John Stevens
Diversions

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for tuba quartet

Level: intermediate
Duration: 16'
Genre: contemporary
Composed: 1978

Reference: TU30
CHF41.00
Score and parts

Details

Published: 1995
Publisher: Editions Bim

Audio samples

Prologue

I. Latin Feel

II. Slow Free Very Bluesy

III. Fast

Epilogue

Composer

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... Read more

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.

John Stevens Diversions