Outdoor Overture

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Outdoor Overture

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“Why aren’t you playing?” the conductor asked.

“There’s no tuba part for An Outdoor Overture,” I answered.

“Yes, there is. I had it on my kitchen table.”

“Well, I’d be happy to play it if the part is here,” I responded.

“I’ll bring it to the next rehearsal,” the conductor said.

At the next rehearsal, the conductor approached me at the break. “I’m sorry. I looked through both sets that I have. They both say that there is an optional tuba part, but I couldn’t find it in either set.”

So, if there is a tuba part, optional or otherwise, for the original orchestration of Copland’s An Outdoor Overture, could someone please email is to me?

For that matter, if it’s from a “bandstration,” it might be possible to extract something to play. Thanks in advance if that’s what you have to email.
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I thought it was originally written for band and the orchestra version is the transcription.
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When I was a tadpole I had a few conductors that would invite me to play anything I could cover when there was no part. You can imagine my surprise when I got a little older and saw the rest of the world.
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