This is my Double Bass Page

Are you a double bass player ?

If so, I hope you enjoy the following...

.Scores (under construction)

I created the following scores with Finale 3.7 (PC/Win95). You can download a .TIF-file.

Saint-Saëns, Camille: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals for Solo-Flageolett-Bass. An attempt to play the Swan only with Flageoletts. For experts: try it on an E-Bass.


Midi Files

I created these midi-files as an accompaniment for me when I practise double bass.
Some of them still need a little "musicality" (-> dynamics, etc.), but I think they are O.K. for practice purposes.
The files only contain the piano voice, not the double bass main voice.

Thanks to Erik Löwendahl for contributing the "Gavotte" by Lorenziti, the "Chanson Triste" and "Valse Miniature" by Koussevitzky and the "Reverie" by Bottesini.
Thanks to Pekka Lehtinen for contributing the Handel - Sonata.
Thanks to Aaron Caffrey for contributing the 1st Movement of Bottesini's Concerto in F#-Minor.
Thanks to Gabriel Robles for contributing the Allergo Moderato by Vanhal.
Thanks to Per Knudsen for contributing the Berceuse Slave by Franz Neruda and Legend by Ludvig Hegner (also available on record).

Albrechtsberger, Anton: Divertimento fuer Viola, Violoncello und Kontrabass Link
Bach, Johann Sebastian:   Air in D-Major
Borghi, Giovanni Battista: Sonata No.1 for Viola and Double Bass Link
Bottesini, Giovanni:   Concerto No.2 for Double Bass in B-Minor
Bottesini, Giovanni:   Concerto No.2 for Double Bass in in A-Minor
Bottesini, Giovanni:   Concerto in F#-Minor (1st Movement)
Bottesini, Giovanni:   Elegie in D-Major
Bottesini, Giovanni:   Elegie in C-Major
Bottesini, Giovanni:   Melody in E-Minor
Bottesini, Giovanni:   Reverie
Bruch, Max: Kol Nidrei Link
Capuzzi, Antonio: Concerto for Double Bass in D-Major
Capuzzi, Antonio: Concerto for Double Bass in F-Major
Cimador, Giovanni Battista: Double Bass Concerto in G Link
Couperin, François: Duo for bass instruments Link
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von:   Duetto Link
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von:   Concerto for Double Bass No.1, in E-Major 
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von:   Concerto for Double Bass No.1, in D-Major
Dragonetti, Domenico: Concerto for Double Bass Link
Dvorák, Antonín: Concerto for Violoncello, 1st Movement (with Piano) Link
Dvorák, Antonín: Concerto for Violoncello, 2nd Movement (Full Orchestra) Link
Eccles, Henry: Sonata in A-Minor
Eccles, Henry: Sonata in G-Minor
Eccles, Henry: Sonata in G-Minor (different midi-version) Link
Fauré, Gabriel:   Après un Rêve
Glière, Reinhold: Intermezzo Link
Gounod, Charles: Petit Scherzo Link
Händel, Georg Friedrich:   Sonata in A-Minor
Haydn, Joseph: Concerto for Violoncello in C Link
Haydn, Joseph: Concerto for Violoncello in C (different version) Link
Hegner, Ludvig:   Legend
Hindemith, Paul:  Sonata for Double Bass Link
Hindemith, Paul:  ??? Link
Koussevitzky, Serge:   Concerto for Double Bass in F#-minor Link
Koussevitzky, Serge:   Concerto for Double Bass in E-Minor Link
Koussevitzky, Serge:   Chanson Triste in D Link
Koussevitzky, Serge:   Chanson Triste in E Link
Koussevitzky, Serge:   Valse Miniature Link
Kreisler, Fritz:   Liebesleid Link
Kreisler, Fritz:   Schön Rosmarin Link
Larsson, Lars-Erik:   Lento from Concertino for Double Bass, Op.45 No.11 Link
Lindley, Robert: Piece de Salon Link
Lorenziti, Joseph Antoine:   Gavotte in G 
Lorenziti, Joseph Antoine:   Gavotte in A
Marcello, Benedetto:   Sonata in F-major
Massenet, Jules: Meditation from Thais Link
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix: Song without words, Op.62 No.1
Monti, Vittorio:   Csárdás in D-Minor
Monti, Vittorio:   Csárdás in G-Minor
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Concerto for Bassoon Link
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Concerto for Clarinet Link
Neruda, Franz:   Berceuse Slave
Offenbach, Jacques: Rondeau Link
Paganani, Niccolò:   Fantasy for G-String (Moses-Fantasy) in C-Major
Paganani, Niccolò:   Fantasy for G-String (Moses-Fantasy) in D-Major
Porpora, Nicola: Aria Link
Prokofjew, Sergey: ??? Link
Rachmaninow, Sergej: Vocalise, Op.34 Nr.15, E-Minor Link
Rachmaninow, Sergej: Vocalise, Op.34 Nr.15, D-Minor Link
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Tambourin Link
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolaj: Flight of the bumble bee Link
Romberg, Bernhard: Sonata for Double Bass Link
Romberg, Bernhard: Sonata op.43 No.1 for Double Bass Link
Romberg, Bernhard: Sonata op.43 No.2 for Double Bass Link
Saint-Saëns, Camille:   The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals
Saint-Saëns, Camille:   Elephant, from Carnival of the Animals Link
Schubert, Franz: Arpeggione Sonata, D 821 Link
Schubert, Franz: Ave Maria Link
Schubert, Franz: Fantasy Pieces Link
Simandl, Franz:  Etudes Link
Telemann, Georg Philipp:  Sonata in D for String Bass and Piano Link
Thomas, Robert Harold: La Chasse Link
Vanhal, Johann Baptist: Divertimento in G Link
Vanhal, Johann Baptist: Concerto Allegro Moderato in C Major
Vanhal, Johann Baptist: Concerto Allegro Moderato in D-Major
Walton, John: Seven Sonorities Link



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