Posted by Carole Nowicke on May 09, 2003 at 12:56:40:
In Reply to: band exerpt books for tuba posted by Scott W. on May 08, 2003 at 02:05:04:
One of the old Bell students from the '60's told me that what he was playing in lessons were the band versions of orchestral excerpts -- as in transcripts, so parts one might never see in orchestra (because the basses would have them) or in peculiar keys. He couldn't quite recall the publisher.