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NOTIFICATION OF PERFORMANCE
SYMPHONIC & RECITAL FIELD
Date: ________________
1. COMPOSER:
JAMES GRANT (ASCAP)
2. TITLE OF WORK:
THREE FURIES FOR SOLO TUBA
(please check) __ all three Furies were performed; or
__ Fury I
__ Fury II
__ Fury III
PUBLISHER:
GRANTWOOD MUSIC PRESS (ASCAP)
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James Grant
Fury II
from
Three Furies for Solo Tuba
PROGRAM NOTES
Three Furies for Solo Tuba was composed in January and February of 1993
at the request of tubist Mark Nelson, to whom the work is gratefully dedicated.
The surprising and, indeed, remarkable flexibility possessed by the tuba
inspired a music that is immediate, good-natured and fun, requiring of the
performer both keen musicianship and physical stamina.
Each of the Three Furies requires virtuoso playing in its own right, offering a
multiplicity of distinct rhythms, melodic figures and articulations:
Fury I is marked "decidedly jocular" and is a pleasant ramble through the
registers of the tuba, featuring angular arpeggios and tonguing demands that
one does not usually associate with the instrument.
Fury II, in form somewhat reminiscent of a minuet with trio, contrasts series
of long, arching arpeggiated figures with an amicable waltz marked "gently
inebriated."
Fury III is relentless and powerful, exploiting the full dynamic and articulative
range of the tuba. Again, the performer is met with technical and interpretive
demands not normally encountered in the tuba literature.
A current biography of James Grant is available online at www.JamesGrantMusic.com.
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Fury II
from
Three Furies For Solo Tuba
commissioned by and dedicated to Mark Nelson
Tuba
James Grant
(1993)
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DURATION: ca. 3:30
January/February 1993, Ripton, VT
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