All double bass articles – Page 7
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FocusA potted history of Dragonetti – the ‘Paganini of the double bass'
He was Europe's first – and the world's finest – virtuoso double bassist, who was admired by Beethoven and granted favour by Napoleon. But the story of Domenico Dragonetti is shrouded in intrigue: who was the man they called ‘Il Drago'?
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ArticleDouble bassist Rick Stotijn performs Piazzolla's Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
Double bassist Rick Stotijn, violinist Cecilia Bernardini and pianist Jeroen Bal perform Otoño Porteño from Piazzolla's Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, arranged for trio by Marijn van Prooijen. The video was recorded in Bimhuis Amsterdam for VPRO Vrije Geluiden. Stotijn features in The Strad's February 2014 issue, which ...
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ArticleThe Strad February 2014 issue is on sale now
Double bass issue celebrates the talent and creativity in today's double bass world
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ArticleBassist designs scordatura pedals for real-time retuning
A young US double bassist and composer is developing a pedal system to allow bass players to change the pitch of strings while playing. Carter Callison, a doctoral student and Manson Composition Fellow at London's Royal Academy of Music, has raised $8,000 through crowdfunding website Kickstarter ...
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FocusWhat criteria should be followed to determine what bowing to use in bass music?
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ArticleAtlanta Symphony Orchestra principal double bassist Ralph Jones dies
Ralph Jones, who recently retired as principal double bassist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, died on 9 October aged 68 following a long battle with cancer.Jones was part of the orchestra for over 40 years. He joined in 1970 and served as principal bass from 1977 until his retirement at ...
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ArticleFernando Grillo (1946–2013)
Fernando Grillo, the Italian double bassist, composer and teacher, has died at the age of 67. Closely associated with Italy’s avant-garde movement, he experimented with new forms of sound production and collaborated with composers including Salvatore Sciarrino, Harrison Birtwistle, Iannis Xenakis and Luciano Berio. Karlheinz Stockhausen once dubbed Grillo ‘the ...