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.
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 Solo 2 by Keith Hartley. For Double bass solo. Double Bass. Double B...(+)
Double Bass Solo 2 by
Keith Hartley. For Double
bass solo. Double Bass.
Double Bass Solo. Double
bass solos. 40 pages.
Published by Oxford
University Press