Recommended repertoire for unaccompanied tuba

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:22 am

Unaccompanied flute sonatas.

WoodSheddin · Post by **WoodSheddin** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:39 pm

Fortissimosca wrote:Unaccompianed is the way to go! Don't have to mess with finding accompianist.

Also tends to be boring as hell for most of the audience.

Tubadork · Post by **Tubadork** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:25 pm

The Tuba Source book has a whole big list of 'em too.
BTW I thought I heard about a second edition, anyone know for sure? (and where I can get it)
Bill Pritchard

dtemp · Post by **dtemp** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:27 pm

Fortissimosca wrote:
I'm not a big fan of Persichetti's Serenade #12, but you might be...

I played the Persichetti a few times and I really like it. Challenging, but not impossible. Cerebral, but not alienating. You should at least pick it up, its a standard.

KevinYoung · Post by **KevinYoung** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:58 pm

Yes, there's another edition coming soon. However, I'm not sure when it will be availabe for sale. Joseph Skillen is working on part of it and I think he's just completed his portion not too long ago.

-KY

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:38 pm

There is a beautiful unaccompanied piece by John Stevens entitled Elegy that is printed in the most recent ITEA Journal. Information about the piece can be found at http://www.iteaonline.org/Journal/32N1/32N1gem6.shtml.

JayW · Post by **JayW** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:33 pm

Going of of Seans comment about Flue Sonatas.... there is a great book "Seven Sonatas" by Handel (Schirmer)....and although they have piano accompaniment some of them realyl do work well alone.... I have used a few on occassion and never had anyone ask if there should have been another part. Just a thought, I know some people may think I am horrible for playing them that way, but I like how they sound. And down the road if you want to add the piano part there is always the option.

also Bach for Tuba Vol. I (bixby)..... has some very nice stuff.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:55 pm

I'll put in another vote for unaccompanied flute music. I have been playing from a book of Telemann sonatas lately, and enjoying it a lot.

Flute music can be played straight from the book if you know treble clef -- just play it down two octaves. The range of a flute dropped two octaves is a fine fit for an F tuba, but you can play it on a contrabass tuba if your high range is decent. [The old flute range was from the D above middle C up two octaves and half to A, but mostly not higher than E.]

Allen Walker

RossK · Post by **RossK** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 1:02 pm

Steve Marcus wrote:There is a beautiful unaccompanied piece by John Stevens entitled Elegy that is printed in the most recent ITEA Journal. Information about the piece can be found at http://www.iteaonline.org/Journal/32N1/32N1gem6.shtml.

For those of us that are not members of ITEA, is there any way to buy and/or preview this piece?

Mark N. · Post by **Mark N.** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:04 pm

Sounds like a reason to join. I hope you consider it.

Mark

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:38 am

Depends on exactly what you're looking for...

Any solo type material to play unaccompanied on tuba

OR

music originally written for unaccompanied tuba

TubeNet

Recommended repertoire for unaccompanied tuba

Tuba Source Book

ITEA