(for kontrabas). By Erland Von Koch (1910-). For double bass solo. Monolog 18 fo...(+)
(for kontrabas). By
Erland Von Koch (1910-).
For double bass solo.
Monolog 18 for
Contrabass. 8 pages.
Duration 6 minutes.
Published by Gehrmans
Musikforlag
For Double Bass
and speaking musician.
Taxi! was inspired
by those frantic cabs in
Paris, but the problems
are universal. An
hilarious music-theatre
style piece by the French
virtuoso, equally
successful for speaking
bassist or with narrator.
Double Bass SKU: HL.14021087 Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
HL.14021087
Composed
by John McCabe. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. 8
pages. Music Sales
#NOV955163. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14021087).
8.25x12.0x0.059
inches.
John
McCabe's
Pueblo
for solo Double
Bass. Duration: approx. 7
minutes.
Pueblo
is an off-shoot of a
series of compositions
inspired by desert
country, and it was
commissioned by Leon
Bosch with the aid of
funds provided by North
West Arts. The piece is
continous, falling into
several sections, and is
largeley based on the
high circling motif heard
at the start and referred
to again in the harmonics
at the close.
It is
prefaced by the following
quotation from Scenes in
American Deserta by
Reyner Banham, published
by Thames and
Hudson:
'Clouds, high and
flat, were now building
up in thesky, the wind
was settling to silent
calm, the weather was
very cold, and the stream
through the center of the
pueblo was almost frozen
across, the Indians
chipping out ice to melt
down for water.'
The aim in writing
the piece was to express
in musical terms a
response to the vivid
picture of a scene
relating to life in the
American desert conveyed
by Reyner Banham's text.
Although not numbered
among other Desert works,
this belongs to this
family of compositions,
along with another Banham
setting, written for the
King's Singers, Scenes In
America Deserta. -
John
McCabe <
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Double Bass SKU: HL.48186481 Composed by Rabbath Francois. Leduc. Softcov...(+)
Double Bass
SKU:
HL.48186481
Composed
by Rabbath Francois.
Leduc. Softcover. 10
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL30748. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48186481).
UPC:
888680828264.
9.0x12.0x0.065
inches.
Francois
Rabbath : Trombes d?eau
for double bass (AL 30
748) The international
fame of bass player
Francois Rabbath
acknowledges both the
untiring teacher, author
of a Nouvelle technique
de la contrebasse, which
a whole generation of
students, desirous of
freeing themselves from
the fetters of
traditional teaching, has
taken up, and the
inspired soloist,
unsparing of himself in
concert. For several
years now, he has become
accustomed to spending a
few days in the summer in
Kansas City (Missouri) to
give master classes and a
concert there, in the
framework of the ?KC
BassFest?. In July 2016,
a moving surprise awaited
him: on the stage of the
American Jazz Museum a
full-length portrait was
unveiled, painted by
local artist Ruthie
Ingram from photos taken
during his recital the
previous year. By way of
thanks, Rabbath dedicated
Trombes d?eau to her, a
solo piece lasting
approximately six
minutes, composed at the
instigation of the
International Society of
Bassists for the 2017
edition of the
International Double Bass
Competition. Conceived as
a series of short
variations on an
impassioned theme, the
work emphasises evocative
glissandi and explores
double stopping and
artificial harmonics
without ever sacrificing
the essential: the
pleasure of musical
expression..