A suite of six delightful pieces for Double Bass and Piano by Rodney Stewart. Includes selections set as part of the ABRSM examinations.

Copland 2000 separate part - double bass (piano accompaniment available separately = BHI102644)-Aaron Copland's music is characteristically and recognisably American. Copland's untiring efforts to ensure that his works would speak to the average citizen as well as to his fellow artists made him one of the most honoured cultural figures in United States history. Among countless awards and honours Copland received the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This exciting series of arrangements offers soloists the opportunity to experience some of Copland's pioneering musical achievements in the establishment of a uniquely American idiom.

This new publication replaces the old Latham edition (now out of print) - popular title on both ABRSM and TG double bass syllabuses (grade 7).Dennis Leogrande writes:I began writing the melody first although every piece begins differently. I wanted to begin with a sound that for me is very characteristic of the bass that being the ½ step slide from G# to A. Looking throughout the piece you will notice other slides ie. bars 1 3 5 7 12 14 16 18 38 58 114 116 18 120 123 125 and 127. Please don't forget to notice the grace note slide in measure 100. These are the melodic motifs that give the piece its character and act as hooks(memorable ideas) for the listener to latch on to. Once I began writing the melody it just grew organically from the original idea. I hope you feel the same organic growth. The shifting harmonic tonalities (between D major and D minor) seem to ask the question 'May I?' and keep the listener involved in trying to answer the question. The jazz style keeps the 'question' light hearted a little 'tongue in cheek.' However playing this piece requires attention to these details and a great deal of musicianship. It's the fine musician who understands both the music and the instrument who can make a difficult and complicated piece sound easy light and fun. Oh and yes please enjoy!

Par REINKE GERD. Method For Double Bass - Piano Accompaniment/ Méthode / Contrebasse et Piano

Also available for Double Bass Soloist and String Ensemble (M 1071) / Contrebasse Et Piano

Sonata In G Minor For Double Bass And Piano by Henry Eccles. Edited by Fred Zimmermann.

für Kontrabass und Klavier-Intermezzo and Tarantella for Double Bass and Piano by the Russian composer Reinhold M. Glière whose musical style represents a crucial link between Late Romanticism (Tchaikovsky) and Modernism (Prokofiev).

Kohaut was a contemporary of Dittersdorf Vanhal and Hoffmeister. This three movement concerto published here for the first time offers musical and technical challenges of Grade 8 standard and above. Scored for Double Bass with a Piano reduction of the original Orchestral Score. Grade: 8

The 4th movement of Vivaldi's Sonata No.1 In B Flat transcribed for the Double Bass by Zimmermann.

Hartmann's contemporary pieces conceived to highlight the special features of the double bass are written in a moderate yet very effective style.