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François Rabbath (born 1931 in Aleppo, Syria) is a contemporary French double-bass virtuoso, soloist, and composer.
75 Years on 4 Strings portrays the life story of François Rabbath, from his earliest memories as a child in Aleppo in the 1930s to his 90th birthday virtual recital in Paris in 2021.
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00:00 Introduction 01:24 What do you practice on your bass? 04:47 Learning the bass and inventing the pivot 10:08 Origins of Rabbath technique. 16:02 The angled endpin 19:20 Easier technique 22:49 Rabbath technique - the positions explained 25:13 Publishing the method 31:07 Performance of Night and Dayby Cole Porter, with Sylvain Rabbath
Soloist, educator, and composer François Rabbath was born in 1931 in Aleppo, Syria, and was introduced to the double bass by his brother at the age of 13. Famously self-taught with an old copy of Édouard Nanny’s Contrabass Method, François moved to Paris in 1955 in the hope of meeting Nanny who had died nearly ten years prior to his arrival. He con...
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François Rabbath - Solos for the Double Bassist. A collection of 11 of his most popular works. including Poucha Dass, Ibérique Péninsuliare, Equation, Ode D'Espagne and more, in a beautifully engraved edition that also includes a biography of the composer.
Welcome to the home of the award-winning Art of the Bow and Art of the Left Hand DVDs, each project over 5 years in the making, bringing cutting edge technology to unearth the subtle artistry of one of the 20th Century's master musicians. François Rabbath is renown in the bass world for his innovative technique and pedagogy that have ...
Sep 8, 2022 · In this interview, I travel to Paris to meet one of the double bass world's most celebrated artists, the great François Rabbath.
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Oct 20, 2022 · An interview with legendary pedagogue, François Rabbath about his own worldwide revered method, Rabbath technique.
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