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Two Jazz Suites brings together two fun and accessible suites for the progressing young bassist. Written in a popular and jazzy style, each offers musical and technical challenges during the early years of study, with upbeat and rhythmic accompaniments creating ideal study and recital repertoire.

Tony Osborne was a past master at writing engaging and jazzy pieces for young bassists, and these suites are typical of his jazz-infused compositions.

Tony Osborne: Two Jazz Suites for double bass & piano About the Suites Two Jazz Suites brings together two fun and accessible suites for the progressing young bassist. Written in a popular and jazzy style, each offers musical and technical challenges during the early years of study, with upbeat and rhythmic accompaniments creating ideal study and recit...

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Bass Quartets Book 4: 12 Pieces for double bass quartet (arr. David He Bass Quartets Book 4 is a collection of twelve inventive and accessible transcriptions from the 16th-20th century which lend themselves to the bass quartet medium. There are a few musical and technical challenges, alongside opportunities to play wonderfully inspiring music in concert or at home with...

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Many thanks to all the composers who took part in our Composition Competition and congratulations to the winners.

Recital Music is delighted to have donated 65 double bass publications, for all ability levels and from one bass to eight, to the Music Library at the Royal College of Music in London.

David Heyes - double bassist & composer

Ten new publications were added to the website of Double Bass HQ in October, featuring a wealth of styles and idioms and for a range of ages and ability levels. Ten more will be added in November.

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Happy 74th Birthday to American composer Eric Funk who has composed many amazing works for the double bass over the past two decades

We are delighted to launch our 2023 Composition Competition encouraging composers to write exciting new repertoire for young bassists

Recital Music is delighted to have accepted two works for publication by the English composer John Alexander

a short jig to Galicia for double bass trio

Three Miniatures (Hertl Remembered) for double bass & piano

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Édouard Nanny Transcription Series brings together three evocative and accessible recital pieces for double bass and piano - two transcriptions and one original work by Nanny, but published under a pseudonym and in the 18th-century style. Ideal for the intermediate bassist who enjoys playing throughout the solo register of the double bass.

This edition includes piano accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings.

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Just found these magazines. Three pounds each plus postage. Anyone interested?

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ALL IN A DAY'S WORK - "Kick Start", Tony Osborne George Lomdaridze,Xinlai Jiang,Peiheng Chang,Feng Rong.Performed live at Hong Kong University, “HK PHIL x HKU MUSE” Concert Series, March 5th, 2023. Special ...

Third of the forty moon pieces written. Quite contemporary but I think it says what I want to say..

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Bass-Talk with Hagen and Heyes - S1E1 - Was This in Your Master Plan? Join Susan Hagen and David Heyes as they discuss if their current professions as Double Bass players were their original ideas for what they were going to do...

Arrived early today so I wrote a short piece for beginner bass and piano. Originally called Weightless it is now called Lost in Space.

The first lecture-recital by Sarah Poole (soprano) and Duncan Honeybourne (piano) featuring songs from Recital Music's digital series 'Forgotten Songs by Women Composers'.

New digital publications from Recital Music, available to download instantly from Double Bass HQ

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Bartók for Basses brings together a collection of 15 duets and 8 trios for double basses, arranged by David Heyes. Aimed at the intermediate duo and trio, these are pieces which offer musical and technical challenges in equal measure demonstrating the great versatility and potential of the double bass.

15 Duos for 2 double basses

Bartók’s 44 Duos for Two Violins were composed in 1931 at the request of the German violinist and teacher Erich Doflein, to provide young musicians with structured technical studies, and to introduce them to folk music. The melodies originate in countries of the Slovak region, and two feature a melody composed by Bartók himself. They are rife with bi-tonal passages, poly-rhythms, and many brash dissonances. The 44 Duos are divided into four books, where the pieces advance in difficulty.

David Heyes has selected 15 from books 1 and 2 which lend themselves easily to being transcribed for double basses. Each one has its own character and style, none lasting more than a minute, offering musical and technical challenges in equal measure. They continue to have both a didactic and performance element and would easily fit into any student recital or concert demonstrating the versatility of the double bass. The duos could easily be played by violin or viola and double bass, and any number of pieces can be played and in any order. The possibilities are endless.

Bartók for Basses: 8 trios for 3 double basses

For Children is a cycle of 85 short piano pieces by Béla Bartók. Composed between 1908-9 and divided into four volumes, each piece is based on a folk tune from Hungary or Slovakia. Books 1 and 2 (Hungarian folk tunes) and Books 3 and 4 (after Slovakian folk tunes) were revised in 1945 when the composer removed six pieces that were inaccurately transcribed or found not to be original folk songs.

David Heyes has selected eight pieces, seven based on Hungarian folk tunes and one (Oh, Mother-in-law!) based on a Slovakian folk tune to arrange for double bass trio. The original keys have used in most cases, with the occasional octave displacement to help maintain open and clear textures. The effective interplay between each bass offers many ensemble possibilities and the ability to explore a wide range of musical timbres and sound worlds.

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Available soon as a pdf download

Louise Farrenc - Le Berger Fidèle (The Faithful Shepherd) for Medium Voice & Guitar (or Piano)
Edited by Sarah Poole

This sweet pastoral style song tells the story of a young man who has fallen in love with Zélie, who pledges his love to her hoping for the promise of her love in return. If she says that she loves him, it would be a bright day for ever.

Le Berger Fidèle is a charming song, dedicated to Rosalie Galté, and was arranged for voice and guitar by Joseph Meissonnier (1790-1855) which perhaps presupposes that it was probably written with piano accompaniment at an earlier stage.

Happy 90th birthday to the legendary Bert Turetzky

“A Place in New England is played all in harmonics, apart from a few pizzicato open strings, and was composed for my younger students at Wells Cathedral School. The overall effect is evocative and atmospheric, introducing harmonics at an early stage of study. It was premiered at the school on Sunday 4 November 2018 as part of ‘A Turetzky Tribute’ to celebrate the 85th birthday of my great friend Bertram Turetzky." [David Heyes]

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One project this week is to create a new digital edition of Der Fremde (The Stranger) for double bass sextet by the amazing Spanish bassist-composer Simón García.

It will soon be available from DBHQ (https://shop.doublebasshq.com/collections/david-heyes) and Chimes Music - London (https://chimesmusicdigital.com/product-brands/recital-music)

Never a dull moment at Recital Music HQ

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Recital Music has produced a new Digital Catalogue detailing all our publications which are now available as pdf downloads.

Please contact [email protected] if you would like a copy.

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COMPOSER OF THE DAY: Recital Music - music for Double Bass is proud to publish a number of works for double bass by the American composer-bassist Armand Russell, with more publications planned in 2023.

ARMAND RUSSELL (USA)

Armand Russell was born in Seattle, Washington in 1932. He received the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Washington, with a major in music composition, and a Doctorate in music composition from the Eastman School of Music. He studied double bass with Leslie Martin, who played in the Seattle Symphony and Boston Symphony Orchestras, and at the Eastman School of Music with Oscar Zimmerman. His composition studies were with John Verrall and George McKay at the University of Washington, and with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson at the Eastman School.

Professionally, Armand Russell played double bass in many orchestras including the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Tour Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic and Civic Orchestras, and Honolulu Symphony. For five years he taught as a visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music. From 1961 to 1994 he taught at the University of Hawaii Music Department and retired as Professor emeritus in 1994. While at the University of Hawaii he taught music theory, composition and double bass and also served as Chair of the Music Department for seven years.

Armand Russell's compositional style is confident and direct with a clarity of line and texture always to the fore. A modern, yet lyrical and accessible style, has created works which communicate equally to performers and audiences alike and he has made, and continues to make, a unique and valuable contribution to the double bass literature throughout a long and successful career.

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COMPOSER OF THE DAY

VOJTA KUCHYNKA (1971-1942)

Vojtěch [Vojta] Kuchynka was born in the Czech town of Nové Strašecí on 7 May 1871. He studied double bass at the Prague Conservatoire with Vendelin Sládek (1851-1901) from 1885-91, and composition with Antonín Dvořák from 1891-93. In 1895 he was appointed 1st Double Bass and Soloist in the Orchestra of the Czechoslovak Folk Art Exhibition Orchestra, also conducted a number of choirs in the Czech capital and for a short time was the piano teacher of the family of Count Fürstenberg. Between 1899 and 1933 Kuchynka played in the National Theatre Orchestra in Prague and from time to time worked with the famous Czech Quartet.

He gave solo recitals until the day of his retirement when he celebrated his 600th recital, and was known as 'the Kubelík of the Double Bass', after the leading Czech violinist of the day Jan Kubelík (1880-1940). He was praised for his perfect technique, impressive harmonic work, interpretation and tasteful transcriptions of classical works. Most of his recitals were in Bohemia or Moravia and one concert in Prague, reviewed in The Strad by Miss Windust, stated "Alongside the brilliant performances of František Ondříček and Karel Hoffmann it was the admirable virtuosity of Vojta Kuchynka that made the deepest impression on me." He made the first Czech double bass recording for Parlophon, and Prague Radio broadcast recitals of his music to celebrate his 65th and 70th birthdays.

FEATURED COMPOSER: Simón García

Recital Music - music for Double Bass is delighted to publish a wealth of music for double bass by the talented Spanish bassist-composer Simón García.

All the works are available as pdf downloads from Double Bass HQ (https://shop.doublebasshq.com/collections/david-heyes?page=1) and Chimes Music - London (https://chimesmusicdigital.com/product-brands/recital-music).

Please contact Recital Music ([email protected]) if there are any difficulties or for a catalogue of our digital catalogue including website links for each piece.

Recital Music (www.recitalmusic.net) publish an occasional newsletter with details of recent and forthcoming performances and publications. Email [email protected] if you would like to receive the newsletter as a pdf file.

FEATURED COMPOSER: Simón García

Bassist and composer Simón García was born in Mugardos (Spain) in 1977 and graduated in double bass from the Conservatorio Superior of Salamanca. He has worked as a double bassist in the Royal Orchestra of Galicia, having also performed in many orchestras throughout Spain, and is the bassist in the Symphony Wind Orchestra of A Coruña. He has collaborated with many musicians and ensembles, particularly in the field of contemporary music, and has recorded and performed on many commercial recordings and for television and radio broadcasts.

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A great new bass ensemble piece by Simón García will soon be published by Recital Music.

Simon Garcia (b.1977)

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Coming soon from Recital Music.
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5 arranged for double bass quartet by David Heyes