Time Pieces for Double Bass, Volume 1

Description

Time Pieces for Double Bass, Volume 1 is the first of two volumes containing well-crafted arrangements and original compositions, presented in chronological order, from the sixteenth century right up to the present day

• Pieces feature on the ABRSM Double Bass syllabus at Grades 1-3
• Invaluable source of repertoire to explore for further study
• Contrasting styles, from Louis Couperin to Giles Swayne and William Byrd to Gavin Bryars
• Arrangements that cover the note ranges and keys of the early grades

Time Pieces for Double Bass, Volume 1 Contents:

• Oberek [Trad.]
• Lament to the Moon [Trad.]
• Menuet de Poitou in A minor [L Couperin]
• Air and Chaconne from Le bourgeois gentilhomme [Lully]
• Corn Rigs Quadrille [Trad.]
• Gavotte from Musick’s Hand-maid [John Blow]
• Minuetto from String Quartet in C, Op. 24 No. 4 [Luigi Boccherini]
• Solfeggio No. 3 (duet) [Giuseppe Aprile]
• Andante cantabile [Beethoven]
• Galoppe [H Herz]
• A Little Piece from Album fur die Jegend, Op. 68 [Robert Schumann]
• Melody from Album fur die Jugend, Op. 68 [Robert Schumann]
• Exercise in F [Adolphus White]
• Duet from Modern Double Bass School (duet) [Frantisek Cerny]
• Ol’ Man River from Show Boat [Jerome Kern / Hammerstein]
• Heigh-Ho from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [Frank Churchill / Larry Morey]
• Me and My Teddy Bear [John Frederick Coots]
• Ballad I [Michael Rose]
• Ballad II [Michael Rose]
• A Little Blue [Steve Berry]
• Lazybones [Giles Swayne]
• Now is the month of Maying [Morley]

For Volume 2 please click here