Karel Reiner — Sonata for Double Bass
Karel Reiner (1910 – 1979) — a major missing voice in Czech music — suffered under both of twentieth-century Europe’s major tyrannies. As a Jew […]
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Dragonetti’s Twelve Waltzes
These extraordinary specimens of “the Waltz style” as applied to the capabilities of such an instrument as the Double Bass were some of the last
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The First Double Bass Quartet?
The double-bass repertory is of course small; a curiosity is Dubensky’s Fugue for ten double-basses. For the position of the double bass in chamber music…
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Rudolf Tuláček (1885 – 1954)
Although I had studied in Prague with František Pošta in the late 1980s and had amassed a wealth of Czech double bass music and knowledge, the
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Bach for Bass
The cello suites by J.S. Bach have now become standard repertoire for the double bass and almost a right of passage for many aspiring young
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Finding Lorenziti
Who was Lorenziti, and what do we know about him? Is this the correct spelling of his name, or should it be Lorenzitti? The answer
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Typically Teppo
The legendary and iconic Finnish bassist-composer Teppo Hauta-aho celebrates his 80th birthday on 27 May 2021 and has the distinction of being the most prolific
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Embracing the Internet
The internet has revolutionised musical life across the globe. Over the past year, it has been even more important and a lifeline for some, when