Following Dittersdorf (HN 759) and Hoffmeister (HN 721), Johann Baptist Vanhal and his sole double-bass concerto add a further highlight to the classical bass literature in our catalogue. The virtuoso work was transmitted only in a copy of a part owned by the famous double-bass player Johannes Sperger (1750-1812) and found in his estate, which raises a few questions on account of the many later additions in the solo part (especially concerning the octave transpositions). In our Urtext edition, Tobias Glöckler proposes a solution to this dilemma with a musical text that is outstandingly well-prepared for the performing artist. The piano reduction is printed in two keys (C and D major), which allows for performances in the solo and orchestral tuning or, at will. Moreover an additional part, written in fingering notation, has been specially designed for use with the 'Viennese tuning' customary in Vanhal's days. It allows players to use this resonant historical tuning immediately without tedious retraining. / Contrebasse Et Piano / Chanson En Séparée

from the second half of the 18th Century-This is a tremendous collection of simple and short pieces for the Piano from the second half of the eighteenth century. It was a period in which a vast amount of material for amateurs was composed much of which remains today. This compilation brings together a small section of that literature that has unjustly all but faded into obscurity with by composers such as Johann Baptist Vanhal Johan Gottfried and Siegfried Smiedt. Accurately edited by Alfred Kreutz this book is also ideal for teaching as these pieces have little ornamentation and the minimum of expression marks whilst featuring fabulous and enjoyable melody.