Double Bass solo
SKU:
SU.32020090
For
Double Bass solo.
Composed by Dorothy
Hindman. Strings,
Contrabass. Score. Subito
Music Corporation
#32020090. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.32020090).
…the
vocabulary of this work
is filled with extended
gestures such as
artificial harmonic
glissandi, bowing behind
the bridge, left hand
hammer-ons, overly
pressed scratchy tones,
etc. The piece has all
the attributes of a great
story, beginning in a
quirky fun manner and
then becoming something
unexpected, a virtuosic
display with a wildly
exciting ending. It is
the effect of the pacing
that is the tour de
force, a one-way downhill
roller coaster
ride…the work
remains in the lower half
of the instrument for the
most part and only
ventures into the very
highest registers for
effect. The extraordinary
challenge is to execute
the variety of extended
gestures within the tempo
over eleven minutes. To
play this work
successfully requires
mastering the art of Time
Management. ~Hans Sturm,
editor. Bass WorldDouble
Bass solo Duration: 12'
Composed: 2004 Published
by: Distributed
Composer.