Description
| Product ID: | 9780193561137 |
| Product Form: | Sheet music |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Concerto for Tenor Tuba and Orchestra |
| Page Count: | 40 |
| Subjects: | Art music, orchestral and formal music, 20th century & contemporary classical music, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti, Keyboard instruments, Wind instruments, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, Keyboard instruments, Wind instruments |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating for Tenor Tuba (Euphonium) and piano Vaughan Williams's Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was the first major concerto to be written for the instrument. The original plan to transpose it for Euphonium was not realised during the composer's lifetime, and only now, in this transcription by David Childs, has that goal been attained. for Tenor Tuba (Euphonium) and piano Vaughan Williams''s Concerto for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was the first major concerto to be written for the instrument. It was composed in 1953-4 to mark the 50th anniversary of the LSO, and was premiered by the orchestra''s principal tuba player, Philip Catelinet. The original plan to transpose it for Euphonium was not realised during the composer''s lifetime, and only now, in this transcription by David Childs, has that goal been attained, with Vaughan Williams''s orchestration deftly transposed and rearranged by Rodney Newton to allow this characteristic work to enter the repertoire of many more players. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-01-26 |
