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I think I may play a recital at some point this fall, and I was thinking about inviting a friend of mine to play Eb tenor horn on a duet. Any suggestions for a good piece? (I wouldn't mind a transcription from instruments in the same key.)

(Edit for clarification.)

"Indian Point Rhapsody" by Ken Friedrich. You can hear it being played by Charley Brighton on euphonium and his wife Sue on baritone here : http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=487427&t=458" target="_blank.

" Softly as I Leave You." : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k32UKpH7tA8" target="_blank

"Pearl Fishers Duet" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQcPZFbnwE" target="_blank

By tenor horn do you mean an Eb Tenor horn as in the terms of Adolphe Sax and of the British brass bands? This really is an Eb alto horn:

http://www.chisham.com/tips/bbs/jul2001 ... 61604.html

Or do you mean a Bb Tenorhorn as known from the German ovals (please refer to the link above here)? This is a real tenor instrument.

Anyway especially one of my free arrangements comes to mind: the settings for various pairs of instruments of Beethoven’s first duo for clarinet and bassoon.

You will find these versions here at a page within my Yahoo-based free download project:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Yo ... 20bassoon/

If you mean to play with an Eb alto horn, there is the treble clef version in Eb for Eb and BBb tubas, brass band style (also available in bass clef). The range for both instruments is fairly high, which is possible on tubas, and also necessary to avoid too much rumble in closer chords. I would not consider this key ideal for an alto horn and a euphonium. To be honest, I hadn’t imagined this constellation.

However, I have a version in Bb for horn in F and euphonium/bass tuba, which without too much trouble could be edited to fit Eb alto horn and euphonium. I already have found the base-files on my hard-disk, so that the transposition and the graphical edition could happen well ahead of your recital.

If you are going to perform with two Bb instruments, there already is the version in Bb for clarinets and/or euphoniums.

Klaus

Yes, excuse me, I do mean Eb. Thinking in brass band terms.

I always like seeing things in a new light when relevant. Also goes for my own stuff, so I made a version of the Beethoven duet for your alto horn friend and you. Proofed it three times and uploaded it here:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Yo ... b%20major/" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

To give you an idea about the music, which takes an alto horn player with very good command of the low range intonation, I attach the beginnings of the 3 movements respectively.

Klaus

Indian Point is for 2 B flat instruments.

Terry Treherne has nice duets for mixed pitches;

http://www.euphonium.webspace.virginmedia.com/terry.htm" target="_blank

CB