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 Quartet

SKU: BT.YE0036

Composed by Joseph Lauber. Classical. Set (Score and Parts). Yorke Edition #YE0036. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0036).

Four movements, top part advanced. Several recordings and many broadcasts. Duration c.13'.

Programme Notes:

The Swiss composer Joseph Lauber was born at Ruswil near Lucerne in 1864. After studying with Heger in Zürich and Rheinberger in Munich, Lauber worked with Diémer and Massenet in Paris. With Massenet he learnt a great deal about orchestration, a subject that he subsequently taught until the end of his life at the Geneva conservatoire as well as piano and composition. He died in 1952.

Lauber's 193 catalogued works are many and varied. He wrote for all instruments and in every genre except oratorio and opera. Among his output areseveral works for double bass, most written for Prof. Hans Fryba, a personal friend with whom he worked as a double bass and piano recital duo. Fryba was one of the leading players in Europe in his day and was principal of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. First was Theme and Variations (1936-7) and a Rhapsodie with orchestra (1937). Three Walzes followed in 1939, a Gavotte and Gigue, a Sonata and then in 1943 Fantasie de Concert, written for the Geneva Competition. Four Caprices appeared in 1942, the same date as the Quartet for double basses which was dedicated to Fryba and written for the Berlin Philharmonic Double Bass Quartet, one of the first ever such ensembles to exist.

The Quartet for double basses was revived by Klaus Stoll in the 1970s for the Philharmonic Double Bass Quartet at that time to play. It was subsequently published in 1975 by Yorke Edition by kind permission of the composer's son Edmund Lauber.

Rodney Slatford 2004

3 Double Basses - Grade 3-5

SKU: BT.YE0073

Composed by Angel Pena. Set (Score and Parts). Yorke Edition #YE0073. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0073).

'This delightful divertimento is a typically excellent production of Yorke Edition'. Notes. Bravura, three movements. Recorded New Colophonium Bass Quartet (MusicaViva).

Grade: Moderate.

Four Double Basses

SKU: ST.YE0036

Composed by Joseph Lauber. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0036. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0036).

ISBN 9790570590360.

Two Double Basses

SKU: ST.YE0069

Composed by Giovanni Bottesini. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0069. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0069).

ISBN 9790570590698.

Three Double Basses

SKU: ST.YE0074

Composed by John Walton. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0074. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0074).

ISBN 9790570590742.

Four Double Basses

SKU: ST.YE0028

Composed by Erich Hartmann. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0028. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0028).

ISBN 9790570590285.

Four Double Basses

SKU: ST.YE0050

Composed by Daryl Runswick. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0050. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0050).

ISBN 9790570590506.

Arranged by Deborah Greenblatt. Bass Duet. For 2 double basses. Tunes for Two. Ragtime. Tune book. Standard Notation. 72 pages. Published by Greenblatt and Seay . tune book. ragtime.

Five Double Basses

SKU: ST.YE0084

Composed by David Collins. String music. Yorke Edition #YE0084. Published by Yorke Edition (ST.YE0084).

ISBN 9790570590841.

Bass Guitar

SKU: HL.14044667

Composed by Bruno Tauzin. CARISCH - MUSIC SALES. Tuition. General Merchandise. Play Music France #MF2248. Published by Play Music France (HL.14044667).

French.

Les basses possedant 5 et 6 cordes sont de plus en plus prisees par les bassistes de tous horizons.Elles offrent en effet de nouvelles perspectives musicales... comme cet ouvrage vous permettra de le decouvrir au fil de ses pages. La presentemethode se decoupe en plusieurs chapitres mais surtout deux grands themes : le travail et le plaisir de jouer. Ainsi, apres une presentation specifique de l'instrument, vous aborderez successivement les techniques de main droite puis de main gauche,avant de vous interesser de pres aux indispensables outils melodiques du bassiste a 5 et 6 cordes, que sont les gammes et les arpeges. Tous ces exercices auront evidemment pour objectif premier de vous aider a vous <> votre nouvelinstrument. La suite de cet ouvrage est consacree a la musique proprement dite. La recompense apres le travail ! Vous y trouverez des grooves dans tous les styles ainsi que des etudes solo, combinant melodie et accords, afin d'achever en beaute votreapprentissage. Le CD qui accompagne cette methode vous propose la demonstration des differents grooves et exercices, afin de vous aider dans leur interpretation.

Transcriptions for 2 Four-String Electric Basses. By Johann Sebastian Bach. Misc. CD-ROM only. Size 9x12 inches. 36 pages. Published by Ricordi.

Score and Parts. Composed by Jorg Widmann. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Double-Bass Library. Contemporary. Score and parts. Composed 2009. 44 pages. Duration 14'. Schott Music #KBB13. Published by Schott Music

Double Bass Quartet - Grade 8

SKU: BT.YE0075

Arranged by Robert Rohe. Classical. Set (Score and Parts). Yorke Edition #YE0075. Published by Yorke Edition (BT.YE0075).

Four Double Basses. Eight well-known Christmas carols in a new guise. Score and parts.

The Programme of Christmas Carols was first performed in New Orleans in 1976. In its original version, the players were required to wear Dickensian costume and a seasonal narrative preceded each of the carol arrangements. The texts appear below.

Duration without text: c.20 minutes
Duration with text: c.45 minutes

Introduction by Robert Rohe

The introductory text, assembled with the kind assistance of Father Peacock of Loyola University of New Orleans, was designed for use where the receptivity of the audience warrants. So little is known about thebeloved Christmas carols, it is fitting that a brief sketch of the carols' past be used to enhance the familiar music.

If desired, the introductory text may be omitted at the discretion of the performers.

The brief text preceding each carol should be used to acquaint the audience with what to expect, from a quartet that will be playing the unexpected. The text also will pace the program and will extend performance time to around 45 minutes.

In performance, the bass viol quartet of New Orleans wore peaked caps, and turtle necked sweaters to simulate the street performers of Dickens' time. The choice of four string basses for this program was to bring the closest relatives of the true viol into play.

History and development of the Christmas Carol

The celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ has been observed for nearly 2,000 years, through the ritual of the Christian Church, with part of that ritual being devoted to celebration in song. In those early days, church music was sung only, no musical instruments taking part in the service.

The type of song used by the church had the name 'plain-song'. It was a single line of melody, plain and unadorned, sung by one or more voices. By the year 1660 A.D., it had developed a second name, 'The Gregorian Chant', after Pope Gregory, who encouraged the use.