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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR DOUBLE BASS

Contemporary double bass music | Modern bass compositions | 20th and 21st-century double bass pieces | Unaccompanied double bass music | Double bass solos | Soprano and Double bass | Double bass repertoire | Contemporary bass music | Double bass sheet music | New double bass pieces | Experimental bass music | Contemporary double bass scores | Modern double bass repertoire

UNACCOMPANIED DOUBLE BASS

unaccompanied


Big Mouse
3' 30" | double bass solo
 

Contemporary solo double bass music | Modern solo bass compositions | Cutting-edge solo double bass repertoire | Avant-garde solo double bass pieces | Progressive solo bass sheet music | Contemporary solo bass pieces

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH DOUBLE BASS

chamber ensemble


After a Tango

for chamber ensemble

15' | recorders (3), clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar, percussion, violin, double bass​

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Contemporary chamber music with double bass | Modern chamber ensemble pieces with bass | Cutting-edge double bass chamber repertoire | Avant-garde chamber music featuring double bass | Progressive chamber music including bass | Innovative double bass chamber scores | Experimental chamber music with bass | Contemporary chamber music ensemble with bass

Three Episodes for Chamber Ensemble

for chamber ensemble

12' | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion (1), piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass

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CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR DOUBLE BASS

VOCAL MUSIC WITH DOUBLE BASS

vocal


The Sea of Sunset

5' | soprano / mezzo-soprano, trombone, piano and double bass

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Contemporary vocal music with double bass | Modern vocal compositions featuring bass | Cutting-edge double bass vocal repertoire | Avant-garde vocal music with double bass | Progressive vocal pieces with bass

STAGE MUSIC WITH DOUBLE BASS

stag musc


Beauty and the Beast

for narrator and ensemble

31' | actress, violins (2), viola, cello double bass and piano

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The Little Mermaid

for actress and chamber ensemble / chamber orchestra

36' | actress, flute / piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string quintet

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actress, flute / piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string section

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Sheet Music for Double Bass:

List of Key 20th–21st Century Double Bass Repertoire

Solo Double Bass

  • Luciano Berio – Sequenza XIVb – solo double bass – 2002

  • Elliott Carter – Figment III – solo double bass – 2007

  • György Ligeti – Sonata for Solo Double Bass – solo double bass – 1994

  • John Cage – Ryoanji – solo double bass – 1983-85

  • Toru Takemitsu – Voice – solo double bass – 1973

  • Krzysztof Penderecki – Capriccio – solo double bass – 1987

  • Bertram Turetzky – The Contemporary Contrabass – solo double bass – 1974

  • Gérard Grisey – Stèle – solo double bass – 1995

  • Brian Ferneyhough – Trittico per G.S. – solo double bass – 1989

  • Kaija Saariaho – Folia – solo double bass – 1995

Double Bass Chamber Works

  • George Crumb – Madrigals, Book II – double bass and soprano – 1965

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen – Tierkreis – double bass and piano – 1974-75

  • Harrison Birtwistle – Pulse Shadows – double bass and ensemble – 1989-1996

  • Tania León – Axon – double bass and ensemble – 2001

  • Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint (bass version) – double bass and tape – 1987

  • Tristan Murail – Tellur – double bass and electronics – 1977

  • Helmut Lachenmann – Toccatina – double bass and ensemble – 1986

  • Gérard Grisey – Anubis-Nout – double bass and ensemble – 1983

  • Joëlle Léandre – Taxi – solo double bass – 1987

  • Mark Applebaum – Straitjacket – double bass and electronics – 2000

Double Bass Concertos

  • Alfred Schnittke – Double Bass Concerto – double bass and orchestra – 1985

  • Krzysztof Penderecki – Double Bass Concerto – double bass and orchestra – 1982

  • James MacMillan – Double Bass Concerto – double bass and orchestra – 2013

  • John Adams – The Dharma at Big Sur (double bass version) – double bass and orchestra – 2003

  • Kaija Saariaho – Notes on Light (double bass version) – double bass and orchestra – 2007

  • Tan Dun – Water Concerto – double bass and orchestra – 1998

  • Chen Yi – Percussion Concerto (double bass version) – double bass and orchestra – 1998

  • Tobias Picker – Old and Lost Rivers – double bass and orchestra – 1986

  • Peteris Vasks – Bass Trip – solo double bass – 2003

  • Jacob Druckman – Reflections on the Nature of Water – solo double bass – 1986

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