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Reference Guides - Tuba
This guide is designed to help you find information about, and music for, the tuba. Use this as a starting point, or browsing tool. As always, consult Voyager and the catalogs for complete holdings information, and when uncertain, ask at the Reference Desk!


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Suggested Call Numbers for Shelf Browsing
Below are general call number ranges. For specific call numbers, consult the Library of Congress Classification Schedule in the blue book at the Reference Desk, and/or Voyager.

M95-M99 tuba alone
M264-M267 tuba with piano accompaniment
M288-M289 duets - two wind instruments
M290-M291 duets - wind and string instruments
M1034.T8 concertos with orchestra
M1035.T8 concertos with orchestra (arranged)
M1134.T8 concertos with string orchestra
M1135.T8 concertos with string orchestra (arranged)
MT480-MT488 studies and methods
MT486 orchestral excerpts


For trios, quartets and other ensembles, see the Chamber Music guide.


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Suggested Subject Headings
Below are examples of some useful subject headings for use in Voyager and the Card Catalog. For complete listings of headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (red books).

Headings for Voyager Headings for Subject Catalog
tuba music Under "tuba"
tuba and [trumpet, horn etc.] collections
tuba with [band, orchestra etc.] concertos
tuba music tubas 2 solos with ensembles
sonatas tuba sonatas
concertos tuba studies
concertos tuba solo with piano suites
brass trios; wind trios; trios
brass quartets; wind quartets; quartets Under "chamber music":
brass quintets; wind quintets; quintets duets: tuba
[follow for sextets, septets, octets, nonets] trios: tuba, etc.


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Selected Bibliography of Literature and Repertoire Lists
Anderson, Paul G. Brass music guide: ensembles music in print. Northfield, IL: Instrumentalist Co., 1987. Ref. ML128.W5 A547 1987
Arling, Harry J. Trombone chamber music: an annotated bibliography. Nashville, TN: Brass Press, 1983. Ref. ML128.T76 A724 1983
Bevan, Clifford. The tuba family. London: Faber, 1978. ML970.B571T
Bird, Gary. Program Notes for the Solo Tuba. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. ML973.P96 1994
Everett, Thomas G. Annotated guide to bass trombone literature. Nashville, TN: Brass Press, 1985. Ref. ML128.T849 E9 1985
   
Fasman, Mark J. Brass bibliography: sources on the history, literature, pedagogy, performance, and acoustics of brass instruments. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990. Ref. ML128.B823 F24 1990
Horne, Aaron. Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. Ref. ML128.B823 H81 1996
Mason, J. Kent. The Tuba Handbook. Toronto: Sonante Publications, 1977. ML970.M399 T8
Morris, R. Winston. Tuba Music Guide. Evanston: The Instrumentalist, 1973. Ref. ML128.T8 M877
Morris, R. Winston and Edward R. Goldstein. The Tuba Source Book. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. Ref. ML128.T8 T8 1995
Rasmussen, Mary. A teacher's guide to the literature of brass instruments. Durham, NH: Brass Quarterly, 1964. Ref. ML128.B823 R228T
Sadie, Stanley. New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984. Ref. ML102.I5 N532 1984
Sloan, Gerald. Orchestral recordings for low brass players. [Troy, MI]: Encore Music, c1997. ML156.4.B73 S63 1997
Stauffer, Donald Wesley. A treatise on the tuba. Birmingham, AL: Stauffer Press, 1989. ML970.S798 1989
Related works may be found by searching the subject: tuba.


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  Periodicals
  • Brass Bulletin
  • Brass Player
  • Galpin Society Journal
  • Historic Brass Society Newsletter
  • Instrumentalist
  • International Musician
  • ITA Newsletter
  • ITA Journal
  • NACWPI Journal
  • Das Orchester
  • T.U.B.A. Journal
  • T.U.B.A. Newsletter

Current issues of periodicals are found alphabetically in the current periodicals room (third floor). For call numbers of older, bound issues, look in the Sibley Library Serials list (found on quick reference shelves).


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Internet
T.U.B.A.
Waldo's Tribute to the Wonderful Tuba
Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival
The Original Sousaphone
TubaMania Australia
Tuba on Yahoo!


Compiled by Phil Ponella, 7/95; Rev. 7/97; Rev. by Jim Farrington 7/99; Rev. 6/00


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