Par DE HAAN JAN. Variations on a Chord was composed on the occasion of the second lustrum of the Dutch Brass Band Championships celebrated in 1990. The piece is the immediate sequel to Contrasten a piece which was composed in 1986, and which is performed all over the world. Not only was the final chord of this previous work used as a starting point for the new composition, but Variations on a Chor…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Jan Van der Roost composed Dances of Innocence to commemorate a girl who passed away at the tender age of 14. In contrast to the sombre, joyless tone such a memory usually invokes, it is a rather cheerful work that reflects the innocence and light heartedness of a child. It does open in a serious mood, but quickly becomes more energetic and turns into a dance. Dances of Inno…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German “Musikverein Braunshausen” on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on September 17, 1999, is not a street march but a concert march, just like Mercury and Arsenal. The use and variation of different rhythmic patterns gives the first part of this march …

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German “Musikverein Braunshausen” on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on September 17, 1999, is not a street march but a concert march, just like Mercury and Arsenal. The use and variation of different rhythmic patterns gives the first part of this march …

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This short opening music was composed on commission of the symphonic band of Jan Van der Roost's village (= Kontich near Antwerp / Belgium). In 1991, this community band celebrated its 100th anniversary. After composing commissioned pieces from different countries (even from Japan), this was the most 'near' commission he ever received indeed!It is a short but varied piece, f…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Jan Van der Roost originally composed each and every note of ‘Slavia’ (as in case in ‘Puszta’, ‘Rikudim’ and ‘A Highland Rhapsody’). Consequently, ‘Slavia’ does not contain any arrangement of existing tunes, but is an original composition ‘in the style of…’. The introduction has an ABA structure and exposes a broad melodic line. Following a short cadenza, there is a second m…

Composed by Janice Rucker Rhoda. For contrabass. Score and Audio CD. 48 pages. Published by Carl Fischer

By Deborah Monday, Janice McAllister. Orchestra. For string bass. Holiday. Grade 1. Method book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company

By Deborah Baker Monday. Edited by Janice McAllister. Orchestra. For string bass. Method book. More Strings Extraordinaire. Multi Level. Music book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Double Bass

SKU: BT.MUSM570367320

Composed by Sadie Harrison. Book Only. 12 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570367320. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570367320).

English.

Sadie Harrison's Ha llristningsomra det  for solo Double…

A collection of short works of varying difficulty by composers of various nationalities. Includes works by David Farquahar, Knut Guettler, Michael Johnson, Alan Rea, Stuart Sankey, Jan Segers and Emil Tabakov.

Grade: 5

(For the Developing Student). By Janice Tucker Rhoda. For string bass. The ABC's of Bass. Method. Instructional book. Standard notation. 48 pages. Published by Carl Fischer