Suggested Literature
Books you should own
Arban/Alessi/Bowman: Complete Method
Rochut: Melodious Etudes Bk. I
Edwards: Introductory Studies in Tenor & Alto Clef
Voxman: Selected Studies for the Trombone
Tyrell: 40 Progressive Studies
Smith, H.C.: Solos for the Trombone Player
Moore: Six Days
Raph: Solos for Trombone
Bass trombonists add:
Aharoni: New Method
Blazhevich: 70 Studies for Tuba (both books)
Live Music
Orchestras:
Jazz:
Where to buy music
Local: Local ordering can be done though the Music Mart in Mankato. You can reach them at 345-1399 (800/882-2896) and they can deliver your order to our music office.
Online:
Super fast, super nice service.
These are the people who have the new Arban's Methods for low brass instruments.
Online ordering can be a hassle, but they have almost anything written for brass.
I'd try Hickey's first.
Breathing Devices:
WindSong sells brass texts and breathing devices. You can also find information about Arnold Jacobs and his "psychology of wind".
Suggested Literature for Gustavus Students
These are methods, etudes and solos we may use in your lessons. Please check with me before making a purchase!
Level One
Arban/Alessi/Bowman: Complete Method (NOT the Carl-Fischer ed.)
Rochut: Melodious Etudes Bk. I
Blume: 36 Etudes (NOT Fink ed.)
Burtis: The American Trombone
Colley: Tune-Up System
Herring: 40 Progressive Studies
Kopprasch: 60 Studies vol. I
LaFosse: School of Sight Reading and Style, Book A
Moore: Six Days (free from yours truly)
for bass:
Blume/Fink: 36 Studies
Faulise: F & D Double Valve Routines
Gillis: 70 Progressive Studies
SOLOS:
Blazhevich: Concert Sketch No. 5
Casterade: Jeux d’intervalles
Galliard: Sonatas (vol. 1 or 2)
Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique
Pryor: Annie Laurie
Raph: Solos for Trombone
Sanders: Sonata in Eb
Simons: Atlantic Zephyrs
Smith, H.C.: Solos for the Trombone Player
Telemann: Sonata in F Minor
for bass:
Bach: For He That is Mighty
Bartles: Elegy
Bozza: Theme Varie
Damase: Prelude, Elegy, and Finale
Ledbedev: Concerto in One Movement
Lieb: Concertino Basso
Liszt: Hosanna
Level Two
Bitsch: 15 Etudes de Rhythm
Blazevich: Studies in Clefs
Johnson, J.J.: Exercises and Etudes for the Jazz Trombonist
LaFosse: School of Sight Reading and Style Vol. B
Miller, Ernest: 60 Studies
Slama: 66 Basic Studies
Snidero: Jazz Conceptions (w/ CD)
Tyrell: 40 Progressive Studies
for bass:
Aharoni: New Method for the Modern Bass Trombone
Blazhevich: 70 Studies for Tuba (vol. 1)
Bollinger: Valve Technique for Bass Trombone
Gillis: 70 Progressive Etudes
SOLOS:
Barat: Andante and Allegro
Bernstein: Elegy for Mippy II
Cesare: La Hieronyma
Davison: Sonata
Dubois: Suite
Frackenpohl: Variations on a March of Shostakovich
Handel: Sonata in A Minor
Hindemith: Sonate
Jorgenson: Romance
Marcello: Sonatas
Mercadante: Salve Maria
Persichetti: Seranade No. 6
Rousseau: Piece Concertante
Saint-Saens: Cavatine
Sulek: Sonata
White: Sonata
for bass:
Anderson: Minstrel Man
Bozza: Allegro et Finale
Defaye/Knaub: Deux Danses
Hidas: Meditation
Hindemith: Three Easy Pieces (for 'cello)
Jacob: Cameos
McCarty: Sonata
Telemann: Sonata in F Minor
Level Three
Initial Orchestral Excerpt Study: See Mr. Moore for Music
Blazhevich: 26 Sequnces
Bordogni/Rochut: Melodious Etudes Vol. II
Kahila: Advanced Studies (alto & tenor clefs)
Kopprasch: 60 Studies Vol II
LaFosse: School of Sight Reading and Style Vol. C
Marsteller: Advanced Slide Technique
Parow: Method for Alto Trombone
Pichaureau: 21 Etudes
Uber: Studies in Three Clefs
for bass:
Blazhevich: 70 Studies for Tuba (vol. 2)
Kopprasch: 60 Studies for Tuba
SOLOS:
Bassett: Suite
David: Concertino
Ewazen: Sonata
Gouinguen: Concerto
Grondahl: Concerto
Herbert, Victor: Canzonetta
Holst: Duo Concertante
Jongen: Aria et Polonaise
Larsen, ed. Various Composers: Arias for Tenor
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Part of the Schirmer Opera Anthology, this is a collection of the "greatest hits" of various musical periods.
Larsson: Concertino, Op 45, No 7
Massenet: Meditation
Monaco: Sonata (may be out of print)
Persichetti: Parable
Pryor: Thoughts of Love
Ropartz: Concertpiece in Eb
Stevens: The Chief
Weber: Romance
Yoshioko: Extase
for bass:
Bozza: New Orleans
Casterade: Fantaisie Concertante
Culver: Suite for Unaccompanied Bass Trombone
Defay: Deux Dances (arr. for bass trombone)
Ewazen: Concerto for Bass Trombone
Fetter: Variations on Palestrina's "Dona Nobis Pacem"
Frescobaldi: Canzoni per Basso solo
Graham: Concert Music for Tuba
Handel/Yeo: Sonata Op. 1, No. 12
Hindemith: Alto Horn Sonata
Jacob, Gordon: Cameos
Nelhybel: Counterpoint # 2 for Bass Trombone and Percussion
Still/Yeo : Romance
Spillman: Concerto
Wilder: Sonata
Level Four
Advanced Orchestral Excerpt Study: See Mr. Moore for Music
Bitsch: Rhythmical Studies
Boutry: 12 Etudes de Haut Perfectionment
Charlier: Etudes (32) de Perfectionist
Couillaud: Trente Etudes Moderne
LaFosse: School of Sight Reading and Style Vol. D
Pichaureau: 20 Etudes Atonales
Shostakovich/Yeo : Orchestral Excerpts
Smith: 20th Century Orchestra Studies
Stoneberg: Orchesterstudien, 8 volumes (Gerig)
Uber: 23 Virtuoso Clef Studies
for bass:
Bitsch: 14 Rhythm Studies
Blazevich: 70 Etudes for Tuba vol. 2
SOLOS:
Albrechtsberger: Concerto (alto)
Bach: Six Cello Suites
Bassett: Sonata
Bourgeois: Concerto
Casterade: Prelude and Dance
Casterade: Sonatina
Creston: Fantasy
Dutilleux: Choral, Cadence et Fugato
Jacob: Concerto
McKay: Sonatas 1 and 2
Milhaud: Concertino d'Hiver
Mozart, L.: Concerto (alto)
Peaslee: Arrows of Time
Pryor: Blue Bells of Scotland
Pryor: Fantastic Polka
Pryor: The Patriot
Rabe: Basta
Rachmaninoff: Elegy in Eb Minor
Serocki: Sonatine
Telemann: Fantasies for Flute
Wagenseil: Concerto (alto)
for bass:
Adler: Canto II
Brown: Postures
Fetter: Bass Lines
Frank: Variations on "Barnacle Bill the Sailor"
Ewazen: Rhapsody for Bass Trombone
George: Concerto
Hartley: Sonata Breve
Hidas: Rhapsody
Koetsier: Falstaffiade
Larsson: Concertino, Op 45, No 7
Penderecki: Capriccio for Solo Tuba
Premru:Tuba Concerto
Siekmann: Concerto
Skolnik: Three Pieces
Telemann/Raph : Fantasies for Flute
Uber: Skylines
Vaughn-Williams: Concerto for Tuba
Williams, John: Concerto for Tuba
White: Tetra Ergon
