music with mute

tubagirl5 · Post by **tubagirl5** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:31 pm

Hey, I am looking to make a list (or steal a list) of music for the tuba that requires mute in orchestral and band settings. If there is a list let me know, if not, fire away with what you know. Thanks!

pgiampi1 · Post by **pgiampi1** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:03 pm

vincent persichetti - symphony no. 6 ("for band")
igor stravinsky - symphonies of wind instruments
cindy mctee - circuits
does "vientos y tangos" by michael gandolfi have mutes?

wow, that's all i can think of right now. hmm...

UTTuba_09 · Post by **UTTuba_09** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:26 pm

Strauss' Four Last Songs - Only for a few notes in the last movement

TomMxEdit · Post by **TomMxEdit** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:26 pm

Pictures at an Exhibition I. Gnomus

djwesp · Post by **djwesp** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:27 pm

Are we counting solos with Band accomp?

Because, that easy little Curnow piece has one of my FAVORITE muted tuba parts.

pulseczar · Post by **pulseczar** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:47 pm

pgiampi1 wrote: does "vientos y tangos" by michael gandolfi have mutes?

Yes, for five beats in the entire song.

TomMxEdit · Post by **TomMxEdit** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:48 pm

John Adams "The Chairman Dances"
Britten "Young Person's Guide" (1 note during the harp variation)

quinterbourne · Post by **quinterbourne** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:49 am

I've seen (at least in one version) of the Stravinsky Firebird Suite (Infernal Dance?) that calls for muted tuba.

I remember in wind ensemble playing some music that needed a mute. I forget the name(s) of the pieces but I believe some of them may have been composed by Karel Husa.

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:54 am

There is a previous tread on this at viewtopic.php?t=4848&highlight=

Tubaguy56 · Post by **Tubaguy56** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:11 pm

Emblems-Copland (Wind Ensemble)

Yes the tuba part in Firebird Suite is supposed to have a mute

tubaribonephone · Post by **tubaribonephone** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:39 pm

Dance Movements by Philip Sparke has a few notes at the end of the 3rd movement, Lento (for the Brass).

Jonathan Fowler · Post by **Jonathan Fowler** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:22 pm

The most recent things I've played with a mute:

Puccini - Turandot
Shostakovich Symphony No 11

bttmbow · Post by **bttmbow** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:56 pm

I have wanted to respond to this post for a while, but have been too lazy until now.

There are many works that require a mute, possibibly too many to mention...so I will mention composers...

No Wagner! Besides the usual horn mute stuff, he used mutes in trumepets and trombones, AND very infrequently.

Strauss: you'll almost certainly need one, and your change time will almost always be too brief! (nothing like holding a mute while trying to play something easy OR difficult!)

Puccini: two notes in Turandot. (can't think of any other instances, Besides the part is NOT for tuba.)

Janacek, yes!

Debussy, Ravel, YES.

Shostakovich, Prokofiev, I think so, but only every so often; SOMEBODY please correct me if I'm wrong!!

Copland? I don't know!

Just what I could think of without digging through the excerpt "crawlspace"...

CJH

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:24 pm

bttmbow wrote:Copland?

Yup, Ceremonial Fanfare. Goes up to E-flat above the staff with the mute in.

Lots 'n' lots o' pieces for British brass band use mutes, too...

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:06 am

Some that come to mind:

Mahler Symphony No.9
Strauss An Alpine Symphony
Janacek Taras Bulba
Suk Asrael Symphony
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.9

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:32 am

"Cave of the Winds" by Russel Peck. A concert band I played with the UCLA Wind Ensemble back in '93.

There's actually a poor quality video of it I put on the YouTube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKmiG5ZNDH8

Wes Krygsman · Post by **Wes Krygsman** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:56 am

Bernstein's "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story"

NickJones · Post by **NickJones** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:20 am

works for Brass Only

Cloudcatcher Fells - John Mcabe
Whitsun Wakes - Michael Ball
All the Flowers of the Mountain - Michael Ball
Tallis Variations - Philip Sparke
Partitia - Philip Sparke
Masquarade - Philip Wilby

Tom Holtz · Post by **Tom Holtz** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:05 pm

CMUJoiseyBoy wrote:I know that David Gillingham is fond of the timbre (he's told me so himself).

Did he tell you any reasons why? Upper register is a garbage disposal. Lower register is a Weed-Eater. Dude needs a CAT-scan.

"Diaghilev Dances" by Kenneth Hesketh needs a mute. One eighth-note triplet, all by itself, out of 18 minutes of music. Mute in, "BAP-BAP-BAP!!!", mute out.

The junior member of the tuba section, whoever that may be on any given concert, automatically becomes the front-runner for the dreaded position of "Mute Boy." Oddly enough, Paul missed out on being Mute Boy this week, because Cameron and I are playing the one-on-a-part section of the Hesketh that uses a mute. Normally, this means I'd have to be Mute Boy, BUT... I'd already been assigned the top divisi of the part, and the mute is in the bottom divisi. Thus, this week's Senior Mute Boy is MSgt Gates. Fitting, too, since the extreme low register muted sounds much like an angry duck with an adenoid problem. Oh, Mute Boy... "BAP-BAP-BAP!!!"

Muted tuba with a full muted brass section=tolerable. Solo muted tuba=death. All inquiries concerning band music with muted tuba should be directed to MSgt Cameron Gates, Duck Fan, Senior Mute Boy, USMB.

bttmbow · Post by **bttmbow** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:36 am

I was wrong; Turandot has SIX muted notes.

Whoops!
CJH