SKU: HL.50602262
ISBN 9781540092182. UPC: 888680987596. 9.0x12.0x0.07 inches.
The Not-Doings of an Insomniac - Partita for Solo Double Bass with spoken texts - was premiered by Robert Black at the International Society of Bassist Convention at the Griffin Concert Hall in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Not-Doings of an Insomniac developed as a result of Philip Glass's frequent travels to unfamiliar cities and different time-zones, changes that often bring on bouts of insomnia. While on a trip in Europe in 2015, Glass decided to turn these redundant waking hours into something useful, and one of the results is this Partita for Solo Double Bass, written for Robert Black of Bang on a Can All-Stars fame. The piece is written in seven movements, each with its own title: Not Dreaming, Tasting, Smelling, Hearing, Seeing, Touching respectively, and finishing with Not Beginning. Not Ending. What raises this set into something atmospheric and theatrical are the poems in between each movement. These are by Glass's friends or associates, and the texts by Lou Reed, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono, David Byrne, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith and Arthur Russell are read on the recording of this work by Robert Black.
SKU: BT.YE0007
Born in Oxford in 1917, Francis Baines was a well-known and much respected professional double bass player. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Claude Hobday, where he later taught. Something of an eccentric,he immersed himself in early music at a time when few people were taking it seriously. He owned a beautiful Amati bass that he had restored as a violone, which it probably was originally, and he was a regular fixture as aprincipal player in a number of orchestras and ensembles that dedicated themselves to period performing, including those directed by Denys Darlow, with whom he broadcast and recorded frequently.Besides playing thedoublebass, Francis Baines was an exponent of the treble viol and led the Jaye Consort of Viols which he founded. He also played several kinds of bagpipe and the hurdy-gurdy. As a composer he dabbled in many styles, one of hisgreatest claims to fame being that of writing for the popular Hoffnung concerts in the 1960s. He was the author of a number of papers about the history of the double bass, sometimes arriving at scholarly conclusionsthat were colourful, if not always entirely accurate. He discovered the Giovannino del Violone sonatas, subsequently published by Yorke Edition, although today it is thought that they were probably not written for a 16' pitchinstrument at all. His edition of the Capuzzi double bass concerto, published by Boosey & Hawkes, was for many years one of the few solo works available for the instrument. This, however, he largely re-composed because hethought it could be improved: towards the end of his life he confessed that with hindsight he probably should have treated it differently.Grounds was written in 1969 as a sort of party piece and was given to YorkeEdition in support of a drive to enlarge the repertoire for the instrument in a wide variety of styles. It was set on the syllabus of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for many years.Francis Baines died.
Grade: 5
SKU: BT.DHP-1115113-400
ISBN 9789043139205. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
In Double Bass Starter you will find a variety of tunes for beginner double bass players - young as well as old. It is a fantastic album, with a solid methodical structure. A range of styles is featured, from classical to jazz and pop. The tunes can be picked or bowed. The CD features demo tracks together with play-along tracks for each piece. In Double Bass Starter zijn verschillende stukken voor beginners op de contrabas verzameld. Het is zowel een geweldig speelboek als een goed doordachte aanvulling op het gebruikelijke lesmateriaal. Allerlei stijlen passerende revue - van klassiek tot pop. Alle stukken kunnen zowel pizzicato als con arco worden gespeeld.In Double Bass Starter sind vielfältige Stu?cke fu?r Anfänger auf dem Kontrabass versammelt. Es ist zugleich ein fantastisches Spielbuch und sehr lehrreiches Zusatzmaterial fu?r den Unterricht mit einem durchdachten methodischen Aufbau. Allerlei Stile kommen darin an die Reihe - von Klassik u?ber Jazz bis hin zu Pop. Alle Stu?cke können sowohl gezupft als auch gestrichen werden.Die CD bietet sowohl Demo- als auch Play-Along Tracks an.Double Bass Starter propose de nombreuses pièces de style divers (classique, jazz ou pop), arrangées pour contrebassiste débutant. Chaque partition contient un large éventail de compléments pédagogiques qui sâ??intégreront facilement votre méthode dâ??apprentissage. Ce fantastique ouvrage offre la possibilité de jouer en pizzicato ou en legato. In Double Bass Starter troverete una variet di pezzi per avviare i principianti allo studio del contrabbasso. Oltre al materiale pedagogico utile a supportare l'insegnamento, vengono anche trattati tutti i generi musicali dalla classica al jazz al pop.
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