Double Bass Solo Techniques A book of orchestral excerpts

by Hartley, Keith

• ISBN13: 9780193359116
• ISBN10: 0193359111
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Fort Wayne

Summary

Double Bass Solo Techniques combines the dual function of a technique book and a collection of orchestral excerpts. The techniques are introduced in a logical order, and each is preceded by a short explanatory note, providing technical advice and tips on performance. The repertoire has beencarefully selected to showcase the technique in its real musical context, and the pieces cover all major styles and genres. Ideal as preparation for auditions and exams.

Table of Contents

Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro

Schubert: Symphony No. 8

Verdi: Aida

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' (excerpt 1)

Handel: 'Rejoice Greatly' from Messiah

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (excerpt 1)

Ravel: Concerto pour la main gauche

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Act II)

Chabrier: Espana

Borodin: Symphony No. 2

Debussy: La mer

Brahms: Variation VI from Variations on a Theme by J. Haydn

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

Weber: Overture to Der Freischutz

J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (excerpt 1)

Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell

Tchaikovsky: 'Danse Espagnole' from Swan Lake

Holst: 'Mars' from The Planets

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso

Verdi: La traviata (Act III)

Schubert: Octet in F (excerpt 1)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Verdi: Falstaff (Act III)

Mendelssohn: 'Scherzo' from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Wagner: Lohengrin (Act II)

Mahler: Symphony No. 2

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (excerpt 1)

Schubert: Symphony No. 9

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Musorgsky: Boris Godunov (Act III)

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Act III)

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'

Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni

Rossini: Overture to Il Barbiere di Siviglia (excerpt 2)

Mozart: Symphony No. 40

Haydn: Symphony No. 88

Verdi: La forza del destino

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 (excerpt 2)

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' (excerpt 2)

Dvorak: Serenade for Strings

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2

Britten: 'Fugue' from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Act 1)

Mozart: Die Zauberflote

Schubert: Octet in F (excerpt 2)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Wagner: 'Vorspiel' from Gotterdammerung

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Ravel: La valse

Ravel: Valse nobles et sentimentales

Ravel: Ma mere l'oye

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

Ravel: 'Menuet' from Le tombeau de Couperin

Dragonetti: Concerto in A

Stravinsky: 'Prelude' from Agon

Ravel: L'enfant et les sortileges

Ravel: L'heure espagnole

Berg: Drei Orchesterstucke

Berg: Wozzeck (Act III)

Janacek: Katya Kabanova (Act III)

Ginastera: Variation XI from Variaciones concertantes

J. S. Bach: Adagio from Suite No. 3

Janacek: Sinfonietta

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (excerpt 2)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5

Mozart: 'Romance' from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

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