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 […]
Double Bass
Guitar
Pablo Menéndez — “Esencia” (QTV Classics, 2020)
These are confusing times in which terms like “intersectionality,” “transparency,” or “identity” are imposed in the critical discourse of the Academy. In all sincerity, this discourse is welcome and present within the first album by guitar player Pablo Menéndez (Spain, 1992).
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Double Bass in Spanish
Una mirada a la historiografía del “Gran dúo concertante” de Bottesini
Según noticias publicadas en La Habana, el 27 de diciembre de 1846 se estrenó en el Gran Teatro de Tacón de la capital cubana la obra “Gran dúo concertante”, que ejecutaron el violinista Luigi Arditi y el contrabajista Giovanni Bottesini.
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Double Bass
Andrés Martín: “It’s Not Just About How Well You Play; It’s About How Well You Live Your Life”
Bassist, composer, and teacher Andrés Martín talks about his development as a bass player and how his versatility contributes to his success as a professional musician.
Piano
Historical Recordings of Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
Great pianists’ different approaches to this famous work open up a world of interpretative possibilities.
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Double Bass in Spanish
Pequeñas historias con grandes maestros (II)
A finales de los 80, el acceso a los instrumentos musicales y sus complementos para un estudiante de clase trabajadora, como yo era, resultaba muy
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Music
The Healing Power of Aesthetics
In this article, the author follows diverse aesthetic, therapeutic and educational facets of musical reception and production. From the levels of meaning of the aesthetic in art and music, she draws a bridge to the analogy between the love of music and friendship. It opens up listening and musical activity as a physical performance in the devotion to music, in which reflection, experience and action are united. This bodily-aesthetic potential of music can support healing and identity finding in music therapy. Therapeutic work with the medium of music offers sound spaces and resonating spaces that can be experienced by the compulsion of the body and enables one to find one’s own aesthetic meaning patterns.
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Double Bass
Thierry Barbé: “Making Music Cannot Be a Mechanical Action; Every Note Must Come From the Heart”
A conversation with Principal Double Bass of the Paris Opera, Thierry Barbé. Topics discussed include early musical influences, playing in the opera pit, and the role of a teacher in a student’s musical training.
Double Bass in Spanish
La “Canción triste” de Kusevitski en tempo de danzón
La pieza “Canta contrabajo, canta”, por sus dificultades técnicas, y muy probablemente por no estar disponible su partitura en el mercado, no aparece con frecuencia en el repertorio de las agrupaciones bailables ni en las salas de conciertos.
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Double Bass in Spanish
Pequeñas historias con grandes maestros
Comencé a estudiar contrabajo en Barcelona a finales de los años 80. Mi primer maestro, Xavier Cubedo, fue quien me cautivó para siempre cuando le
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