This collection is conceived for young double bass players who wish to start performing in public.
The edition contains 19 concert pieces which are easy to rehearse yet sound effective from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. In addition there are newly composed pieces by the Polish bass player Boguslaw Furtok (*1967).

• Concert pieces for double bass and piano accompaniment
• Easy to medium level of difficulty
• Ideal continuation of the string method Early Start on the Double Bass

From the contents:
Beethoven, “Adagio” from the Sonatina for Mandoline and Harpsichord / J. S. Bach, “Largo” / Fauré, “Après un rêve” / Dancla, “Polka” / Tschaikowsky, “Chanson triste” / Fauré, “Sicilienne” / Saint-Saëns, “The Swan”, among others.

The Editors
Holger Sassmannshaus is a double bass player with the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, Germany, as well as being a double bass teacher and musician in other ensembles
J. Peter Close teaches violoncello and double bass in Munich.

Vorwort
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Preface
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Composer / Author:
Schlemüller, Hugo
Song op. 12/1
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von
German Dance
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Papageno's Aria
from "The Magic Flute K. 620"
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
March of the Priests
from "The Magic Flute K. 620"
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Adagio
originally for mandolin and harpsichord (Woo 43a)
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Mendelssohn, Ludwig
Minuet
from "Student Concerto op. 213, 2nd movement"
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Anonymus
Tre giorni
Instrumentation:
Kontrabass solo, Klavier
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Composer / Author:
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Largo
from "BWV 1056/2"
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Dancla, Charles
Polka
from "Petite école de la mélodie. 20 petits pièces très faciles en trois suites (op. 123, suite no. 1/6)
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Fauré, Gabriel
Après un rêve
Instrumentation:
Kontrabass solo, Klavier
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Composer / Author:
Nölck, August
Tempo di ballo
from "Petit Album de Concert"
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Bréval, Jean-Baptiste
Arranger:
Feuillard, Louis R.
Adagio
from "Concertino in F, 2nd movement"
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Tschaikowsky, Pjotr Iljitsch
Chanson triste
Instrumentation:
Kontrabass solo, Klavier
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Composer / Author:
Keyper, Franz
Romance
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Fuchs, Robert
Allegro moderato
from "Three Pieces for Contrabass and Piano (op. 96/1)", based on Mozart
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Furtok, Boguslaw
Elegie
Instrumentation:
Kontrabass solo, Klavier
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Composer / Author:
Fauré, Gabriel
Sicilienne op. 78
Instrumentation:
Kontrabass solo, Klavier
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Composer / Author:
Furtok, Boguslaw
Concert Piece
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Saint-Saëns, Camille
The Swan
from "The Carnival of the Animals"
Instrumentation:
Double bass solo, Piano