Research Catalog

Title

The tuba source book / compiled and edited by R. Winston Morris and Edward R. Goldstein.

Publication

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Morris, R. Winston.
• Goldstein, Edward R.

Description

xv, 656 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

• A massive research effort by leading professional tubists in 36 countries presents a comprehensive picture of the tuba. The "baby" of the orchestra, the tuba was "born" in 1835. The first major solo compositions for the instrument appeared only in the 1950s, but in the next forty years the body of literature for the tuba increased at an amazing pace.
• The first several chapters of The Tuba Source Book identify that literature by ensemble type. They provide bibliographic data and descriptions of 1,900 pieces for tuba and keyboard, 234 for tuba and band, 1,056 for tuba ensemble, 106 for tuba and strings, and 258 for unaccompanied tuba, as well as hundreds of works in other categories and 456 methods and studies.
• The chapter entitled "Recommended Basic Repertoire" is subdivided by level, from high school through professional, and "Orchestral Excerpts," in addition to listing 146 works that every tubist should know, includes advice on how to audition.
• The Tuba Source Book also offers an extensive discography (400 entries), a very complete bibliography, biographies of professional tubists, career advice, guidelines for composing and arranging music for the tuba, and lists of instrument builders and sources of tuba equipment.
• This encyclopedic volume fills a need for tubists at all levels of study and accomplishment. It is invaluable for composers, music educators, conductors, administrators, librarians, historians, and everyone who enjoys the art of tuba performance.

Subject

• Tuba
• Tuba > Bibliography
• Tuba music > Bibliography
• Tuba music > Discography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Harvey G. Phillips -- 1. A Brief History of the Tuba / Clifford Bevan -- 2. Music for Tuba and Keyboard / Edward R. Goldstein -- 3. Music for Tuba and Band / Skip Gray -- 4. Music for Tuba and Orchestra / Skip Gray -- 5. Music for Tuba in Mixed Ensemble / Skip Gray -- 6. Music for Unaccompanied Tuba / Jeffrey L. Funderburk -- 7. Music for Tuba and Tape / Jeffrey L. Funderburk -- 8. Music for Multiple Tubas / Charles A. McAdams -- 9. Methods and Studies / Jerry A. Young and David D. Graves -- 10. Orchestral Excerpts / Jerry A. Young and David D. Graves -- 11. Recommended Basic Repertoire -- 12. Discography / Ronald Davis -- 13. Bibliography -- 14. Biographical Sketches of Professional Tubists / Mark A. Nelson -- 15. Doubling for Tubists / James Self -- 16. The Tuba in Jazz: A Historical View / R. Steven Call -- 17. The Free-Lance Tubist / R. Steven Call -- 18. Guidelines for Composers, Orchestrators, and Arrangers / Harvey G. Phillips --
• 19. Equipment -- Appendix A. Music Distributors / Mark Moore -- Appendix B. Recording the Tuba / Shawn Murphy -- Appendix C. Professional Organizations / Donald A. Stanley -- Appendix D. Continuing Symposia, Competitions, Events, Festivals, and Summer Study / Jan Z. Duga -- Appendix E. Addresses of Publishers and Composers.

ISBN

0253328896

LCCN

94048097

OCLC

• 31737584
• ocm31737584

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries