Fisher Tull

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Fisher Aubrey Tull, Jr. (born September 23, 1934 in Waco, Texas - † August 23, 1994 in Huntsville, Texas ), also known as Mickey Tull , was an American composer , music teacher and trumpeter .

Life

Fisher Tull was born in Waco , where he also attended school. He studied trumpet with John Haynie, music education, music theory and composition with Samuel Adler at the University of North Texas ; He wrote his master's thesis in 1957 on the work for solo trumpet by Alan Hovhaness . During his studies he played and arranged for various jazz and dance orchestras, including the University's One O'Clock Lab Band . Tull then became a faculty member at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville . In 1964 he continued his studies at the University of North Texas, where he graduated with a PhD in composition in 1965 . He then moved back to Huntsville where he was head of the music department from 1965 to 1982. In addition, Tull was President of the Texas Association of Music Schools, the Texas Association of Music Schools, and a member of the board of the National Association of Schools of Music , where he also served on the commission for the standardization of degrees in musical subjects.

Tull died in Huntsville in 1994 and was buried at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin by decree of then Governor Ann Richards . Tull was married and had two children.

plant

Tull began to take a serious look at composing in the 1960s. His works are generally tonal, but characterized by a harmonious thirst for adventure and rhythmic liveliness as well as an influence of medieval and renaissance music. His oeuvre includes over 80 published pieces for symphony orchestra , wind orchestra , choir and chamber music , with his wind orchestra, brass band and percussion ensemble works having achieved the greatest importance. Most of his work has been transferred to Boosey & Hawkes , where Tull had been under contract since 1974. Other works have been published by Western International Music, Ludwig Music Publishing Company, TRN, and the International Trombone Association Manuscript Press.

Wind band

  • 1967 Terpsichore
  • 1969 Toccata
  • 1970 Concertino for oboe and wind orchestra
  • 1971 Sketches on a Tudor Psalm
  • 1973 March for Tripod
  • 1973 Reflections on Paris
  • 1974 Credo
  • 1975 Cryptic Essay
  • 1975 Studies in Motion
  • 1976 jargon (after William Billings )
  • 1979 Prelude and double fugue
  • 1980 Rhapsody for trumpet and wind orchestra
  • 1982 Fanfare for Antiphonal Band & Brass
  • 1983 Introit
  • 1987 concert for piano and wind ensemble
  • 1987 Requiem
  • 1987 The Final Covenant
  • 1990 Saga of the Clouds
  • Accolade
  • Concerto grosso for brass quintet and wind ensemble
  • Tubular Octad

Symphony orchestra

  • Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra No. 1
  • Symphonic Treatise
  • Capriccio
  • Overture for a Legacy

Chamber music

  • 1954 vignette for trumpet and piano
  • 1961 Canonical Trilogy for four trumpets
  • 1968 Quartet for four trombones
  • 1971 Sonatina for percussion ensemble
  • 1971 Erato for flute and piano
  • 1976 Fantasy on L'homme armè for oboe and piano
  • 1978 segments for eight trumpets
  • 1980 Eight Profiles for trumpet
  • 1984 Threnody for saxophone
  • 1984 nonet for wind instruments, percussion and piano
  • 1987 Concerto da camera for alto saxophone and brass quintet
  • 1991 Trio sonata for violin, clarinet and piano
  • Sarabande and Gigue for alto saxophone and piano
  • Bagatelles for Trumpet and Piano
  • Variations on an Advent Hymn for brass quintet
  • Liturgical Symphony for brass and percussion
  • Sonata for viola and piano
  • Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
  • The Binding for brass ensemble
  • Diversion for six trombones

Awards

  • 1970: Sousa / ABA / Ostwald Award from the American Bandmasters Association (Toccata)

Recordings (selection)

  • The Music of Fisher Tull (1997, Albany Music Distribution, Troy 223), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra , Charles Anthony Johnson (conductor).
  • Voicings (2013, GIA Publications, CD-895), North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon (conductor).
  • Fisher Tull (2015, Piano Music Productions, K 11207), The Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp (conductor).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fisher Aubrey Tull, Jr .: An Analysis of the Works for Solo Trumpet by Alan Hovhaness . Denton, Texas August 1957 ( unt.edu - master thesis).
  2. ↑ a b Fisher Tull. Sam Houston State University website , accessed May 31, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Fisher Tull. University of Maryland, College Park website , accessed May 31, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Fisher Aubrey Tull. Texas State Cemetery website, accessed May 31, 2017 .
  5. ↑ ACCOLADE for Symphonic Band . In: The School Musician Director and Teacher . tape 54 . Ammark Publishing Company, 1982, pp. 16 .
  6. ↑ ABA Awards. The American Bandmasters Association, accessed October 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Tull, Fisher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tull, Mickey (nickname); Tull, Fisher Aubrey Jr. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, music educator, and trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Waco
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 1994
Place of death Huntsville, Texas