Looking for pieces for 3 trombones and tuba

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Looking for pieces for 3 trombones and tuba

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Hey,
I'm looking for pieces for 3 trombones and tuba. So far I've found:
Tomasi- to be or not to be
schmitt-quatuor op.109
Reynolds- Skirmish and Dance
Casterede - Prelude and dance (which also calls for piano and percussion, which by the way RK doesn't have this so if anyone has any info where to buy it let me know).
SO,
if you have any other suggestions let me know.
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Tubadork wrote:I'm looking for pieces for 3 trombones and tuba. So far I've found: ...
A lot of tuba quartet music will work. You have to be a little careful with the lower range of the Tuba 1 part since that will be handled by the third (bass) trombone. Conversely, if you have a tubist with a good high range, you can also use trombone quartet music.
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Bill, I'll second Mark's reccomendation for Trombone Quartet music. much of the advanced literature has a REAL bass trombone part, which is very much in the tuba range. I've had great success and fun playing my tuba in a "Trombone Quartet" (3+me). I've gotten some wonderful charts from Dick Wupio's Solid Brass. Check out http://www.sldbrass.com/
Good luck!
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If you're willing to take the time and effort, there are tons of french horn quartets which could be rewritten/transposed without a problem.
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