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Anthony Burgess, Homage to Hans Keller for 4 Tubas (1982) Johannes Fritsch, Tubæ for 2 Tubas (2000) Per Nørgård, Nu dækker sne den hele jord - Vintersalmer for 8 Tubas (1976) Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Horned Owl Sequence, Op. 53 for 2 Tubas (2010) Gunther Schuller, Five Moods for 4 Tubas (1973) [3] Christian Wolff, Out-take for 2 Tubas (2005)
The Wagner tuba nominally exists in two sizes, tenor in B ♭ and bass in F, with ranges comparable to those of horns in the same pitches while being less adept at the highest notes. Several 20th-century and later manufacturers have, however, combined the two instruments into a double Wagner tuba that can easily be configured in either B ♭ or ...
The main tube of a B ♭ tuba is approximately 18 feet (5.5 m) long, while that of a C tuba is 16 feet (4.9 m), of an E ♭ tuba 13 feet (4.0 m), and of an F tuba 12 feet (3.7 m). The instrument has a conical bore , meaning the bore diameter increases as a function of the tubing length from the mouthpiece to the bell.
The Concerto in F Minor for Bass Tuba and Orchestra by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was written in 1954 for Philip Catelinet, principal tubist of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), who together gave the premiere on 13 June 1954 with Sir John Barbirolli conducting. [1] The same musicians made the work’s first recording that same ...
Tuba repertoire; E. Edel Rhapsody This page was last edited on 1 August 2022, at 22:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Known to his friends as "Fletch", he was highly regarded as a tuba player and teacher. He taught many UK professional tubists, including Patrick Harrild, who succeeded Fletcher as the LSO's principal tuba. Fletcher also regularly tutored members of the National Youth Orchestra. Fletcher's recordings included the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto. [3]
As a soloist Piernik has taken part in hundreds of symphonic and chamber concerts, with extremely varied repertoire, starting from classical with his own transcriptions, ending with the newest acquisitions of contemporary music and his own compositions. [7]
He worked with seven writers [4] before finally deciding to write the libretto himself. He wrote most of the work in England, while he was Visiting Professor at the University of Sussex. [3] The text uses words from Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy, [2] and also incorporates aboriginal, Ghanaian, and Tibetan chants.