AA. VV.: BAERENREITER'S DOUBLE BASS COLLECTION

Descrizione

This collection is conceived for young double bass players who wish to start performing in public.
The edition contains 19 concert pieces which are easy to rehearse yet sound effective from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. In addition there are newly composed pieces by the Polish bass player Boguslaw Furtok (*1967).

•Concert pieces for double bass and piano accompaniment
•Easy to medium level of difficulty
•Ideal continuation of the string method Early Start on the Double Bass

From the contents:
Beethoven, "Adagio" from the Sonatina for Mandoline and Harpsichord / J. S. Bach, "Largo" / Fauré, "Après un rêve" / Dancla, "Polka" / Tschaikowsky, "Chanson triste" / Fauré, "Sicilienne" / Saint-Saëns, "The Swan", among others.

The Editors
Holger Sassmannshaus is a double bass player with the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, Germany, as well as being a double bass teacher and musician in other ensembles
J. Peter Close teaches violoncello and double bass in Munich.


Preface

Schlemüller, Hugo
Song op. 12/1

Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von
German Dance

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Papageno's Aria
from "The Magic Flute K. 620"

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
March of the Priests
from "The Magic Flute K. 620"

Beethoven, Ludwig van
Adagio
originally for mandolin and harpsichord (Woo 43a)

Mendelssohn, Ludwig
Minuet
from "Student Concerto op. 213, 2nd movement"

Anonymus
Tre giorni

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Largo
from "BWV 1056/2"

Dancla, Charles
Polka
from "Petite école de la mélodie. 20 petits pièces très faciles en trois suites (op. 123, suite no. 1/6)

Fauré, Gabriel
Après un rêve

Nölck, August
Tempo di ballo
from "Petit Album de Concert"

Bréval, Jean Baptiste
Arranger: Feuillard, Louis R.
Adagio
from "Concertino in F, 2nd movement"

Tschaikowsky, Peter
Chanson triste

Keyper, Franz
Romance

Fuchs, Robert
Allegro moderato
from "Three Pieces for Contrabass and Piano (op. 96/1)", based on Mozart

Furtok, Boguslaw
Elegie

Fauré, Gabriel
Sicilienne op. 78

Furtok, Boguslaw
Concert Piece

Saint-Saëns, Camille
The Swan
from "The Carnival of the Animals"