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A double bass concerto is a notated musical composition, usually in three parts or movements (see concerto), for a solo double bass accompanied by an orchestra. Bass concertos typically require an advanced level of technique, as they often use very high-register passages, harmonics, challenging scale and arpeggio lines and difficult bowing ...
In the mid-century and in the following decades, many new concerti were written for the double bass, including Nikos Skalkottas's Concerto (1942), Eduard Tubin's Concerto (1948), Lars-Erik Larsson's Concertino (1957), Gunther Schuller's Concerto (1962), Hans Werner Henze's Concerto (1966) and Frank Proto's Concerto No. 1 (1968).
- 15th–19th century
- Bass, upright bass, string bass, acoustic bass, acoustic string bass, contrabass, contrabass viol, bass viol, bass violin, standup bass, bull fiddle, doghouse bass, and bass fiddle
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Double Bass Concerto, Op.3 (Koussevitzky, Serge) Incipit. I. (D.B solo, transposed) Movements/Sections. 3 movements. Composition Year. 1904. Genre Categories. Concertos; For double bass, orchestra; Scores featuring the double bass;
The double bass, also known as the standup bass, is the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. It is used extensively in Western classical music as a standard member of the string section of symphony orchestras [1] and smaller string ensembles [2].
Who was Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and why is his double bass concerto so popular? I've always been curious about this composer's history... With Korneel Le Compte, Dennis Pientak, and Jon McCullough-Benner · Belgium, Netherlands, and USA
Jul 5, 2016 · This concerto turns the double bass into the most virtuosic and melodic of instruments. 5 July 2016, 13:44 | Updated: 6 January 2017, 14:45. If you’ve always seen the double bass as the great lumbering engine room of the orchestra, think again - this concerto makes it a melodic, lyrical giant.
