Double Bass SKU: BT.MUSM570367320 Composed by Sadie Harrison. Book Only. ...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
BT.MUSM570367320
Composed by Sadie
Harrison. Book Only. 12
pages. University of York
Music Press
#MUSM570367320. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570367320).
English.
Sadie
Harrison's Ha
llristningsomra det
for solo Double Bass.
Composed and published
2016. Duration c. 10
minutes The area of
Tanumshede is situated on
the south western coast
of Sweden.
Archaeologically, it is
renowned for its unique
series of Bronze Age rock
carvings dating from
between c. 1800 to 500
BCE. Incised into over
600 panels, the
petroglyphs were
originally situated along
a 25 mile stretch of
fjord coastline and as
such there are many
depictions of Hjortspring
boats and seafaring
activities. There are
also scenes of hunting,
agricultural and
livestock farming and
warring, with many
armoured figures carrying
swords, axes and shields.
Whilst it is possible
tointerpret most carvings
as images of quotidian
life, the meaning of some
panels is less clear. It
is likely that several
scenes depict ritual acts
overseen by gods, often
surrounded by abstract
symbols - crosses, dots
and ‘cups’,
the significance of which
is now unknown. As well
as being a source of
information about
Scandinavian Bronze Age
weapons, vehicles, tools,
ships, even hairstyles,
the carvings have also
been the subject of
debates about gender. The
society depicted on the
rocks seems
overwhelmingly
patriarchal, making the
rare carvings of probable
female figures
particularly important.
The most famous of these
is known as The Grieving
Woman, apparently weeping
over a dead warrior from
a ship. Her grief,
‘heavy as
rocks’ is heard in
the opening movement of
the piece, echoing
through the remaining
movements and giving the
work its dark, melancholy
character. The Woman
returns in the final
movement as a ghost, her
footsteps coming closer
and closer as her
‘lover’s&rsqu
o; ship is rebuilt over
and over again. Movement
III is gentler in tone, a
song for the Woman and
her lover - depicted as a
couple rolling a giant
sun surrounded by farm
animals. Movement II
represents the enigmatic
Juggler or Calendar Man
who holds 29 spheres in
his hand - perhaps
juggling the fate of The
Grieving Woman.
Double Bass SKU: HL.50602262 Partita for Double Bass and Poetry Reader...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
HL.50602262
Partita for Double
Bass and Poetry
Reader. Composed by
Philip Glass.
Instrumental. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2019.
16 pages. Chester Music
#DU11203. Published by
Chester Music
(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.
(A Comprehensive Curriculum for Use During Fundamentals Time). Composed by Scott...(+)
(A Comprehensive
Curriculum for Use During
Fundamentals Time).
Composed by Scott Rush.
For double bass. Habits
of a Successful Musician.
Music Education - Band
Method. Method book. 72
pages. Published by GIA
Publications
Double bass solo SKU: BR.EB-8986 23 Song Settings for Young String Pla...(+)
Double bass solo
SKU:
BR.EB-8986
23 Song
Settings for Young String
Players. Composed by
Esther Klein and Michael
Dartsch. Solo
instruments. Edition
Breitkopf. Music
pedagogy. Sheet Music.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
8986. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-8986).
ISBN
9790004187159. 0 x 0
inches.
German.
Songs are
part of the childhood.
This collection aims to
offer a variety of songs
for string ensembles,
such as young string
orchestras or string
classes. Included are
older and newer songs,
songs of various origins,
and songs for different
occasions and with themes
ranging from animals to
seasons and times of day
to tongue-in-cheek scary
subjects.Taking up the
motif of diversity in
their own way, the
six-part arrangements are
not confined to the usual
cadence harmonies and
accompaniment forms,
There is something
special to discover in
each of the songs. Small
vignettes with lyrics to
them are found in the
parts, and can be taken
up in rehearsals and
lessons.The songs begin
with fingering positions
and bowing techniques
that are usually learned
at the beginning of
lessons, then gradually
increase in difficulty,
though the booklet as a
whole is set at the
elementary level.
Suggestions for
improvisation and pieces
for practicing certain
requirements round out
the booklet. Special
emphasis is placed on
playing together - true
to the title: Together on
Strings!
Double Bass SKU: HL.51483307 For String Orchestra Double Bass Part...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
HL.51483307
For
String Orchestra Double
Bass Part. Composed
by Antonin Dvorá,
Antonin Dvorak, and k.
Edited by Peter Jost.
Henle Music Folios.
Classical. Softcover. 12
pages. G. Henle #HN3307.
Published by G. Henle
(HL.51483307).
UPC:
196288206828.
9.25x12.0x0.062
inches.
The
serenade flourished in
Mozart's era, but with
Brahms the genre
experienced a new surge
in popularity in the 19th
century. Dvorák's
cheerful and relaxed op.
22 came into being in
1875, during a very happy
time for him both
professionally and
privately. Heput his
personal stamp on the
five-movement composition
by incorporating stylized
Slavonic dances. The
spirited finale
captivates by restating
themes from the previous
movements. Since its
premiere in 1876 the
work, with its melodic
richness and particular
harmonic modulations, has
enjoyed great acclaim
from audiences and
critics alike. Today it
is among Dvorák's most
popular and most
frequently performed
compositions. As well as
the autograph and printed
editions, the composer's
copy of the printed score
with autograph
corrections and additions
has been consulted for
Henle's Urtext
edition.
About Henle
Urtext
What I can expect from
Henle Urtext
editions:
error-free, reliable
musical texts based on
meticulous musicological
research - fingerings and
bowings by famous artists
and pedagogues
preface in 3
languages with
information on the
genesis and history of
the workÂ
Critical Commentary
in 1 – 3 languages with
a description and
evaluation of the sources
and explaining all source
discrepancies and
editorial
decisionsÂ
most
beautiful music
engravingÂ
page-turns, fold-out
pages, and cues where you
need themÂ
excellent print
quality and
bindingÂ
largest Urtext
catalogue
world-wideÂ
longest Urtext
experience (founded 1948
exclusively for Urtext
editions)
Double bass SKU: BA.BA08841-85 Composed by Claude Debussy. Edited by Doug...(+)
Double bass
SKU:
BA.BA08841-85
Composed by Claude
Debussy. Edited by
Douglas Woodfull-Harris.
This edition: urtext
edition. Folded.
Barenreiter Urtext.
Single part. 3 pages.
Duration 10 minutes.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA08841_85. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA08841-85).
ISBN
9790006541256. 32.5 x
25.5 cm
inches.
Prelude a
l'apres-midi d'un faune,
often referred to as the
first composition of the
modern era, is one of
Debussy's most popular
and frequently performed
orchestral works. The
piece comes down to us in
an array of sources, and
several important ones
are drawn upon for the
first time in
Baerenreiter's new
scholarly-critical
edition. Most of the
currently available
editions are based on the
first edition from 1895
which, however, contains
many engraver errors.
When the corresponding
orchestral parts are also
taken into consideration,
countless discrepancies
are
revealed.
Baerenreiter
's Urtext edition
incorporates readings of
a printed copy of the
score from c. 1908 which
shows corrections and
emendations by the
composer. These important
changes, found in no
other source, include
metronome markings,
different pitches and
additional notes, as well
as added tempo and
articulation markings,
which all subtly enhance
Debussy's finely sculpted
work. There is even a
breath mark added to the
famous solo flute passage
which opens the
work.* Scholarly
critical edition with
many corrections in the
score and orchestral
parts * Clear
presentation of
orchestral parts in an
enlarged format.
About
Barenreiter Urtext
Orchestral
Parts
Why musicians
love to play from
Bärenreiter Urtext
Orchestral
Parts
- Urtext
editions as close as
possible to the
composerâ€â„Â
¢s intentions - With
alternate versions in
full score and parts
- Orchestral parts in an
enlarged format of 25.5cm
x 32.5cm - With
cues, rehearsal letters,
and page turns where
players need them -
Clearly presented divisi
passages so that players
know exactly what they
have to play -
High-quality paper with a
slight yellow tinge which
does not glare under
lights and is thick
enough that reverse pages
do not shine
through
Double Bass SKU: BT.YE0007 Yorke Edition. Composed by F. Baines. B...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
BT.YE0007
Yorke
Edition. Composed by
F. Baines. Book Only.
Yorke Edition #YE0007.
Published by Yorke
Edition (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.
Besi
des 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.
Gro
unds 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.