Eddie Safranski — Concerto for Bass
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind. This is probably Duke Ellington‘s most famous quote. He also said, If it […]
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A.C. White and the Haunting of Gwyneth Paltrow
When A.C. White died in London in 1902, he was one of the most eminent double bassists of the time. He left an estate valued
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A Forgotten Gem
Auguste Chapuis (1858 – 1933) was a French composer, organist, and teacher, but his name, on the whole, has long ago been consigned to the
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Memories of František Pošta
Two things dominate my musical life — starting to play the double bass at the age of 14 and meeting František Pošta in 1982. Both
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Simandl and Me…
Little did I realize in 1974 that my life would change for ever. I would never be the same again because my double bass journey
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Kuchynka @ 150
The name of Vojta Kuchynka would have long ago been consigned to the history books without the advocacy and promotion of his music by the
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J.P. Waud Remembered
The history of the double bass has always held an enormous fascination for me, especially the players, teachers, and composers, and over the past 40
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Rossini’s “Une Larme”
Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868) is one of the most fascinating of all 19th-century composers and, at the age of 38 and after the production
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Bottesini’s Gran Duo Concertante
As a composer, Bottesini, could not, and, in his modesty, never pretended to, rise to the lofty level of his friends and countrymen, Verdi, Boito
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Bert Turetzky — An American Original
Early in his career, while teaching at the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, Turetzky’s life took a change of direction. A friend, a composer,
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