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List of compositions for double bass

The following is a list of notable compositions for the double bass.

Solo works
Beth Anderson • May Swale • Lera Auerbach • Monolog for double bass solo (1996) (2009) • Memory of tango: for double bass solo (2002) • Mary Ellen Childs • Unfettered • Hanne Darboven • Opus 17A • 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) • 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 • Raphsody for double bass solo • 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) • Henri O'Kelly jr. • Polyorgane (pub'd 1920) • Behzad Ranjbaran • Ballade for Unaccompanied Contrabass (1999) • Kajia Saariaho • Folia • 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==
Two or more basses
Sofia Gubaidulina • Mirage: The Dancing Sun • Bertold Hummel • Sinfonia piccola for 8 double basses (1978) • Kristin Korb • On the Prowl (2005) for 4 double basses == Chamber works==
Chamber works
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 • 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 • 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) • 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) • 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) • 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==
Concertante works
ConcertosEls 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 DavisStrathclyde 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) • Thomas Goss • Double Bass Concerto in E Minor • Jamie Tait-Glossop • Concerto in D major, Op. 5 • Teppo Hauta-ahoHippovariaatioita putkessa ja ilman (Hippo-Variations Within a Tube Without, 1983) • 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) • Fredrik HögbergHitting the First Base, concerto for double bass and strings • Jiří HudecBurleska 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 • Intermezzo #1) for double bass and orchestra • Juliusz Łuciuk • Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra • Raymond Luedeke • Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (1997) • 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 • Václav 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 RautavaaraAngel of Dusk, concerto for double bass and orchestra (1980) • Anthony RitchieWhalesong (2006) • Malcolm D Robertson • Concerto for Double Bass & small orchestra (2020) • Aldemaro Romero • Concierto risueño • Nino RotaDivertimento 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 WanhalDouble Bass ConcertoInna Abramovna Zhvanetskaia • Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra (1978) ==References==
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