1. MUSIC FOR BRASS

     (alphabetical order of composer)

 

Johann Sebastian Bach arr Bevan

PRELUDE 12 in F minor, BWV 881

2 trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba. Duration: c. 1’15”.

 

[Difficult] A delightful gavotte-like movement which could be used in a suite of baroque pieces as a foil to more grandiose movements ‘. . . tastefully and effectively arranged’.— Winds.

 

PP0026. Score & 5 parts (including F/Eb Horn, bass clef/Bb Trombone, Tuba/Eb Bass) £8.25; US$15.50; €12.00.

 

PRELUDE 12 in F minor, BWV 881 (£8.25)

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Johann Sebastian Bach arr Bevan

SELECTIONS FROM 48 PRELUDES & FUGUES, Vol. 1

4 Bass Tubas. Duration: c. 11’ 30”.

 

[Advanced] Fugue 5, Fugue 15, Fugue 9 and Prelude 7 from Book 2, freely arranged for four players. May be played separately or, in the printed order, as a suite. Excellent for ensemble practice (and improving stamina).

 

PP0031. Score & 4 parts (bass clef only) £10.50; US $20.00; €15.00.

 

SELECTIONS FROM 48 PRELUDES & FUGUES, Vol. 1 (£10.50)

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Johann Sebastian Bach arr Bevan

TOCCATA & FUGUE in D minor, BWV 565

3 Tubas or Euphonium & 2 Tubas [original arr 3 Serpents]. Duration: c. 4’00”.

 

[Advanced] Possibly the best-known of all Bach’s organ works. First performed in this version by the London Serpent Trio at the 1991 St Albans

Organ Festival where it delighted an audience of organ fanatics. ‘. . . the experienced musician should have little problem’.— TUBA Journal.

 

PP0012. Score & 3 parts (bass clef only) £6.50; US $12.50; €10.00.

 

TOCCATA & FUGUE in D minor, BWV 565 (£6.50)

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Hector Berlioz

COMPLETE OPHICLEIDE PARTS

(Including Tuba & Serpent)

 

PP0027. Volume 1: Single Ophicleide (or multiple ophicleides in unison throughout). Includes notes on first performances, performing practice,

etc. Benvenuto Cellini; Le corsaire; Harold en italie; Huite scènes de Faust; L’Impèriale; Lèlio; March marocaine; Messe solennelle; Le roi Lear; Romèo et Juliette; Scène héroïque (orch); Scène héroïque (band); Tristia: 3. Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d’Hamlet; Vox populi: 1. Le menace des francs; 2. Hymne à la France; Waverley.

 

PP0028. Volume 2: Multiple Ophicleides not in unison throughout.

La damnation de Faust; Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale; Les francs-juges; Hymne des Marseillais; Symphonie fantastique; Grande messe des morts; Resurrexit; Te Deum.

 

Set of two volumes £17.50; US $35.00; €25.00.

 

COMPLETE OPHICLEIDE PARTS (£17.50)

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Clifford Bevan

carols4brass (to order online, please see the carols4brass page, or go to the fun4brass home page)

 

[Easy] Twenty traditional Christmas carols, hymns and songs arranged for four-part beginner brass ensemble. A free leaflet is available with details

of the titles, keys, etc. and an order form with a list of the 14 different instrumental parts from which you can choose. Please request

FUN4BRASS LEAFLET for your copy. (Also available online.)

 

PP0039. 88-page score & any 8 parts £26.80; US $46.00; €38.00 (extra parts £2.25; $5.00; €3.00 each).

 

Clifford Bevan

fun4brass (to order online, please see the fun4brass page, or go to the fun4brass home page)

 

[Beginner] A progressive course for four-part brass ensemble, introducing beginner players who can play five notes (from C to G) to the joys of playing together. A free leaflet is available with details of the titles, keys, etc. and an order form with a list of the 14 different instrumental parts from which you can choose. Please request FUN4BRASS LEAFLET for your copy. (Also available online.)

 

PP0032. 44-page score & any 8 parts £16.80; US $32.00; €24.00 (extra parts £2.25; $5.00; €3.00 each).

 

Clifford Bevan

THE ENGLISH OPHICLEIDE REPERTOIRE

Ophicleide & Piano.

 

[Varied difficulty]. Contains the following pieces played by the great 19th century English ophicleide soloists: The Death of Nelson, Incidental Music for ‘Macbeth’, Rule, Britannia!, O Ruddier than the Cherry (versions in G minor [original] and C minor), Fantasy on Airs from ‘La Sonnambula’. Includes nine pages of notes on the works and their performers.

 

PP0071. Ophicleide & Piano parts complete £9.50; US $18.00; €12.00.

 

 

THE ENGLISH OPHICLEIDE REPERTOIRE (£9.50)

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SPECIAL OFFER

The English Ophicleide Repertoire + Sonata for Ophicleide & Piano + Tales from the Bandroom

 

£16.50; US $33.00; €21.00 including postage and packing.

 

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Clifford Bevan

G. F. HANDEL’S THIRD TUBA CONCERTO

Tuba & Piano. Duration: c. 5’50”.

 

[Moderately difficult] An Allemande, Sarabande and Gigue reminiscent of the great master who died almost 80 years before the tuba was invented. Curiously, a well-known nursery song appears at the end of the final movement. ‘Although probably not recommended for a doctoral recital, it

can reach a wide audience, and is not too difficult to play’.—TUBA Journal.

 

PP0002. Tuba (bass clef only) & Piano parts complete £4.80; US $9.50; €7.00.

 

G. F. HANDEL’S THIRD TUBA CONCERTO. (£4.80)

 

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Clifford Bevan

G. F. HANDEL’S THIRD TUBA CONCERTO

Eb Bass & Brass Band. Duration: c. 5’50”.

 

[Moderately difficult] An Allemande, Sarabande and Gigue reminiscent of the great master who died almost 80 years before the bass tuba was invented. Curiously a well-known nursery song appears at the end of the final movement. Please note: there are sharp keys for the soloist as this was originally written for F tuba.

 

PP0072. Eb Bass (treble clef), full score & brass band parts complete £15.80; US $30.00; €23.00.

 

G. F. HANDELS THIRD TUBA CONCERTO (£15.80)

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Clifford Bevan

holst&elgar4brass (to order online, please see the holst&elgar4brass page, or go to the fun4brass home page)

 

[Varied difficulty] Ten pieces by Holst and ten by Elgar for four-part intermediate-level brass ensemble. A free leaflet is available with details of

the titles, keys, etc. and an order form with a list of the 14 different instrumental parts from which you can choose. Please request

FUN4BRASS LEAFLET for your copy. (Also available online.)

 

PP0068. 120-page plastic ring-bound score & any 8 parts £32.80; US $62.00; €48.00 (extra parts £3.00; $6.00; €4.50 each).

 

Clifford Bevan

marches4bassclef

Bass clef instruments in 4 parts.

 

[Varied difficulty] Twenty marches based upon marches4brass intended for intermediate standard players. The lowest part is cued to enable it to

be used by instruments incapable of playing below the C beneath the stave. ‘. . . an essential addition to anyone’s tuba/euphonium

ensemble library’.— ITEA Journal.

 

PP0059. 68-page score and one each of Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 £26.80; US $46.00; €38.00 (extra parts £2.75; $5.00; €3.50 each).

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Clifford Bevan

marches4brass (to order online, please see the marches4brass page, or go to the fun4brass home page)

 

[Varied difficulty] Twenty famous marches for four-part brass ensemble, introducing intermediate players to this most enjoyable of repertoires. A

free leaflet is available with details of the titles, keys, etc. and an order form with a list of the 14 different instrumental parts from which you

can choose. Please request FUN4BRASS LEAFLET for your copy. (Also available online.)

 

PP0047. 96-page score and any 8 parts £31.80; US $60.00; €46.00 (extra parts £2.75; $5.50; €3.50 each).

 

Clifford Bevan

morefun4brass (to order online, please see the morefun4brass page, or go to the fun4brass home page)

 

[Beginner] Twenty pieces arranged to progress through the same levels of difficulty as those in fun4brass, although sometimes these pieces

are rather longer. A free leaflet is available with details of the titles, keys, etc of the pieces and an order form with a list of the 14

different instrumental parts from which you can choose. Please request FUN4BRASS LEAFLET for your copy. (Also available online.)

 

PP0058. 54-page score and any 8 parts £22.80; US $44.00; €33.00 (extra parts £2.25; $5.00; €3.00 each).

 

Clifford Bevan

NOT SILENT NIGHT

2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone. Duration: c. 2’00”.

 

[Intermediate] Within two minutes four carols come tumbling one upon the other. Fun to play and sounds like real music!

PP0025. Score & 4 parts (including F/Eb Horn and bass clef/Bb Trombone) £4.80; US $9.00; €7.00.

 

NOT SILENT NIGHT (£4.80)

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Clifford Bevan

SONATA FOR OPHICLEIDE & PIANO

Ophicleide & Piano. Duration: c. 10’30”.

 

[Difficult] A revised version of the Concertino first performed by the composer in his 1990 Horniman Museum recital, the work is in three movements. The second, ‘Pop Ophi’, pays homage to the ophicleide’s use in popular music of the 19th century while there are French influences on the final movement in acknowledgement of the country of the instrument’s birth. 

 

PP0070. Ophicleide & Piano parts complete £6.50; US $13; €8.

 

SONATA FOR OPHICLEIDE & PIANO. (£6.50)

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SPECIAL OFFER

The English Ophicleide Repertoire + Sonata for Ophicleide & Piano + Tales from the Bandroom £16.50; US $33.00; €21.00 including postage and packing.

 

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Clifford Bevan

3somes. Book 1

Any 3 same-pitch treble clef brass instruments.

 

[Beginner-ABRSM Grade 2] 58 pieces of three-part ensemble music progressing from unison four-beat Gs (second line) to Bizet’s ‘Habanera’.

Each element of notation, pitch, articulation, tempo or dynamics is introduced gradually and the pieces cover a range of styles from folk tunes

to marches, jazz standards to rounds. A free leaflet is available with details of the titles, keys, etc.

 

PP0069. Plastic ring-bound 48-page playing score £6.50; US $12.50; €10.00.

 

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Clifford Bevan

VARIATIONS ON ‘THE PESKY SERPENT’

Euphonium & Piano or Bass Trombone & Piano [original Serpent & Piano]. Duration: c. 5’00”.

 

[Moderately difficult] Possibly the first piece ever composed for serpent with piano accompaniment, it presents the traditional American song

‘The Pesky Sarpent’ in various guises.

 

PP0036. Serpent & Piano parts complete £5.50; US $10.50; €8.00.

 

Recorded by Douglas Yeo with Deborah Dewolf Emery on LE MONDE DU SERPENT (BHB 101 CD.) This includes a reading of the words in an

authentic New England accent.

 

VARIATIONS ON 'THE PESKY SERPENT' (£5.50)

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Clifford Bevan

WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH A DRUNKEN SERPENT?

3 Euphoniums or 3 Tubas [original 3 Serpents]. Duration: c. 2’00”.

 

[Moderately difficult] First European performance by the London Serpent Trio at Wavendon. The USA première was given by the Columbia Broken Consort (tuba, serpent and bassoon) which disbanded immediately afterwards. ‘. . . fun to play, once the players have the syncopation down steady, and is sure to please any audience’.— Serpent Newsletter.

 

PP0003. Score & 3 parts (bass clef only) £4.80; US $9.50; €7.00.

 

WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH A DRUNKEN SERPENT? (£4.80)

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Ben Ellin

A CLOSE ENCOUNTER

2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba. Duration: c. 12’00”.

 

[Difficult] A demanding work, composed by a gifted young musician. The piece presents some strikingly unusual sonorities and makes both

technical and musical demands, but these never lie beyond conventional techniques.

 

PP0061. Score & 5 parts (including Horn in F/Eb, Trombone bass clef/Bb, Tuba/Eb Bass) £9.50; US $18.00; €13.50.

 

A CLOSE ENCOUNTER (£9.50)
 

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Frescobeardy

BIRTHDAY FUGUE (Fuga Quattrocento a 5)

2 Euphoniums & 3 Tubas [original 5 Serpents]. Duration: c. 2’00”.

 

[Intermediate] A double fugue, first performed in 1990 at the celebrations of the serpent’s 400th birthday in St John’s Smith Square, London. ‘Composed in the style of the clean-shaven Frescobaldi, this double fugue slowly unfolds possibly the most famous tune known on this planet’.— TUBA Journal

 

Birthday Fugue (Fuga Quattrocento a 5) (£6.50)
 

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George Hall

BRASS COCKAHOOP

2 Cornets, Horn, Euphonium, Tuba. Duration: c. 3’20”.

 

[Moderately difficult] A jolly encore, composed for an unusual quintet combination including both euphonium and tuba, with plenty of semi-

quavers along the way.

 

PP0054. Score & 5 parts (including bass clef/Bb Euphonium, Tuba/Eb Bass) £7.50; US $14.50; €11.00.

 

BRASS COCKAHOOP (£7.50)

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George Hall

CONCERTANTE FOR Eb TUBA & BRASS BAND. Duration: c. 5’00”.

 

[Moderately difficult] A solo for tuba with brass band that will be found particularly suitable for school and community bands.

 

PP0045. Eb Bass (treble clef), full score & brass band parts complete £15.80; US $30.00; €23.00.

 

CONCERTANTE FOR Eb TUBA & BRASS BAND. (£15.80)

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George Hall

CONCERTANTE FOR Eb TUBA & BRASS BAND arr for Tuba & Piano by the composer. Duration: c. 5’00”.

 

[Moderately difficult] An arrangement by the composer of this work originally written for tuba with brass band.

 

PP0056. Tuba (bass clef/Eb Bass treble clef) & Piano complete £2.80; US $5.50; €4.00.

 

CONCERTANTE FOR Eb TUBA & BRASS BAND (arr. for piano and tuba) (£2.80)

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Albert Ketèlby arr Humphries

IN A PERSIAN MARKET

3 Euphoniums [original arr for 3 serpents]. Duration: c. 5’00”.

 

[Moderately difficult] A brilliant arrangement for three low brass of this popular descriptive piece by the leader of the London Serpent Trio.

 

PP0046. Score & 3 parts (bass clef only) £6.50; US $12.50; €10.00.

 

IN A PERSIAN MARKET (£6.50)

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Henri Kling

THE ELEPHANT AND THE FLY (Piccolo & Tuba with Piano)

 

[Difficult] A version with tuba of this turn-of-the-century duo caractéristique originally for piccolo, trombone and light orchestra. ‘. . . would make

a good light-hearted item in a concert’.— Pan.

 

PP0043. 3 parts (Tuba bass clef only) complete £8.50; US $16.50; €12.50.

 

THE ELEPHANT AND THE FLY (Piccolo & Tuba with Piano) (£8.50)

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Josef Kronk

MR BUMBLE

2 Trumpets, Horn, Trombone, Tuba. Duration: c. 3’00”.

 

[Moderately difficult] A Charleston-inflected tuba feature, with opportunities for horn and trombone players to demonstrate their musical skill

and feeling. ‘. . . this musically humorous work will be a show-stopper at any concert’.—Winds.

 

PP0009. Score & 5 parts (including F/Eb Horn, bass clef/Bb Trombone, Tuba/Eb Bass) £9.50; US $18.00; €13.50.

 

Recorded by Kevin Morgan with ensemble on VIRTUOSO TUBA (ASV CD WHL 2098).

 

MR BUMBLE (£9.50)

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Josef Kronk

MR BUMBLE

4 Trumpets, Horn, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Percussion. Duration: c. 3’00”.

 

[Moderately difficult] Lots of scope for 20s sounds in this tentet version of the popular quintet, first played by Bentley Brass at Hanley’s Mitchell Memorial Theatre.

 

PP0019. Score & 10 parts (including F/Eb Horn, bass clef/Bb Trombones, Tuba/Eb Bass) £12.80; US $24.50; €18.50.

 

MR BUMBLE Tentet (£12.80)

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Josef Kronk

TEMPERANCE SEVEN GRAND SYMPHONIC CHRISTMAS MEDLEY

4 Trumpets, Horn, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Percussion. Duration: c. 3’00”.

 

[Moderately difficult] A mini-Savoy Orpheans medley first played by the Temperance Seven at the Marine Ballroom, Morecambe and then on

BBC Radio in December 1961. Optional tubular bells, band vocal and tuba solo add glitter to the festive feeling.

 

PP0030. Score & 10 parts (including F/Eb Horn, bass clef/Bb Trombones, Tuba/Eb Bass) £10.80; US $21.00; €15.50.

 

Hear the original version on PASADENA AND THE LOST CYLINDERS (Lake LACD 77).

 

TEMPERANCE SEVEN GRAND SYMPHONIC CHRISTMAS MEDLEY (£10.80)

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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

COMPLETE OPHICLEIDE, SERPENT, BASS HORN AND TUBA PARTS

 

Athalie (Athalie) ophicleide; Elias (Elijah) ophicleide; Festgesang an die Künstler (Festival Song: to the Artist) ophicleide and tuba; Ouverture

für vollstände Harmonie-Musik (Overture for Full Wind Band) bass horn; Ouverture: Meerestille und Glückliche Fahrt (Overture: A Calm Sea

and Prosperous Voyage) serpent; Paulus (St Paul) serpent; Ein Sommernachstraum (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) ophicleide

(as published); Symphonie 5 ‘Reformation’ (Symphony 5 ‘Reformation’) serpent; Trauer-Marsch (Funeral March) bass horn.

 

PP0049. 52 Pages, including notes on first performances, performing practice, etc. £7.50; US $14.50; €11.00.

 

COMPLETE OPHICLEIDE, SERPENT, BASS HORN AND TUBA PARTS (£7.50)

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Otto Nicolai arr Bevan

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR OVERTURE

4 Euphoniums, 4 Tubas [original arr 8 Serpents]. Duration: c. 6’20”.

 

[Moderately difficult/difficult] An edited version of this popular overture. The combination of well-known melodies and lots of jolly scales for

everyone makes this arrangement well worth the effort.

 

PP0060. Score & 8 parts (bass clef only) £12.80; US $24.50; €18.50.

 

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR OVERTURE (£12.80)

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Raymond Parfrey

PRELUDE & CAPRICE

3 Tenor Trombones, 1 Bb/F Trombone [or Tuba]. Duration: 5’ 00”.

 

[Difficult] A substantial three-movement quartet. Players will find the music idiomatic, while audiences will find it refreshingly different.

 

PP0015. Score & 4 parts (bass clef only) £9.50; US $18.00; €13.50.

 

PRELUDE & CAPRICE (£9.50)

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Raymond Parfrey

THREE TUBA PIECES

Tuba & Piano. Duration: c. 7’ 30”.

 

[Difficult] Three contrasting pieces which may be p