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Hi,

Any suggestions of a piece I could play from the Romantic Era? I've looked through my library and came up with nothing.

Thanks for the help!

There are no tuba solos as such from the Romantic Era that I am aware. Vaughan Williams wrote the first tuba concerto in the 1950's.

The best I can suggest is the 'virtual' tuba solo from Prelude to Act 1, The Mastersingers by Wagner

Transcriptions.
When you run out, transcribe your own.
You will never run out.

Nocturno, op. 7, by Franz Strauss. Gorgeous, short piece, originally for horn. Not too technically difficult.

Strauss Horn concerto's 1 or 2. I know Mozart isn't technically romantic period but the horn concerto's are also fun on tuba.

Lieder and mélodies by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Fauré, Berlioz and all the others. It is also a good way to practise your treble clef reading skills.

Transcriptions are absolutely fantastic. With the exception of some of the very latest of it, all music of the Romantic era is public-domain and many, many, MANY pieces can be found online (ie. the IMSLP). I'd say to look at what's available by some of your favorite composers of that era and see what looks interesting. I love the music of Carl Neilsen, so I looked him up on the IMSLP and found a couple of solo oboe pieces that I really dug, so I just played them. Isn't music awesome‽

There are plenty of upright bass solo selections as well as the aforementioned cello transcriptions.

I found a couple horn pieces I like from the Romantic Era. How do I play them on tuba? I used to play piano so I can read treble clef...but I don't know how that translates to the tuba.

Thanks again for the help and telling me about the websites.

goldenmoose wrote:I found a couple horn pieces I like from the Romantic Era. How do I play them on tuba? I used to play piano so I can read treble clef...but I don't know how that translates to the tuba.

Thanks again for the help and telling me about the websites.

If you want to play them with the piano part you will need to transcribe them. If you want to just be able to read through them just play the treble clef parts as if it is Bass Clef and add 3 flats.

NDSPTuba wrote:

goldenmoose wrote:I found a couple horn pieces I like from the Romantic Era. How do I play them on tuba? I used to play piano so I can read treble clef...but I don't know how that translates to the tuba.

Thanks again for the help and telling me about the websites.

If you want to play them with the piano part you will need to transcribe them. If you want to just be able to read through them just play the treble clef parts as if it is Bass Clef and add 3 flats.

Actually, if the horn parts are 'Horn in Eb', adding 3 flats and reading as if it were bass clef will work nicely with the piano part. If the part is for 'Horn in F', you will also have to transpose it a major second for it to work with the piano part.

Could I just play it without transposition if I'm not playing it with a piano? Could I just read it like a piano part?

Thanks for all the help!

goldenmoose wrote:Could I just play it without transposition if I'm not playing it with a piano? Could I just read it like a piano part?

Yes. Without a piano, you are free to play it however you like.

I second the idea of playing the Schubert songs. Since they're for voice there's no transposing involved, especially since you know how to read treble clef. We did a project during my undergrad where we all picked a different Schubert song and then performed them for each other. Again, since there's no transposing involved, it was easy to play with piano accompaniment as well without any extra work. Those are my two cents.