# Tuba repertoire

This page lists classical pieces in the tuba repertoire, including solo works, concertenti and chamber music of which tuba plays a significant part.

## Solo tuba

* Georges Aperghis, Ruinen (1994)
* Malcolm Arnold, Fantasy, Op. 102 (1969)
* Gerald Barry, Foghorn (2020)
* John Cage, Solo for Tuba (1957-1958)
* Elliott Carter, Retracing IV (2011)
* Henning Christiansen, Kirkeby og Edvard Munch, Op. 136 (1981)
* Henning Christiansen, Lettres de Tuba, Op. 164 (1984)
* Henning Christiansen, sTilsTand, Op. 167, 168a (1985)
* Franco Donatoni, Che (1997)
* Vinko Globokar, Échanges (1973)
* Tom Johnson, Monologue For Tuba for Narrating Tubist (1978)
* Tom Johnson, Tilework (2003)
* Mauricio Kagel, Mirum (1965)
* Alvin Lucier, Sestina for 6-valve Tuba (2011)
* Krzysztof Penderecki, Capriccio (1980)
* Vincent Persichetti, Serenade No. 12, Op. 88 (1961)
* Vincent Persichetti, Parable XXII, Op. 147 (1981)
* Frederic Rzewski, Honk (2004)
* Boris Tishchenko, Four Pieces, Op. 94 (1985)
* Christian Wolff, Tuba Song (1992)

## Tuba and piano

* Leslie Bassett, Song and Dance (1993)
* Leonard Bernstein, Waltz for Mippy III (1948)
* Bruce Broughton, Sonata (Concerto)
* Bruce Broughton, Turbulence (2011)
* Pierre Max Dubois, Histoires de tuba (1988)
* Vinko Globokar, Juriritubaïoka (1996)
* Sofia Gubaidulina, Lamento (1977)
* Jennifer Higdon, Tuba Songs (2016)
* Paul Hindemith, Tuba Sonata (1955)
* Vagn Holmboe, Tuba Sonata, Op. 162 (1985)
* Bertold Hummel, Sonatina op. 81a (1983)
* Bertold Hummel, 3 Bagatelles op. 95h (1993)
* Roger Kellaway, Dr Martin Luther King: in Memoriam (1984)
* Rued Langgaard, Dies irae (1948)
* it:Corrado Maria Saglietti, Monsters (2019)
* Karlheinz Stockhausen, In Freundschaft, Nr. 46$^{13}$/$_{14}$ (1977)
* John D. Stevens, Monument (2006)
* Josef Tal, Movement (1980)
* Alexander Tcherepnin, Andante, Op. 64 (1939)
* Barbara York, How Beautiful (2008)

## Tuba choir

* Bruce Broughton, Jackhammer for 4 Tubas
* Anthony Burgess, Homage to Hans Keller for 4 Tubas (1982)
* Johannes Fritsch, Tubæ for 2 Tubas (2000)
* Per Nørgård, Nu dækker sne den hele jord - Vintersalmer for 8 Tubas (1976)
* Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Horned Owl Sequence, Op. 53 for 2 Tubas (2010)
* Gunther Schuller, Five Moods for 4 Tubas (1973)
* Christian Wolff, Out-take for 2 Tubas (2005)

## Tuba and instrument(s)

* Henning Christiansen, Kredsløbsforstyrrelse, Op. 131 for Recitation and Tuba (1980)
* Pierre Max Dubois, Mini quatuor for 2 Piccolos and 2 Tubas (1977)
* Christopher Fox, Hidden Consequences for Microtonal Horn, Trombone and Microtonal Tuba (2009–10)
* Henryk Górecki, Aria, Op. 59 for Tuba, Piano, Tam-tam and Bass Drum (1987)
* Morton Gould, Tuba Suite for Solo Tuba and 3 Horns (1971)
* Meyer Kupferman, Sound Objects 1-3 (1978), for tuba, trumpet and piano (1978)
* Alvin Lucier, Sestina for Contrabass Flute, Contrabass Saxophone and Contrabass Tuba (2000)
* Larry Polansky, Two Children's Songs for Trombone and Tuba (1992)
* Larry Polansky, Three Pieces for Trombone and Tuba (2011)
* it:Corrado Maria Saglietti, Monsters for Tuba and Chamber Ensemble (Fl.Ob.Cl.BCl.ASax.Bn.CBn.Hn.3Percussionists) (2019)
* Gunther Schuller, Refrains for 12 Tubas, 10 Euphoniums and Percussion (2006)
* Galina Ustvolskaya, Dona Nobis Pacem, Composition No. 1 for Piccolo, Tuba and Piano (1971)
* Trevor Wishart, Pastorale / Walden 2, Music Theatre for Tuba, Flute and Tape (1979)
* Charles Wuorinen, Never Again the Same for Bass and Tuba (2006)
* Christian Wolff, Out-take (2005)

## Tuba and ensemble

* Bruce Broughton, Concerto (Sonata) for Tuba and Winds (1987)
* Bruce Broughton, Turbulence for Tuba and Winds
* Michael Daugherty, Reflections on the Mississippi for Tuba and Symphonic Band (2015)
* Morton Feldman, Chorus and Instruments II for Choir, Tuba and Chimes (1967)
* Jean Françaix, Petite valse européenne for Tuba and Double Wind Quintet (1979)
* Gordon Jacob, Suite for Tuba and Strings (1972)
* Vagn Holmboe, Intermezzo concertante, Op. 171 for Tuba and String Orchestra (1976)
* David Lang, are you experienced? for Tuba, Narrator and Ensemble (1987)
* it:Corrado Maria Saglietti, Concertissimo for Tuba and Wind Band (1997)
* Charles Wuorinen, Chamber Concerto for Tuba, Winds and Drums (1970)

## Tuba and orchestra

* Kalevi Aho, Tuba Concerto (2000–01)
* Alexander Arutiunian, Concerto for Tuba (1992)
* Øystein Baadsvik, Concerto for Tuba (2015)
* Harrison Birtwistle, The Cry of Anubis (1994)
* Bruce Broughton, Concerto for Tuba (2003)
* Michael Daugherty, Reflections on the Mississippi (2013)
* John Golland, Tuba Concerto, op. 46 (1980s)
* Edward Gregson, Tube Concerto (1978)
* Dalibor Grubačević, Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (2021)
* Jonathan Harvey, Lightness and Weight (1987)
* Jennifer Higdon, Tuba Concerto (2017)
* Vagn Holmboe, Tuba Concerto, op. 127 (1976)
* Helmut Lachenmann, Harmonica (1981–83)
* Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist, Landscape for tuba, string orchestra and piano (1978)
* Arild Plau, Concerto for solo tuba and string orchestra (1990)
* Jan Sandström, Lemon House, Tuba Concerto (2002)
* Gunther Schuller, Capriccio (1960)
* Gunther Schuller, Tuba Concerto No. 2 (2008)
* Roger Steptoe, Tuba Concerto (1983)
* Roland Szentpáli, Tuba Concerto (2002)
* Ralph Vaughan Williams, Concerto in F Minor for Bass Tuba (1954)
* John Williams, Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra (1985)
* Charles Wuorinen, Prelude to Kullervo (1985)

## Tuba, soloist(s) and orchestra

* Bruce Broughton, Oliver's Birthday for Tuba, Piano, Trumpet and Symphonic Band (1998)
* Jennifer Higdon, Low Brass Concerto for 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Tuba and Orchestra (2017)
* André Previn, Triple Concerto for Horn, Trumpet, Tuba and Orchestra (2011)

## Electronic / Electroacoustic

* Henning Christiansen, Im Bauch des Wolfs, Op. 165 for 3 Tubas and Tape (1985)
* David Cope, Spirals for Tuba and Tape (1972)
* Karlheinz Essl, Si! for Tenor Tuba, Live Electronics and Surround Sound (2012)
* Luca Francesconi, Animus III for Tuba and Live Electronics (2008)
* Vinko Globokar, Introspection d'un tubiste for Tuba, Electronics and Multimedia (1983)
* Jonathan Harvey, Still for Tuba and Electronics (1997)
* Phill Niblock, B Poore for Taped Tuba (1981)
* Luigi Nono, Post-prae-ludium n. 1 per Donau for Tuba and Live Electronics (1987)
* Bernard Parmegiani, Tuba-ci, Tuba-là for Tuba and Tape (1982)
* Bernard Parmegiani, Tuba-raga for Tuba and Tape (1983)
* Trevor Wishart, Tuba Mirum, Music Theatre for Tuba and Tape (1978)