Latin solo recommendations?


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Posted by John on December 16, 2002 at 11:38:37:

Ok... my school has an upcoming solo competition, sponsered by the latin american studies program. After wracking my brain, I can't think of any latin composers who have written for tuba. Here are the guidlines for the competition. If anyone has suggestions, they are certainly welcome!

Category 1: Open Interpretation: Two prizes will be awarded for the best performances by a vocal or instrumental soloist or by any instrumental, vocal or mixed chamber ensemble, except woodwind soloists or ensembles, who will have a separate prize category (see below).


Soloists may be accompanied by a keyboard instrument or accompanying equivalent (guitar, harp). The accompanying instrument may change during the short recital.

A competing ensemble must remain the same in all works of the short recital.
Competitors must compile a short recital of two or more works by Spanish and Latin American composers with the following characteristics:

a.       Total combined duration of the recital: minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of 30 minutes. 

b.      The recital must include at least one work by a Spanish composer and at least one work by a Latin American composer (born in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, or Venezuela.)

c.       The recital also must be stylistically varied: At least one of the works must be clearly reflect Spanish and/or Latin American regional styles and genres. At least one of the works must reflect international modern compositional styles and/or techniques.

d.      Arrangements will be acceptable only for instruments for which original compositions cannot be found, and which use arrangements in accepted professional concert practice. Students are advised to carefully gauge the high quality of the arrangements, since program quality will be a determining factor when awarding the prizes.

e.       Given that a competitor can potentially record his/her repertoire, the following works, cannot be programmed for the 2003 competition:

·        Any works originally for solo and orchestra

·        The works which have been recorded by previous competition winners in the last four years either in the original version or in arrangements for other instruments (see list below).
The following works cannot be programmed in the 2003 Competition:

1. Any work originally for solo instrument and orchestra;

2. The following compositions recorded by previous winners, either in their original version or in arrangements for other instruments:



Albéniz, Isaac                                                                        Asturias (leyenda)
Albéniz, Isaac                                                                   Rumores de la caleta
Albéniz, Isaac                                                                                      Granada
Albéniz, Isaac                                                            Torre bermeja (Serenata)
Albéniz, Isaac                                                                                      Navarra

Braga, Ernani                                                                                          Aboio

Brouwer, Leo                                                 Estudios sencillos, Nos. 1, 6 & 2
Brouwer, Leo                                                                                        Sonata

Cassadó, Gaspar                             Sonata for violoncello and piano in A minor
Cassadó, Gaspar                                                         Suite for violoncello solo

Falla, Manuel de                                                                       El paño moruno
Falla, Manuel de                                                                                 Asturiana

Garay, Sindo                                                                                La bayamesa

García Abril, Anton                                                           Agua me daban a mí
García Abril, Anton                                                          A pie van mis suspiro
García Abril, Anton                                               No por amor, no por tristeza

Gardel, Carlos                                                                           Por una cabeza

Ginastera, Alberto                                           Suite de Danzas Criollas, Op. 15

Granados, Enrique                               "Oriental," No. 2 from Danzas españolas
Granados, Enrique                                               Quejas ó la maja y el ruiseñor

Guridi, Jesús                                                       Viejo zortzico (Zortzico zarra)

Hahn, Reynaldo                                                                        L’heure exquise

Lecuona, Ernesto                                                                             Malagueña

Márquez, Arturo                                                                            Zarabandeo

Moreno, Salvador                                                                                  Poema

Moreno Torroba, Federico                                                                 Turégano
Moreno Torroba, Federico                                               Manzanares del Real
Moreno Torroba, Federico                                              Romance de los pinos
Moreno Torroba, Federico                                                                  Sigüenza
Moreno Torroba, Federico                                                Sonatina in A Major

Orrego-Salas, Juan                                                                 Esquinas, Op. 68
Orrego-Salas, Juan                                                       El alba del alhelí Op. 29
Orrego-Salas, Juan                                                Quattro liriche brevi, Op. 61

Piazzolla, Astor                                                                         Verano porteño
Piazzola, Astor                                                                         Four, for Tango

Soutullo, Reveriano                                      Bella enamorada…Noche de amor

Turina, Joaquín                                                    La oración del torero, Op. 35

Villa-Lobos, Heitor                                                         Preludes Nos. 1 and 3
Villa-Lobos, Heitor                                                                      Etude No. 11


Thanks in advance for anyone who is so inclined to help me brainstorm!

~John~


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