Tuba solo
SKU:
P2.90040
Composed by
Francis Schwartz. Solo
music, 20th century.
Published by Potenza
Music (P2.90040).
The solo tuba
composition, Tu-BAA or
Not Tu-BAA was created in
the year 2011 by Francis
Schwartz as the 11th
composition in his
Literary Bagatelles
series. These short works
for solo instruments are
primarily inspired by the
writings of such iconic
figures as Shakespeare,
Cervantes, Thomas Mann,
Kafka, Celan among
others. On this occasion,
Schwartz utilizes
Shakespeare's Hamlet as
the fount of his
inspiration. The
atmosphere of anguish
exhibited by moments of
melancholic lyricism
contrasted with
splenetic, rapid
passagework attempts to
capture the uneasiness of
Prince Hamlet and his
struggle with earthly
existence. The tuba
soloist is called upon to
perform certain
histrionic acts that form
part of Francis
Schwartz's music-theater
philosophy.
Phil Schwartz
