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).

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.

Composed by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Edited by Robin Tait. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Score. Opus 44. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10424).

By Georg Christoph Wagenseil. Edited by Werner Thomas-Mifune. Sonata in C Major after the original Suite for 3 Violoncelli and Contrabass. Published by Edition Kunzelmann.

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)

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

By Gioachino Rossini. Edited by Despaly. For violoncello, contrabass. Published by Edition Kunzelmann.

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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Edited by Hellmut Federhofer. For Violoncello/Contrabass. Single Part; Urtext Edition. KV 276 (321b). Duration 7'

Composed by Michael Ostrzyga and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Edited by Michael Ostrzyga. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. New Completion. Single part. 28 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11310-82. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

Cello and Double Bass. Edited by Cesare Fertonani. String. Softcover. Ricordi #NR141566. Published by Ricordi

By George Frideric Handel. Edited by Anette Landgraf. For Violoncello/Contrabass. Single Part; Urtext Edition. HWV 264. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA4267 82)

By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Horst Walter. For Violoncello/Contrabass. Single Part. Hob.I:101. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA4671 82)

By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Gunter Thomas. For Violoncello/Contrabass. Single Part. Hob.XXII:11. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA4660 82)

Kantate. By Giacomo Carissimi. Edited by Ebbe Selen. For Violoncello/Contrabass/Ba sso Continuo. Chor-Archiv. Single Part. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA6225 86)

By George Frideric Handel. Edited by Adolf Hoffmann; Hans Ferdinand Redlich. For Cello Solo/Cello Tutti/Contrabass/Fanfare. Single Part. Op. 6/1. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA4209 82)