Double Bass and Piano

SKU: BT.YE0012

Composed by Dare. Book Only. Yorke Edition #YE0012. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0012).

'An easy piece... Suitable for players who have been studying for about eighteen months'. Music Teacher. Dare was a Scottish composer and an amateur bassist.

Double Bass and Piano

SKU: ST.YE0059

Composed by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0059. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0059).

ISBN 9790570590599.

Viola and Double Bass

SKU: ST.YE0018

Composed by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0018. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0018).

ISBN 9790570590186.

Double Bass and Piano

SKU: ST.YE0054

Composed by Serge Lancen. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0054. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0054).

ISBN 9790570590544.

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.

Double Bass and Piano

SKU: ST.YE0038

Composed by David Walter. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0038. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0038).

ISBN 9790570590384.

Piano Duet

SKU: BT.YB0003

Composed by Rodney Slatford. Book Only. Yorke Edition #YB0003. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YB0003).

ISBN 9780951744819. English.

Two Double Basses

SKU: ST.YE0048

Composed by Giovanni Bottesini. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0048. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0048).

ISBN 9790570590483.

4 Contra Basses

SKU: BT.YE0055

Composed by Serge Lancen. Set (Score and Parts). Yorke Edition #YE0055. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0055).

For 4 double basses. A very short quartet suitable as an encore. Only the top part is advanced. Recorded Berlin Philharmonic Quartet (Camerata). 2 solo DB with 2 Orchestra DB.

Grade: Varying.

Double Bass and Piano

SKU: ST.YE0011

Composed by Antonio Giuseppe Capuzzi. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0011. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0011).

ISBN 9790570590117.

These two splendid pieces are fun for both the Soprano and the Double Bass and make an excellent light hearted item for a school concert

Double Bass and Piano

SKU: BT.YE0003

Composed by Giovanni Battista Cimadoro. Arranged by Willy Hautvast. Exam Material. Book Only. Yorke Edition #YE0003. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0003).

Giovanni Cimador's Concerto in G is a bubbling roccoco romp.

Double Bass and Piano

SKU: ST.YE0047

Composed by Nicola Porpora. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0047. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0047).

ISBN 9790570590476.

Double Bass

SKU: ST.YE0076

Composed by Giovanni Bottesini. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0076. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0076).

ISBN 9790570590766.