For Cello and Double Bass. Composed by Jean-Baptiste Breval. Edited by Tabea Umbreit. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 24 pages. G. Henle #HN1480. Published by G. Henle

By George Frideric Handel. Edited by Adolf Hoffmann; Hans Ferdinand Redlich. For Cello Solo/Tutti/Contrabass. Single Part. Op. 6/8. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA4216 82)

Trombone, Cello

SKU: BT.YE0001

Composed by Gioachino Rossini. Book Only. Yorke Edition #YE0001. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0001).

It was a chance visit to a second hand bookshop in Nottingham that set me on the trail of Rossini's now well-known Duetto for cello and double bass. But the story begins earlier than that. In the 1960s I was studying the double bass at the Royal College of Music with Adrian Beers, who was at that time principal of the English Chamber Orchestra, on the front desk of the Philharmonia Orchestra, and a member of the Melos Ensemble of London (then one of the leading ensembles of the world). I was working on the 'Dragonetti Concerto', as most young players do, and I wanted to find out a bit about it. My teacher said he thought the autograph manuscript might be in the British Library,which was all the encouragement I needed to secure a pass to the Reading Room so I could go and see for myself.

There, sure enough, I found a large collection of Dragonetti's autograph manuscripts, together with other bound volumes relating to his life. The papers had been lovingly collated and annotated by Vincent Novello, one of Dragonetti's closest friends, then deposited in the library before his departure to Italy in 1848, two years after Dragonetti's death. One of the volumes included a lot of letters about various engagements and music festivals, copies of orders for strings Dragonetti wanted from Italy, details about paintings he wanted to buy, and numerous invitations to private functions. The manuscript of the 'Dragonetti Concerto', of course, wasn't among the papers â?? we now know it to have been written by Edouard Nanny a century or so later.

One name that came up regularly in the documents was that of Sir George Smart. Smart had been a violinist in Salomon's orchestra and had played for Haydn at his London concerts in the 1790s. As a child he had learnt much about music from his father, who had in turn been present at many of Handel's rehearsals when he was preparing some of his major works for the first time. Smart was also a fine keyboard player, becoming organist of the Chapel Royal in 1822. As a conductor.

Cello/Bass. Performed by Various. (Cello). Chart. Size 9x12 inches. 32 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Arranged by William Ryden (1939-). Collection for 2 cellos/basses. 24 pages. Published by Belwin.

Cello and Double Bass

SKU: BT.YBB1465

Composed by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg. Book Only. Yorke Edition #YBB1465. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YBB1465).

Cello and Double Bass

SKU: M7.DOHR-95268

Composed by Franz Surges. Sheet music. Score (also performance score). 15 pages. MDS (Music Distribution Services) #DOHR 95268. Published by MDS (Music Distribution Services) (M7.DOHR-95268).

ISBN 9790202002681.

By Johann Melchior Molter. For Cello, Strings, Basso Continuo. This edition: cello or contrabass. Breitkopf Orchestral Library. 4 pages. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (German import).

By Gioachino Rossini. Edited by Philip Gossett. For Violoncello, Contrabass. This edition: Urtext Edition; Stapled. Score; Set of Parts. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (German import).

By Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Heinrich Besseler. For Violoncello/Contrabass/Basso Continuo. Single Part. BWV 1046 / 1046a. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA5201 82)