Beversdorf Tuba Sonata

gregsundt · Post by **gregsundt** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:37 pm

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tubabike · Post by **tubabike** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:18 pm

In my opinion the Beversdorf Sonata is one of the greatest works available for a young musician.

I played this piece in High School for a few auditions and festivals. Still to this day I have some pretty strong memories of developing rhythmic and expression abilities while learning the sonata.

As a teacher I use this piece with my students quite a bit and I think it will always be one of my favorite works! The slower lines in the first movement and the second movement are really gorgeous! And if you need a little help counting ties and syncopated rhythms... the first movement will be quite helpful!

I would strongly recommend this work to any aspiring young player or teacher out there!

(for what it's worth)

Enjoy!

mfp

actuba · Post by **actuba** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:38 am

I echo Mike's sentiments, totally.

In addition, the work really suite a young player who hasn't developed a real high range. I did this work as a freshman and built a program around it. It's a big enough piece for an aspiring tubist for just such a purpose. (...and worth having in your library. Just buy it, man!)

tubabuddha · Post by **tubabuddha** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:17 pm

Barton Cummings has a recording of the first movement

IkeH · Post by **IkeH** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:50 pm

My teacher was a student of Beversdorf and I happened to be working on it when he came to our school to play with the band. He gave me a tape of the piece and was a nice helpful person.

Ike