John Stevens
Diversions
for tuba quartet
- Level: intermediate
- Duration: 16'
- Genre: contemporary
- Composed: 1978
Reference: TU30
Score and parts
Score and parts
CHF41.00
- Published: 1995
- Publisher: Editions Bim
Prologue
I. Latin Feel
II. Slow Free Very Bluesy
III. Fast
Epilogue
John Stevens (*1951)
John Stevens was born in Buffalo, New York (USA) in 1951. He holds degrees in Music Performance (tuba) from the Eastman School of Music (1973) and Yale University (1975). For many years John Steven...
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About Diversions
Jazz and popular music styles
The work features styles of jazz and popular music that were not generally found in the tuba/euphonium repertoire at the time this piece was composed. The Prologue and Epilogue are in a “jazz ballad” style. The three main movements feature latin jazz, slow blues and uptempo jazz waltz styles. The concept behind the work is to employ the quartet as both the rhythm section and the melodic voices. Each of the main movements features an improvised jazz solo.