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Tuba Solos and Studies
R. Winston Morris
The tuba music published this past year is of
much higher quality than last year's disappointing
collection. The majority of the better publications
for tuba are linked to a fine performer or teacher,
and if publishers continue to consult such experts,
the quality of their publications will continue to
improve. The following publications are some of
the year's best.
Donald C. Little and George R. Belden have writ-
ten a number of excellent transcriptions, ar-
rangements, and compositions for tuba,
euphonium, and small ensembles in Belwin-Mills'
Contemporary Band Course. This material is
primarily intended for the high school performer
and it is certainly usable by college students, too.
Three of these tuba solos with piano accompani-
ment are Handel's Larghetto and Allegro,
Marcello's Largo and Presto, and Neutron Stars, by
George Belden.
Barton Cummings has been one of the more ac-
tive tubists generating new music over the past
several years, and some of these works are now
appearing in print. Kjos has recently released four
works composed for Cummings. The two-
movement Suite for Tuba and Piano by Carrol M.
Butts is very usable for either college or advanced
high school level work, and Elegy for Tuba and
Piano by Frederick Zinos is definitely a college-
level piece. Dance Suite for Tuba and Triangle by
Bennie Beach is also a college-level piece that
works well in performance and is great fun to
play. Three Abstracts for Solo Tuba by Jae Eun Ha
is played best by advanced college and profes-
sional tubists. All of these pieces are inexpensive.
The Ha and Zinos works have been recently
recorded by Cummings on Crystal Records.
Anyone interested in new ensemble literature
should contact Whaling Music Publishers, 57 Fare
Harbour Place, No. 17, New London, Connecticut,
They publish materials generated by the Atlantic
Tuba Quartet. Their catalog includes school
through college-level material transcribed and ar-
ranged by tuba artists such as Garry Buttery,
Denis Winter, David Werden, and Bill Carmody.
Many of their quartet publications are featured on
the ATQ recording for Golden Crest, which is also
available through Whaling Music.
R. Winston Morris is associate professor of tuba/eupho-
nium at Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville,
Tennessee,
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Shawnee Press has released two new ex IE WE GO AGA1
pieces for tuba and piano. Concertpia IPANY HAS Dl
Lawrence I. Rappoldt is advanced high-scho ITY NAME-!
college-level music and the four-movement J EPTION. WHI
by Frank Lynn Payne is a solid, college-level n JTERED OURS! .
Gordon Jacob has composed a delightful j NEW AND
set, Six Little Tuba Pieces for tuba and LOOK OVER '
Published by Emerson, the piece is mo AT 1-800-854
difficult and could be performed easily
average high-school player seeking i
materials. The range is comfortable thro
except for the final high Eb above middle C.I
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rendered unusable by many young tubists] rong 103 .
could otherwise play it. strong 104 .
Fantasia A Due for tuba and piano by, strong 303 .
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Reed is a very usable work recently releaa Ford Model 5
Marks Music Corporation. It was commissi| Ford Model SB .
Ford Model 10B
by T.U.B.A. for performance at the 3rd In aha YFL-24S .
tional Tuba/Euphonium Symposium-Work!
held in June, 1978 in Los Angeles. The worl )LOS
strong 204 . . .
college-level piece. The tuba part is designate strong 290 . . .
tuba" but is playable on a tuba in any key. neinhardt CP-7.
Edition Musicus has released a very tech dcinhardt CS . .
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three-movement Sonata for Bass Tuba andl YPC-61 . .
by David Uber. It is advanced high school j
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Sonata for Tuba and Piano by Donald H. 1
commissioned for T.U.B.A. by Custom MusicC
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tions published by Ludwig. The piece is adva eiber S-58 . .
college or professional material. It involves a|
ly high tessitura and would be ideal for F tutj lUMPETS
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Another significant composition is Tuba Coi ; 600
to by Edward Gregson, published by Novello,^ ; 602 (cornet)
work was composed for the great English 1 iA-10
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tist John Fletcher. Its three movements
minutes long, reminiscent of Vaughan Willid
Concerto. Originally composed for tuba andl
band, this arrangement with piano was pr
by the composer,
Another work, Sonata for Tuba and Piano, i
composed for Tommy Johnson by Bn
Broughton. Tommy Johnson is quite well-1
as one of the leading studio tuba artists inj
world, and Broughton is active in the Los <
area composing for films and television. ThepiJ
is available from European American Music]
rental as a tuba solo with wind ensemble
paniment or for purchase with piano accon
ment.