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  1. ...and sundry movements of the heart...

    Composer: McNair, Jonathan
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Contemporary

    with Piano

    …and sundry movements of the heart… for Tuba and Piano. The four movements of this work explore very diverse (“sundry”) musical territories: abstract and serious, songlike, humorous, pensive and transcendent. Many of the musical ideas were generated in spontaneous improvising sessions or by singing–hence, “movements of the heart.”

    “Prelude” is anchored in its structure by a bold, serious gesture that is heard at the beginning, middle, and end of the movement, developed differently each time. The two intervening episodes are contrasting in tempo, and materials: the first is more abstract, the second a strong, focused melody.

    “Song,” the second movement, is a warmly lyrical tune in a straightforward setting.

    The third movement, “Vaudeville,” is light-hearted and witty.

    “Standing Stones” is titled after numerous sites in the British Isles where ancient people erected huge stones in circles, singly, or even lining broad avenues. The incredible effort required to do so is mind-boggling, given the tools available to the people. And that they were able to make near-perfect circles, with stones aligned by the positions of sun and moon and seasons is further evidence of their intelligence and dedication to ideas and deep feelings far beyond the daily tasks of survival. The music begins very quietly, in deep tones, enigmatic harmonies, and introspective melodies. The music gradually takes on a brighter sound until it reaches an ecstatic climax.

     

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  2. 12 Vocalizzi

    Composer: Rossini, Gioacchino Arranger: Benton, Robert
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Classical

    with Piano

    From the editor:

    Bel Canto is an elusive term to define. While it literally translates to beautiful voice, it was a style of singing that emphasized beauty of tone, flexibility, and ease of execution. The music written in this style was characterized by florid lines and an emphasis of musical line over text. The term bel canto was, interestingly enough, not used until the style had faded somewhat. Rossini, at a dinner party in 1858 said, “Alas for us, we have lost our bel canto.”

    The 12 Vocalizzi in this volume have depth and stand on their own merit amongst the more serious works of Rossini. I recommend these as recital pieces without reservation. They are the equal to-albeit in a different style than-Rachmaninov’s famous Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 and are ideal for either unaccompanied or accompanied performance, with the included piano accompaniment making them especially suitable for lessons, juries, and solo recitals. I hope you will enjoy working on these pieces as much as I have. They breathe fresh life into the somewhat stale world of bel-canto-for-brass repertoire.

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  3. 19th Century Melodies

    Composer: Jacobs and Laville Arranger: Various
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Classical

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    I. Lights far out at Sea - Gatty
    II. Down Deep within the Cellar - Fischer
    III. The Water Mill - Diehl
    IV. Unforgiven Days - Roeckel
    V. By the Sea - Schubert
    VI. Romance - Rubinstein
    VII. The Pilot - Nelson
    VIII. Tom Bowling - Debdin
    IX. Minstrel's Song - Nicolai
    X. Come brave the sea - Bellini
    XI. Oh, My home - Abt
    XII. The Melodies of Many Lands - Glover
    XIII. The Fairy Jane - Marzials
    XIV. The Harmonious Blacksmith - Handel
    XV - See, The Conquering Hero comes - Handel
    XVI. Faith -Glover
    XVII. The Hour of Prayer - Nelson
    XVIII. Peace of Mind - Sponholtz
    XIX. Dear old Songs of Home - Abt
    XX. On Wings of Song - Mendelssohn

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  4. 24 Vocalises

    Composer: Bordogni, Marco Arranger: Aquilanti and Fossi
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Romantic

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    Giulio Marco Bordogni (1789-1856), usually called Marco Bordogni, was an Italian operatic tenor and singing teacher of great popularity and success, whose mature career was based in Paris. Bordogni was born in Gazzaniga, near Bergamo, Italy. He was a product of the exceptional Bergamo tenor school which originated with Giacomo David and Gaetano Crivelli, and in which can also be counted, in addition to David’s two best pupils, his son Giovanni and Andrea Nozzari, the excellent Domenico Donzelli and Giovanni Battista Rubini. Bordogni made his operatic debut at La Scala, Milan in 1813 in Rossini’s Tancredi, and became very active in promoting that composer’s music. He appeared in many of Rossini’s operas in their premieres in various towns and theaters. In 1825 he created the role of Conte di Libenskof in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims. He sang for many years at the Theatrea des Italiens in Paris. He became a teacher at the Paris Conservatoire in 2810 and continued to teach there until shortly before his death in Paris. He was the author of a published singing method, and composed many sets of vocalizes which remained in use by singers for a century afterwards. They remain popular as transcriptions for many instrumentalists today. He was probably the single most influential teacher of the English tenor Sims Reeves, who came to study with him in 1843, Bordogni was awarded the Legion d’Honneur on May 10, 1839 by M. de Gasparin, at the same time that it was awarded to Director of the Opera Duponchel, and to composer Hector Berlioz, who wrote that Bordogni was the best singing-master of the time.

    - Alessandro Fossi

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  5. 4 Solfeggi

    Composer: Rossini, Gioacchino Arranger: Benton, Robert
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Classical

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    From the editor:

    The pieces in this volume came from a collection of 18 Gorgheggi, 4 Solfeggi and 12 Nuovi Vocalizzi by Gioachino Rossini (1702-1868). The Gorgheggi are scale patterns and exercises for learning, turns, ornaments and other embellishments. The 4 Solfeggi are training pieces that are much more musical than the Gorgheggi. They are melodic, have accompaniments, and are functionally wordless songs. I would put these in a similar category to several of the Kopprasch horn etudes; quite musical, but still primarily pedagogical in nature. While an effective performer can bring enough musicianship to these to make them viable exam jury or recital repertoire, they still have the feel of training pieces due to the limited ranges, simpler harmonic designs, repeated melodic figures, etc. The Vocalizzi (published separately by Potenza in versions for both euphonium and tuba) have much more depth than the Solfeggi, and stand on their own merit amongst the more serious works of Rossini. They are the equal to-albeit in a different style than- Rachmaninov’s famous Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14.

    These Rossini etudes are another entry into the realm of performative-yet-pedagogical material. They are truly in the bel canto style, yet to my ear, have more depth than your average Bordogni etude. Each of these etudes requires-or develops-flexibility, beauty of sound, and the utmost lyricism possible for brass musicians.

    These etudes are ideal for either unaccompanied or accompanied performance, with the included piano accompaniment making them especially suitable for lesson, juries, and solo recitals.

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  6. A Stroll Through the Mind Garden

    Composer: McMillan, Benjamin
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Contemporary

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    “The mind is a fertile garden – it will grow anything you wish to plant –

    beautiful flowers or weeds.” – Bruce Lee

    A Stroll Through Mind Gardens depicts an imaginary journey inwards to the

    realm of imagination, where thoughts bloom and float by like flower petals on the wind.  Connected by variations on a dance-like ‘strolling’ rhythm, the listener is taken on a colorful and vibrant tour of a vast ‘aural mind garden.’

    Written during the autumn of 2019, the work was commissioned by David Saltzman to be premiered at the Northeast Regional Tuba/Euphonium Conference (NERTEC) at Ithaca College. It’s intended to have stately-dance feel that acts as a

    musical anchor point for the changing melodies and harmonies, although this rhythm itself also undergoes several variations throughout. The sectional structure of the piece and the transitions between them are written in a way that often flow in and out of one another, similar to a typical stream of thought.

    The piece provides a moderate challenge for the performer, demanding an expressive, musical approach, and quick changes of style.

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  7. Alleluja

    Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Arranger: Coldren, Michael
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Wiener classical
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  8. Anvil Chorus

    Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe Arranger: Fontanot, Fabrizio
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Romantic

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    The “Anvil Chorus” is the English name for the Coro di Aingari, a chorus from act 2, scene 1 of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera Il trovatore. It depicts Spanish Gypsies striking their anvils at dawn – hence its English name – and singing the praises of hard work, good wine, and Gypsy women.

    This version has been arranged for tuba and piano by Fabrizio Fontanot

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  9. Apocalyptic Voices

    Composer: Meador, James
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Contemporary

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    James Meador composed Apocalyptic Voices as an original work for tuba and piano. James Meador has enjoyed continued success as a composer of low brass music in recent years. Always drawing inspiration from events in the world and his life, Apocalyptic Voices is a reflection of turbulent times in both. A combination of predictions of the end of the world seemingly coinciding with the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012, massive destruction from earthquakes and tsunamis, worldwide economic crisis and an extremely bitter divorce influenced the thematic material and musical ideas in this piece. Written in one movement, the piece is broken into four distinct sections.

    Opening with a relentless march of destruction, which increasingly grows more sinister and violent as the piece trudges forward, the momentum suddenly halts to ponder the devastation in a slow and mournful lyrical section. As the sadness takes hold and darkness overwhelms, destruction resumes in a sort of aural collage before evil dominates and celebrates its victories to close out the piece.

    Apocalyptic Voices was commissioned by the Facebook Tuba Commission Consortium 2009, which was a group of people that came together to help sponsor the writing of the piece for Tim Buzbee, Principal Tuba of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Each person contributed to the commission in exchange for a copy of the piece and credit in the published version. Thank you to all the members who participated and made this piece possible. The work was recorded by Tim Buzbee on his solo CD, Angels and Demons.

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  10. Arpeggione Sonata

    Composer: Schubert, Franz Arranger: Werden, David
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
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  11. Autumn Sonata

    Composer: Baadsvik, Anna
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Contemporary

    with Piano and in three movements.

    A nice challange for any aspiting college tuba player!

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  12. Ave Maria

    Composer: Bruch, Max Arranger: Geren, Patrick
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Romantic

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    Max Bruch’s ‘Ave Maria’, Op.61 for Cello & Orchestra (composed/published in 1892) was based off an earlier motif presented in Bruch’s dramatic cantata, ‘Das Feuerkreuz’, Op.52 (The Fiery Cross) for Soprano. The edition with Trombone Choir was produced for Dr. Aaron Tindall and the Ithaca College Trombone Troupe whom premiered it at the Northeast Regional Tuba & Euphonium Conference (NERTEC), hosted at Ithaca College in 2013. The extensive melodic passages and Bruch’s unique harmonic language will challenge the performer to maintain an emotional dialogue with the audience. ‘Ave Maria’ is a truly masterful work by the composer.

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  13. Bach Flute sonata in Eb (tuba and piano)

    Composer: Bach, Johan Sebastian Arranger: Baadsvik, Øystein
    Instrumentation: Solo and Piano Instruments: Piano, Tuba
    Genre: Baroque
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