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EETT

Gretchen Renshaw arranged J.S. Bach’s “Little” Fugue in Gminor, BWV 578 for Tuba-Euphonium Quartet. This well-known fugue was originally written for Organ and has been arranged many times for other instrumentations. Renshaw writes, “This arrangement for tuba-euphonium quartet is sure to provide a challenging, yet rewarding experience. Performers must strive for clarity of the subject whenever it is present, a task which becomes increasingly difficult as more voices are added to the texture.” Performers must add their own dynamic and expressive markings, as performers of the eighteenth century would have done.

EETT

Better known as the "Little Fugue in minor"

5 parts

I. Chromatic in D minor

II. Magnificat Fugue

3 Euphs and 2 Tubas

As court organist to the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, Johann Ernst Eberlin composed much music of a religious nature. His compositions include oratorios and sonatinas as well as many preludes and fugues. His work was held in high esteem by Mozart who used many of his works as examples for study. 

The dynamics in this arrangement are very sketchy, as they would have been on most music of this period. I believe that many of the dynamics were done by Clifford P. Barnes, who transcribed the original work for the concert band, and whose arrangement I used as the basis for this one. I believe that many of the dynamics of the piece will be taken care of automatically because of the linear style in which it is written. Feel free to use whatever dynamic contrast that you might feel is necessary to present this piece successfully.

Ronald C. Knoener

An ensemble as homogeneous as a tuba-euphonium quartet may seem a bizarre choice for an exploration of different musical textures… These three short miniatures (all based upon the same twelve-tone row) demonstrate very different moods by exploiting the wide variety of sonic worlds that are possible with this ensemble. A bell sequence opens the set, overlapping peals emerging and interrupting each other before gradually fading back into the distance. A contrapuntal scherzo begins the next bagatelle; however, a cantus firmus soon negates any long-term rhythmical development. A new world entirely is signaled by the mysterious heterophonic elegy that forms the final movements, a series of timbral effects and extended techniques disguising an otherwise simple theme and variations structure. Certainly a work for the more adventurous ensemble, this piece presents a real test of musicality, technique, but above all, musical imagination.

- Jack Adler-McKean

Flute, 5 Tubas, Piano, Bass and Drum Set

The name “Little Black Lucille” wasn’t used kindly at first, but in the end my Aunt Lucille, an unloved orphan, built a loving family against the odds.”

• Howard Johnson

This composition is certainly a tribute to the life and struggles of Howard Johnson’s Aunt Lucille. The penny whistle opening and appearance near the end is a great tribute to the textural disjunction of the arrangement and the juxtaposition of the story that unfolds. He has composed a piece that is soulful, powerful, and triumphal.

Howard Johnson’s jazz tuba ensemble is envisioned as a tuba choir-with tubas in F, E flat, CC, and BB flat- that encourages tuba players to learn to play in the upper register. His charts were originally written for his tuba jazz ensemble, Gravity, formed in 1968 with Howard Johnson as solo lead tuba. The charts can in fact be performed with euphoniums; but he formed his group, made his arrangements and developed this specific instrumentation 50 years ago as a statement about tubas and prefers to hear his arrangements played in this configuration, encouraging tuba players to develop the range required. His most important advice is that whatever instrumentation is used, make if fun and find the best jazz rhythm section!

with Piano

Good Memories: Little Poem for Tuba and Piano was premiered in the spring of 2016 by Mark Nelson (tuba) and Maria Sierra (piano). It is a romantic and melodic work that hopes to bring back nice memories of our lives.