Tuba Concerto in F minor
This guide follows Williams’s Tuba Concerto in F minor (1954) in three parts: Prelude. Allegro moderato (ternary form), Romanza. Andante sostenuto and Finale: Rondo alla tedesca. Allegro (rondo).
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Follow all 28 sections as they play
- IPrelude.
- II.
- III: .
After a brief the tuba states the , a sturdy F minor tune in quick 2/4 . The leads to a singing , marked , and a passage. The changes to a lilting 6/8 and moves through new keys; the prepares the in F minor. Near the end the accompaniment stops for an , which runs on into the : the tuba, still alone, slows (), then grows quiet () before the accompaniment for the final .
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II. 4:52–10:15
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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