Program Notes for the Solo Tuba

Bird, Gary

ISBN 10: 0253311896 / ISBN 13: 9780253311894

Published by Indiana University Press, 1994

About this Item

1st printing. A crisp and unmarked copy. Full cloth binding. 146pp. In a very nice jacket. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

Seller Inventory # 055462

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Program Notes for the Solo Tuba
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253311896
• ISBN 13: 9780253311894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music & Songbooks

About this title

Synopsis

"This is a valuable reference tool for any serious tuba scholar." ―TUBA Journal Reviews

" . . . an excellent resource . . . " ―American Music Teacher

Program notes, written by the composers themselves, describe 88 works for the solo tuba. Includes works for the tuba alone, tuba and piano, and tuba with other types of accompaniment. Each entry gives complete publication data, a history of the piece, its instrumentation and movements, and a description of its musical structure and characteristics. Gary Bird provides an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and professional performers in building repertoire and in gaining insight into a vital body of contemporary music.

About the Author

GARY BIRD is Professor of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches tuba, euphonium, and jazz studies. He has been Principal Tubist of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and is presently tubist with the Johnstown and Westmoreland symphony orchestras.