List of compositions for double bass
The following is a non-exhaustive list of notable compositions for the double bass, part of the repertoire of this instrument.
Solo works[edit]
- Beth Anderson
- May Swale
- Lera Auerbach
- Monolog for double bass solo (1996) (2009)
- Memory of tango: for double bass solo (2002)
- Katarzyna Bortkun-Szpotan'ska
- Cael (1982)
- Ina Bottelier
- Raga: "Sunrise for double bass solo" (1985) (2000)
- Rosemary Clarke
- Fantasy for Double Bass (1988)
- LySippus' Apoxyomenos (1988)
- Happenings (1973)
- Christine Elise Chen
- Solo Piece For Double Bass (2014)
- Mary Ellen Childs
- Unfettered
- Virginia Conton
- Ram (1977)
- Hanne Darboven
- Opus 17A
- Hans Fryba
- Suite in the Olden Style for solo double bass
- Margaret Marie Dare
- Study in G minor; Study in D minor; A Minor Major Study; Bowing Study in 3/8; Study in D major
- Study in E minor; Semi quaver Study, In "Yorke Studies, Vol. 1." (1972)
- Deirdre Gribbin
- Maps of Awakening (2021)
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Eight etudes (preludes): for double bass solo (1974)
- 5 Etudes (1965)
- Pantomime (1966)[1]
- Sonata (1976) pub. Sikorski (1991)
- Tatar Dance (1992)
- "Ein EngeL" (1994)
- Galgenlieder (a3) (Christian Morgenstern) (1995-96)
- Galgenlieder (a5) (Christian Morgenstern) (1996)
- Sadie Harrison
- Sparring with Shadows (2013)
- Teppo Hauta-aho
- Kadenza[2]
- Raphsody for double bass solo
- Alyssa Hess
- One After Another (1977)
- Hans Werner Henze
- Serenade for cello transcribed for double bass
- San Biagio 9 Agosto Ore 1207
- Dorothy Hindman
- Time management (2004) (2017)
- Eva-Maria Houben
- Archipelagos
- Nachtstück
- Catherine Lamb
- Mirror
- Joëlle Léandre
- Taxi (1987)
- Bass Drum
- A voix Basse (1981)
- Octobre (1989)
- For Peter H. (2005)
- Temoignege
- Anne LeBaron
- Inner Voice (2003)
- Annea Lockwood
- Deep Dream Dive (1973)
- Secret Life (1989)
- Giulia Lorusso
- Let it Come
- Henri O'Kelly jr.
- Polyorgane (pub'd 1920)
- Behzad Ranjbaran
- Ballade for Unaccompanied Contrabass (1999)
- Kajia Saariaho
- Folia
- Lisa Bost-Sangberg
- Chroma: from worldlessness: contrabass (2018)
- Claudio Santoro
- Fantasia Sul América
- Rebecca Saunders
- Fury
- Amy Williams
- Don't Tell Susan (1992)
- Ian Wilson
- Pianura (2004)
- Peteris Vasks
- Bass Trip
Two or more basses[edit]
- Sofia Gubaidulina
- Mirage: The Dancing Sun
- Kazuko Hayakawa
- Haiku (1991)[3]
- Bertold Hummel
- Sinfonia piccola for 8 double basses (1978)[4]
- Kristin Korb
- On the Prowl (2005) for 4 double basses
- Bernhard Alt
- Suite For Four Double Basses
- Joseph Lauber
- Quartet for Double Basses
Chamber works[edit]
- Els Aarne
- Sonata for Double Bass and Piano Op. 63 (1980)
- Kyoko Abe
- Quartet (Ariadne) (1980)
- Esther Aeschlimann-Roth
- Die Zeiten Andern Sich, 7 Audiovisual Pieces (1984)
- Nachte (1985)
- Stmfen (1985)
- Tage (1985)
- Flicker-teppich (1983)
- Ein Baum ist ein Baum ist ein Baum (1986)
- Crisalida (1996)
- Secoli
- Spazio
- Die Zeiten Andern Sich, 7 Audiovisual Pieces (1984)
- Elaine Agnew
- Rite On! (1995)
- Peg Ahrens
- And then you laughed (1974)
- Together Again (1971)
- Kathryn Alexander
- Lemon Drops (1998) (2001) for baritone voice, double bass, and mixed percussion
- Eleanor Alberga
- Animal Banter (1989)
- Luna Alcalay
- Trio (1964)
- Kristi Allik
- L. A. (1979)
- Birgitte Alsted
- Timileskoven
- Beth Anderson
- Ghent Swale for Double Bass and Piano (2001)
- Skater's Suite (1979)
- Anna Amalie, Princess of Prussia
- Trio (1767-87)
- Caroline Ansink
- On my Volcano (1994)
- José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado (1943-2010)
- 4 Corais, for double bass and piano
- Violet Archer
- Six Miniatures for String Bass and Piano (1984) (1986)
- Pauline Louise Henriette Aubert
- Two Melodies. Senart (1912)
- May Aufderheide
- Dusts
- The Thriller
- Maya Badian
- Dialogues: trumpet and double-bass = trompette et contrebasse
- Elaine Barkin
- NB Suite[5]
- Carol Barnett
- El Tango Languido (1984)
- Amy Beach transcription for double bass by Alexander Verster
- Romance
- Sally Beamish
- Dances and Nocturnes (1986)
- Five Changing Pictures
- Janet Beat
- Convergences (1992)
- Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2010)
- Sonata, for double bass and piano
- Kirsty Beilharz
- Earth Essence: Air, Earth, Water, Stars (1993)
- Carla Huston Bell
- Ode to Martin Luther King (1976)
- Sylvia Bergen
- Festival Frolic
- Johanna Beyer
- Movement for Double Bass and Piano (1936) (1996)
- Movement for String Quartet (1938)
- Annesley Black
- Lauf: für neun Musiker (2005)
- Victoria Bond
- C-A-G-E-D (1972)
- Seesaw (1987)
- Old New Borrowed Blues (1986)
- Maria Bonzanigo
- La Gatta (1990)
- Giovanni Bottesini
- Romanza: Une bouche aimeé, for soprano, double bass and piano
- Terzetto: Tutto che il mondo serra (transcription of Etude No.19 in C-sharp minor, Op.25/7 by Chopin) for soprano, double bass and piano
- Rêverie, for double bass and piano
- Linda Bouchard
- Propos Nouveaux (1988)
- Web Trap (1982)
- Icy Cruise (1984)
- Possible Nudity (1987)
- Risky. Maurice Tourigny (1993)
- Nadia Boulanger
- Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
- Margaret Susan Brandman
- Jazz Impressions (1976)
- Flights of Fancy (1976)
- Nancy Louise Briggs
- Little Song (1982)
- Elizabeth Brown
- Field Guide (1986)
- Figures in a Landscape (1995)
- Heidi Bruggmann
- Landler; Marches; Polkas; Schottisches; Waltzes
- Joanna Bruzdowicz-Titel
- Party Contra (1982)
- Dorothy Buchanon
- Three Jacques Prevert Settings (1971)
- Dawn Buckholz
- 20 Century Duets for Strings (1989)
- Diana Burrell
- Angelus (1986)
- Cheryl Camm
- Trombone Sonata (1988)
- Karen Campbell
- Only One (1974)
- Duo for Double Bass and Piano
- Edith Canat de Chizy
- Black-Light (1986)
- Constanza Capdeville
- In sommo pacis. 1980. Ob, va, db, pf. 58.
- Valse, valsa, vals: Keuschheits Waltz (1987)
- 1+1+1+1 (1989)
- Memoriae, quasi una fantasia I
- Ida Carroll
- Three Pieces for Double Bass. Forsyth Bros. Db, pf. 44, 66.
- Five National Dances [Five Simple Pieces] (1988)
- Monic Cecconi-Botella
- Histoire Breve II. Philippa (1968)
- Julia Cenova
- Music In the Pause (1988)
- Monday to Friday, Jazz Cycle (1984)
- Paulo C. Chagas (1953)
- Canzona I, for double bass and piano
- Janine Charbonnier
- 240 joursa mEtEo (1982)
- Mary Elizabeth Chaves
- Silentium (1979)
- Rhona Clarke
- SoundWorks Suite No. 2 for Young Players (1995)
- Rosemary Clarke
- Suite (1966)
- Serpents-Soldiers (1969)
- Harry Crowl (1958)
- Aethra II, for double bass and piano
- Jeanne Colin-De Clerk
- Trio, op. 10 (1969)
- Lizzie Cook
- Move On (1987)
- Constance Cooper
- The Hour of the Shepard (1989)
- Esther Wallach Crane
- Cords (1977)
- Margaret Marie Dare
- Minuet
- Tina Davidson
- Wait for the End of Dreaming (1984)
- Quintet (1981)
- Jean-Marie Depeisenaire
- Sous la neige (1968)
- Margaret DeWys
- St. Jeronimo Variations (1991)
- Arline Diamond
- Bass Solo (1965)
- Lycia DiBiase Bidart
- Adulto e Crianco (1976)
- Tamar Diesendruck
- The Orchestra (1993)
- Violeta Dinescu-Lucaci
- Satya III (1981)
- Satya V (1981)
- Sonatina (1982)
- Sleep Song (1982)
- Toy (1982)
- Figuren 1 (1990)
- Scherzo da Fantasia IV (1992)
- Elaine Dobson
- Two Ruthies (1971)
- Isobel Dunlop
- Ardkinglas Suite (1967)
- Dorothy Smith Dushkin
- Fantasy for Three
- Percussion Plus, Suite
- Rosemary Duxbury
- Three Dances (1989)
- Sylvia Eichenwald
- Sie erlischt (1977)
- Adrienne Elisha
- Quintet (1996)
- Caroline Emery
- Bass is Beautiful, Vol. 1. 120 melodies
- Caroline Emery and Carol Barratt and Sheila Joynes
- Bass is Beautiful, Vol. 2. 72 melodies: 48 by Emery, 7 arr. Emery, 1 by Sheila Joynes. 23 accompaniments by Carol Barratt
- Rachel Amelia Eubanks
- Three Songs (1984)
- Mary Even-or
- Dances (1961)
- Louise Farrenc
- Piano Quintet No. 1 in a minor, op. 30. Costallat (1842)
- Piano Quintet No. 2 in E, op. 31. Costallat (1845)
- Vivian Fine
- Melos (1964)
- Graciane Finzi
- Songes (1973-74)
- Processus 2 (1986)
- Elena Firsova
- Rakovina [Sea Shell]
- Susan Fisher
- Song of Vanessa (1976)
- Honore a B (1983)
- Jennifer Fowler
- Echoes from an Antique Land (1983)
- Restless Dust (1988)
- Erika Fox
- Pas de Deux (1981)
- Dorothea Franchi
- A Man of Life Upright
- Sherilyn Gail Fritz
- Childhoods Ago (1978)
- Janina Garscia-Gressel
- Miniatures (1970)
- Brigitte Gauthier
- Improvisation et Final (1956)
- Debra Lynn Ginsberg
- Polyphony 2
- Ruth Gipps
- Introduction and Carol, op 71 (1988)
- Suzanne Giraud
- Episode en forme d'oubli (1989)
- Bleu et Ombre. Visage (1993)
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks
- Girondelle for Giraffes (1978)
- Diana R. Green
- Rigorisms, no. 2 (1982)[6]
- Maria Grenfell
- Concertino (1995)
- Margaret Ann Griebling-Haigh
- Sonata
- Deena Grossman
- Music of Spaces; Asunder; Expanses; Ellipse; Unfolding (1983)
- Sea Cliff Hands Quartet
- Grzondziel, Eleonora. Sonata (1966)
- Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988)
- Canção e dança, for double bass and piano
- Valsa triste, for saxophone, double bass and piano
- Sofiya Gubaidulina
- Sonata for double bass and piano
- Pantomime (1966) (1991)[7]
- Elizabeth Gyring
- Concert Piece; Largo
- Ann Hanskausen
- Duo
- Sadie Harrison
- A Journey, (2015) (2016)
- Harlequinade (2012)
- Theo's Lullaby (2021)
- Flower of the cherry
- Robin's lullaby: for double bass & piano (2015)
- Theo's Toddle (2013)
- Sorrel Hays
- Tuning, no. 1 (1978)
- Hedstr~m,Ase
- Touche (1996)
- František Hertl
- Sonata for Double Bass and Piano (1946)
- Moya Henderson
- Clearing the Air (1974)
- Paul Hindemith
- Sonata for Double bass and Piano
- Imogen Clare Holst
- Homage to William
- Eleanor Hovda
- Journey music (1981)
- Music from Several Summers (1972)
- Earth runner (1966)
- Firefall (1979)
- Gargoyles
- Oracles (1976)
- Solo for Anthony (1973)
- Bertold Hummel (1925-2002)
- Sonatina for double bass and piano (1979)[8]
- Anne LeBaron
- Fertility (1971) for flute, marimba, 2 bongos, and double bass
- Arthur Lourié (1892-1966)
- Sonata for violin and double bass
- Cecilia McDowall
- Blue Giant (2000)
- Cindy McTee
- Changes (1996) (2013)
- Flo Menezes (1962)
- Apologia dos Arquétipos, for double bass and piano
- Florentine Mulsant
- Sonate pour contrebasse et piano op. 52 (2014)
- Pauline Oliveros
- Double Basses at Twenty Paces - For two basses, their seconds, referee and tape
- Trio for Accordion, Trumpet and String Bass (1961)
- Blue Heron: In Memory of James Tenney for Piano and string bass (2006)
- Epigraphs in the Time of Aids for Accordion, Trombone, Keyboard
- Sergei Prokofjev
- Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
- Behzad Ranjbaran (1955)
- Dance of Life for Violin and Contrabass (1990)
- Elizabeth Raum
- A poet's day for soprano and string bass
- Arabesque for English horn and double bass
- Franz Schubert
- Trout Quintet in A major, D.667
- Alexander Shchetynsky
- Seven Screen Shots for double bass and piano (2005)
- Germaine Tailleferre
- Impressionisme for flute, double bass and two pianos
- Raul do Valle (1936)
- Interação, for double bass and piano
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
- Excursion (2017) for bass and piano
Concertante works[edit]
Concertos[edit]
- Els Aarne
- Concerto for Double Bass (1968) double bass and orchestra
- Ardashes Agoshian
- Concerto for Double Bass and a cappella choir "Romeo and Juliet" (2011)
- Kalevi Aho
- Double Bass Concerto (2005)
- Mauricio Annunziata
- Concerto No. 1 for Double Bass and Orchestra "Argentino", Op. 123 (2015)
- Concerto No. 2 for Double Bass and Orchestra "Afroargentino", Op. 125 (2015)
- Concerto No. 3 for Double Bass and Orchestra "Porteño", Op. 129 (2016)
- Francine Aubin
- Concert pour Ariane (1988)
- Judith Bailey
- Double Bass Concerto in the Style of Haydn (2008) (2017)
- Ragnhild Berstad
- Origo (1989-91) for Solo Double Bass and String Quartet
- Anatoly Bogatyrev
- Double bass concerto (1964)
- Giovanni Bottesini
- Gran Concerto in F♯ minor
- Concerto No. 2 in B minor
- Concerto No. 3 in A major (concerto di bravura)
- Joanna Bruzdowicz-Titel
- Concerto (1982)
- Antonio Capuzzi
- Concerto in D (F) major
- Georgi Conus
- Concerto in h moll, op.29 (1910)
- Andrzej Cwojdziński
- Concerto
- Peter Maxwell Davis
- Strathclyde Concerto No. 7 for Double Bass and Orchestra (1992)
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
- Concerto in E♭ major
- Concerto No. 2 in E Major
- Domenico Dragonetti
- Concerto in G major, D290
- Concerto in D dur
- Concerto in A major no 3
- Concerto in A major no 5
- Concerto in A major (Nanny)
- Pere Valls i Duran
- Gran Concert Obligat
- Fernand Fontaine
- Concerto As dur
- Jean Françaix
- Concerto for double bass and orchestra (1974)
- Harald Genzmer
- Concerto for Kontrabass and String Orchestra (1996)[9]
- Thomas Goss
- Double Bass Concerto in E Minor
- Jamie Tait-Glossop
- Concerto in D major, Op. 5
- Teppo Hauta-aho
- Hippovariaatioita putkessa ja ilman (Hippo-Variations Within a Tube Without, 1983)[10]
- Hans Werner Henze
- Double Bass Concerto (1966)
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister
- Concerto No. 1 in D major
- Concerto No. 2 in D major
- Concerto No. 3 in D major
- Robin Holloway
- Concerto for Double Bass and Small Orchestra Op. 83 (2002)[11]
- Fredrik Högberg
- Hitting the First Base, concerto for double bass and strings
- Jiří Hudec
- Burleska for double bass and orchestra (1981)
- Konstantin Ivanov
- Concerto "In Romantic Style" for Double Bass and Orchestra
- Gordon Jacob
- Concerto for Double Bass (1972)
- Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern
- Concerto op. 12 for Double-bass solo
- Serge Koussevitsky
- Concerto in F♯ minor, Op. 3 (1902)
- Edward Kravchuk
- Concerto for Double Bass, Drum set, Piano and Strings (2014)
- Serge Lancen
- Concerto pur contrebasse et cordes
- Anne Lauber
- Intermizzo #1) for double bass and orchestra
- Juliusz Łuciuk
- Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
- Raymond Luedeke
- Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (1997)[12]
- Gennady Lyashenko
- Concerto for Double bass and chamber orchestra (1989)
- Rolf Martinsson
- Double Bass Concerto
- Missy Mazzoli
- "Dark With Excessive Bright" for double bass and strings
- Edgar Meyer
- Concerto in D for Double Bass and Orchestra (2002)
- Aleksandar Miljković
- "Trio Olivera" solo concert for Double Bass and Orchestra (2022)
- Virgilio Mortari
- Concerto per Franco Petracchi
- Edouard Nanny
- Concerto in E minor
- Wenzel Pichl
- Concerto in D major
- Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski
- Double Bass Concerto
- Behzad Ranjbaran
- Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (2018)
- Elizabeth Raum
- Concerto for Double Bass and orchestra (1993/1995)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Angel of Dusk, concerto for double bass and orchestra (1980)
- Anthony Ritchie
- Whalesong (2006)
- Malcolm D Robertson
- Concerto for Double Bass & small orchestra (2020)
- Aldemaro Romero
- Concierto risueño
- Nino Rota
- Divertimento Concertante for double bass and orchestra (1968–1973)
- Rebecca Saunders
- Fury II (2009)
- Tatyana Pavlovna Sergeyeva
- Concerto (1980)
- Nikos Skalkottas
- Double Bass Concerto (1942)
- Johannes Matthias Sperger
- Concerto in D major, No. 15
- Eduard Tubin
- Double Bass Concerto (1948)
- Johann Baptist Wanhal
- Concerto in E♭ major
- Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaia
- Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (1978)
Other concertante works[edit]
Concertos with other solo instruments[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Soviet Composers' Alliance, 1981
- ^ White, John; Christensen, Jean; Kornhonen, Kimmo (2002). New Music of the Nordic Countries. Pendragon Press. p. 194. ISBN 9781576470190. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ Japan Federation of Composers
- ^ Schott Music, New York
- ^ "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance
- ^ "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance.
- ^ Soviet Composers' Alliance
- ^ Boosey & Hawkes
- ^ Ries & Erler, Berlin
- ^ Korhonen, Kimmo (2001), Hauta-Aho, Teppo, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45888
- ^ Boosey & Hawkes
- ^ "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance.