Nicholas D. Falcone (1892–1981) was a clarinet virtuoso, educator, composer and conductor. He was the director or the University of Michigan Bands in the early twentieth century. Mazurka for Solo Euphonium is set in a somber key of E-flat minor. The lyrical melody rises at its start and is embellished with quick runs of sixteenth notes. The opening theme is followed by a fast-moving variation and continues to a new theme in the relative key of G-flat major.