Unaccompanied Tuba Solos

[mbass]

I've played Robert Jager's Diverse Moments, but what are some other unaccompanied solos that are of good playing value?

[Ian1]

Arnold Fantasy
Hartley Suite
Stockhausen In Freundschaft

[opus37]

Blue Grace by Claire Sievers is not commonly played, but I enjoy it. The range is playable by any key of tuba. There is a variety of rhythms and a couple of key changes.

[jeopardymaster]

Vincent Persichetti's Serenade No. 12 (I think that's it's official name) is good. I think Bob Spilman's 4 Greek Preludes may be unaccompanied, not 100% sure. Fun piece, odd rhythms and scales, can get a bit trite for my taste unless you just let go with the sonic olives and get into the spirit of the thing. Kraft's Encounters II, but it's meaner than cat dirt.

[noahsigs]

Encounters II by Kraft. It was written for Roger Bobo, and it's INSANE. I love it.
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[eupher61]

Ed Pearsall -2 Motets ( ITEA press)


Pendercki-- Capriccio

Bach suites

[davetubaking]

Yes Oh Yes to the Bach Suites. 1st Mvt of No5 is my fave.

Others not mentioned; P = publisher. D = difficulty where Encounters 2 is 10/10

Pieces I have the music for;

Monophony IX - Robert Hall Lewis - P. Doblinger - modern some avant garde - difficulty 7/10
Serenade - D.F Golightly - P. Modran - modern no avant garde - 9/10
Boast - Henrik Jorgensen - P. Samfundet - Modern no avant garde - 9/10
Vox Superius - Melvyn Poore - P. Arts Lab Music - very avant garde - 7/10
Five studies for tuba alone - David RecK - P. Edition Peters - modern some avant garde - 8/10
Mirum - Mauricio Kagel - P. Universal - avant garde/theatrical - 8/10

Heavy Reductions (Tuba & Tape) - Tim Souster - P. Arts Lab Music - Wagner mashup - entertaining 8/10
Suite - Walter S. Hartley - P. Elkan-Vogel - Tuneful/modern - 6/10
Ten Tiny Tunes - Burnet Tuthill - P. Theodore Presser - tuneful/modern - 5/10
Sonata - Walter E. Sear - P. Western INternational Music - tuneful/modern - 6/10
Canto VII - Samuel Adler - P. Boosey & Hawkes - modern some avant garde - 8/10
Three Abstracts - Jae Un ha - P. Niel A, Kjos Music - Avant garde - 9/10
Aria Di Coloratura - Istvan Lanmg - P. Editio Musica Budapest - modern/avant garde 9/10
Escher's Sketches - Walter Ross - P. Tezak - tuneful/modern - 6/10
Three for Barton - Allan Blank - P. Associated music publishers - modern/avant garde - 8/10

Pieces I have recording of;

Alarum - Edward Gregson
And what rough beast... - Marc Satterwhite
Eirik the Viking - Torstein Aargaard-Nilsen
Monolog No 9 - Erland Van Koch
Music for solo tuba - Andrzej Dobrowski
Piernikiana - Witold Szalonek
Skirmish and Dance - Jeffrey Reynolds
Sonata - Andrzej Krzanowski
Tea for Tuba - Ib Norholm
Three Essays - William Albert Penn


The ones that are "good playing value for me" I've made bold

[gary]

I like Impromptus by Muczynski. Also Fnugg by Baadsvik, Icon-sequenza by Bamert, Six Likes for Solo Tuba by Antoniou, Six pack by Meader. There are also some nice transcriptions. Bach Partita (Cooley) and the Teleman Flute Fantasies.

[eupher61]

Jim Grant ' s 10 First Dates.

[ScottM]

Also by James Grant. STUFF. It is a theme and variations.
Ten tiny tunes for tuba by Tuthill
Ricercar by D Gabrieli are by RWMorris
ScottM

[Roger Lewis]

Theodore Antinou 6 Likes For Tuba. It's a 12/10. Very hard. Never been recorded but Mr. Bobo has performed it in the past. I have done select movements but have not done the whole thing yet.

There is also Persichetti's Parable for tuba solo.

Roger

[Tubaru]

Triumph of the Demon Gods by John Stephens

[jeopardymaster]

I heard Mr. Bobo play one of the 6 Likes in concert back in the 1970s. The movement was titled "Like a Chicken," or something like that. More like a pterodactyl - absolutely frightening.

[mbell]

I am rather fond of Sonata Breve by Jack Gallagher. It is not very difficult and I think it is fun to play. Also, the Suite by Brian Israel is worth looking at. I played it on my senior recital. Brian Israel, who died too young, was a good friend of my composition teacher.

mike

[mbass]

I really appreciate the input guys! All of this is great stuff, but it has dawned on me that I am WAY out of the loop on tuba lit. Note to self, never take five years off from tuba playing.