Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Hare, Ryan (b. 1970).
Gender
Male
Work
Glaurung. Tallevast, FL: TrevCo.
Description
This piece was composed in 2006 for tuba, and revised in 2013 for contra. Glaurung is a dragon character in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion; the music is essentially a paean to “the association of dragons from myth into music.” The somewhat pitch-centric music is challenging, covering nearly the full range of the contra up to written Ab4. The middle section of the ternary form requires very quick and agile articulation, no mean feat on the contra.
Reference
The Double Reed 36/4, p. 160.
Date Range of Work
2006, 2013