was edited by Abe Torchinsky. Not all of these are still available, unfortunately. You can buy some of them from Encore, http://www.encoremupub.com/Tuba/excerpts.htm, but most you have to find on the resale market. The first four volumes of these offer the same music as the Cherry compilation, but with Torchinsky's annotation, which most believe is worth the price of the book.

The other volumes of that series included many 20th-century composers which are still protected by copyright. The Shostakovich editions are the hardest to find--they were pulled because of a change in copyright treaties.

Rick "who spent decades collecting all of the Torchy books" Denney

[Himes]

Thanks, that was an enormous help! If anyone has any additions, please make them. Thanks a lot Mr. Denney!