| 单词 | double bass |
| 例句 | The conductor lifts his baton, and I'm invigorated hearing the familiar passages: the drone of the double bass as the heartrending introduction begins, the strings peeling away layers like birch bark. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The double basses and timpani are rolled in, and helping to wheel in a harp is a woman with a turquoise scarf over blond hair, wearing sunglasses and deep red lipstick. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But those are exceptions: The double bass really belongs to no established chamber ensemble. American String Project thinks big at Benaroya Hall 2010-05-12T22:57:00Z Details, like the juxtaposition of an earthy growl and a delicate whisper in the double bass, shine. Orchestra of St. Luke’s Explores George Benjamin’s Influence 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Bob, meanwhile, was playing bass guitar and double bass. How we met: ‘When my wife was dying, she told me to look up my old friend DeeDee’ 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z So when you start the beginning of “The Firebird,” the double basses with gut string pizzicato, and then suddenly the chorale of the trombones, with these tiny, trombones — my God! The Conductor Transforming Period Performance 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z A snaking clarinet melody began, quickly merging with a hypnotic drumbeat and a double bass guitar rhythm. In Ethiopia’s Capital, a Resurgent Jazz Scene 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Rattle cites a double bass in the orchestra that dates back to the composer. Simon Rattle's farewell tour with the Berlin Philharmonic swings into L.A. and Costa Mesa 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z When the vengeful husband enters his wife’s bedroom to kill her in the final act of Verdi’s “Otello,” he is accompanied by the muted snarl of a sepulchral E natural in the double basses. Giving a Semi-Hearty Cheer for Semi-Staged Opera 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “Motorhead was the first time I heard double bass done at that pattern,” Dave Lombardo, the drummer for Slayer, said in the television documentary series “Metal Evolution,” as quoted by The Guardian. Phil Taylor, Motorhead Drummer Who Helped Shape a Genre, Dies at 61 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Anderson’s “Traction” is for solo double bass, an instrument not often heard unaccompanied. Symphony players premiere their own work at ‘[untitled]’ 2013-04-25T23:07:35Z Mr. Schuller wrote for unusual instrumental combinations, such as four double basses or four cellos. Gunther Schuller, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who bridged jazz and classical music, dies at 89 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z I mean, what’s rock and who cares, but I’m talking about materials: electric guitars and digital distortion and drums, rather than the untreated sounds of mandolin, fiddle, banjo, acoustic guitar and double bass. Music Review: Chris Thile and His Bluegrass Quintet at Caramoor 2010-07-05T21:56:00Z A double bass bow was laid out, ready for the evening’s performance; attached to it, wobbling in the air, were several black-and-white balloons. Martians, Dolls and a Cellist’s Dog: The Many Worlds of Jennifer Walshe 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Scored for three trombones, piano, percussion and double bass, the music has a brassy, sinuous klezmer flavor; its vocal lines recall traditional Hebrew melodies without seeming stale. Critic?s Notebook: At Vox Festival, Future of City Opera Sounds All Too Familiar 2011-05-16T21:55:57Z At Carnegie, the orchestra was powerful yet small, with no more than six double basses and 12 first violins before the Ninth. Review: A Beethoven Cycle From Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z A double bass is about six feet from scroll to endpin: it’s the size of a bearish guy. The Ardor of Jane Little, a World-Record-Setting Orchestra Musician 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The inclusion of the double bass darkens and enriches timbres; the additional instruments smooth and blur individual sonorities. Review: American String Project mixes things up this year, resulting in memorable moments 2010-05-21T19:16:00Z The Los Angeles Philharmonic supplies principals for first violin, viola, double bass, oboe, bassoon, horn, tuba, timpani and percussion. ArtsBeat: In Caracas, Doubling Up the Orchestra 2012-02-16T12:08:41Z The BCMG's first concert in its new season includes another premiere: the first complete performance of A Knot Of Time, a cycle for soprano and an ensemble of clarinet, viola, cello and double bass. This week's new live music 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z His compositions are often evocative and mysterious, showcasing the ability of instruments like the clarinet and the double bass to whisper. Matthias Pintscher, Evocative Composer, to Lead Kansas City Symphony 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z You feel a sound through your feet — bass drums and double basses, rumbling softly, like distant thunder. What It’s Like to Hear the Desert in Music 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z On this tour he's part of a quartet composed of 'oud, violin, double bass and percussion. A tough choice for Seattle world-music fans: Simon Shaheen or Gamelan Pacifica 2010-12-02T21:17:00Z Each new element appeared unexpectedly, yet precisely, as a frenetic double bass solo eased into delicate passagework, then was infringed on, first by a low electronic growl, next by forlorn muted calls from the trombone. Review: Wet Ink Ensemble Pays Tribute to Anthony Braxton 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z First violins sit on the right, and second violins sit on the left, with the double basses on either side of the strings. After 145 Years, Bayreuth Festival Has Its First Female Conductor 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z In the second programme the orchestral forces were increased – six double basses for the Fourth, eight for the Eroica, in which the woodwind was also doubled, too. Proms 9 and 10: West-Eastern Divan O/Barenboim 2012-07-22T12:24:58Z The jazz influence had both the first word, in Steve Cohen’s tuneful Sonata for Soprano Saxophone, and the last, in Howard Cass’s Jazz Suite for viola, piano and amplified double bass. Music Review: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra at Symphony Space - Review 2012-01-05T21:51:52Z Radin is joined on stage by a band including cello, double bass and three young female backing singers who are so awkward, they look like they were press-ganged into joining glee club. Joshua Radin 2010-04-12T21:30:00Z “If we can’t get a commitment, we will leave,” said Alexander Svensen, who plays double bass and has been involved in the negotiations. The Pandemic Struck Orchestras With Underlying Conditions Hard 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Ms. Wolfe’s “Stronghold” is for eight double basses, with amazingly dramatic sonorities. How This London Troupe Takes You to the Heart of Dance 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z The gut strings of the period instruments contributed a warmer sound than their modern counterparts, particularly notable during the passages of double bass and cello underpinnings. Music Review: Dusting Off the Real Dragonetti Concerto 2010-10-05T21:15:00Z The start of the “Turangalîla I” section placed clarinet, ondes, double bass and bells pristinely atop one another, as if with silver tweezers. An Orchestra’s Ecstatic, Once-in-a-Lifetime Birthday Party 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In another passage, the players briefly whisper sibilants; a series of sliding glissandos in a double bass near the end, almost vocal, feels like a tiny, impeded aria. Review: At 95, a Conductor Is Still Showing New Facets 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z For all its strengths, Cabaret of Souls ends up seeming like a weirdly sour, ill-fitting birthday tribute to a musician as famed for his generosity of spirit as his skill on the double bass. Richard Thompson's Cabaret of Souls 2010-06-13T20:30:00Z The same players, without Mr. Flynt’s double bass, performed Dvorak’s “Cypresses for String Quartet.” Music Review: Marlboro Chamber Ensemble in Peoples’ Concert Series 2014-04-09T21:19:01Z The elegant performance preceded an extraordinary rendering of Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto in which Seattle Symphony first violinist Cordula Merks led 10 players, three each of violins, violas and cellos, plus double bass, and harpsichord. Seattle Symphony goes for Baroque in 'Like Father, Like Son' program 2012-03-10T20:40:13Z There's nothing normal about playing Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony with an orchestra containing 13 double basses and 33 woodwind. Teresa Carre?o Youth Orchestra of Venezuela; Benjamin Grosvenor, LSO; Promised End; Radamisto 2010-10-16T23:07:00Z Mr. Bowen erroneously added a harp and clarinet but lost the double bass, while misinterpreting Weill’s abbreviations for “piano,” splitting the part between piano and clarinet. Kurt Weill’s Music for a Magical Dance, Lost and Now Found 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The American String Project, whose most recent CD and DVD package, "Ten Year Anniversary," was released on MSR Classics, reconfigures quartet arrangements for a small string orchestra including a double bass. American String Project back for 3-concert stand 2011-05-05T18:09:04Z His Old World seating plan – violins divided across the podium, cellos front and center, double basses curiously separated right and left – yielded a bright, clean, well-balanced sound. Under Gatti, French National Orchestra focuses on style, color 2011-04-14T17:25:00Z It is believed, however, that Ted Stansfield's double bass has been burned. From the archive, 6 July 1933: Hospital alarm as Liverpool hall burns 2011-07-06T12:11:21Z “My heart is beating like the double basses in the card scene,” a pleased Puccini was quoted as saying. When Puccini Came, Saw and Conquered New York City 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Playing double bass became one of my hobbies — just a little, just for fun. Hiroyuki Sanada Lays Down His Sword for Shohei Ohtani and 10,000 Steps 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Still, its technically challenging aspects impressed its early British audiences, who would have been unaccustomed to hearing the double bass as a virtuoso instrument. Music Review: Dusting Off the Real Dragonetti Concerto 2010-10-05T21:15:00Z Dudamel encourages the double basses in the Scherzo to dig deeper than ever. Everything goes right for Gustavo Dudamel in Beethoven program 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z It was a novel timbre on which to base a work, though not quite as a novel as the double bass player thrumming along the length of the strings with a plectrum. Ensemble 10/10/Rundell – review 2013-02-28T14:59:43Z The orchestra somewhat incongruously included cellos and double basses, which laid down simple bass lines, but the bulk of the ensemble played long melodies in unison with the actor/singer. Peking Opera at Kennedy Center has the right moves, if not the best sounds On three consecutive mornings, these hardy young souls were given a particular instrumental combination and general theme — “trombone, double bass, animal: Go!” — and had 24 hours to make something of them. Tanglewood Holds Its 50th Celebration of Contemporary Music 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Pinch Hitters At Tanglewood LENOX, Mass. THE double basses and cellos of the thumped their way downward at a rehearsal of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, the “Resurrection.” Tanglewood Batons: Thomas, Dohnanyi and Mena 2010-07-08T22:06:00Z Now, imagine that some of those strangers maybe take your paintings off the walls and hang up their own, or start playing a double bass in your living room. A hipster cultural salon for the short-attention-span generation 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z Wen, echoing the sound of petals falling, played around with the modified murmur of two double basses, cello and flute. Want to hear the real La La Land? Lend an ear to the L.A. composers of the Hear Now festival 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z His father, Domenico, a postal employee, was a music lover who taught himself to play the double bass and presented his youngest child with a violin when he was 4. Riz Ortolani, Film Score Composer, Dies at 87 2014-01-30T03:41:52Z The work sometimes feels dated, but Honegger’s sound combinations are consistently savvy: melancholy trumpet and double bass, winsome soprano and flute. Music Review: Manhattan School of Music in ‘King David’ and Stravinsky’s Mass 2014-04-07T20:32:11Z It is a double bass, not a cello. Perspective | 21 for ’21: Composers and performers who sound like tomorrow 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Spalding alternated between electric bass and double bass, playing in a fluid, captivating style. Esperanza Spalding buoyant, upbeat, winning at Paramount 2012-04-25T17:07:04Z The opening E flat major chord, gradually building through the orchestra from a spine-tingling double bass note upwards, is mesmerising, all the cruelly exposed brass lines spot on. A rousing Ring 2012-09-25T16:40:00Z Cacophonous outbursts, eerie violin lines that unfold over a double bass drone, frantic pizzicati and an underlying urgency hint at an unpleasant outcome. Music Review: ‘collected stories’ at Zankel Hall Explores a Tragic Tale 2014-04-27T20:52:58Z After the performance, Bruce — thoroughly impressed by Hendrix’s musicianship — found himself fooling around at home with his double bass, the electric majesty of Hendrix still in his ear. Jack Bruce: The Man Who Turned on the “Sunshine” Turns 70 2013-05-14T18:46:56Z I don't think it was brainwashing – my father was principal double bass of the London Symphony Orchestra for most of my childhood and there were always musicians dropping in. Oliver Knussen: 'It never occurred to me that not everybody thought music was the most important thing in life' 2012-06-06T16:50:00Z She took up different positions onstage too, singing one of Wagner’s “Wesendonck” lieder in between the double basses and the timpani, and Strauss’s “Morgen” while standing next to the horns. Music Review: Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Nina Stemme at Alice Tully Hall 2013-04-26T22:53:14Z Still, the balances were not always right, especially for the double bass and timpani, which sometimes were intrusive. Music Review: The Knights Open the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts Series 2013-06-26T21:56:37Z Much larger forces were assembled here, as often seen in the concert hall, rooted by eight double basses. Fabio Luisi Leads Juilliard Orchestra in Wagner and Mozart 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Wearing a plain white maxi dress and cradling an acoustic guitar, she effortlessly glides through a medley of songs from the new album backed by double bass, cello and guitar. Laura Marling – review 2013-06-18T16:38:57Z For the Stravinsky he rearranged the orchestra so that principal double bass Nikita Naumov sat where the principal cello usually would, and so featured almost as a soloist. SCO/Fischer – review 2013-02-03T18:43:21Z Unexpected outbursts interrupt meditative interludes, culminating in a sardonic climax that eventually subsides to a whispered conclusion on double bass. Music Review: Schnittke-Inspired Focus! Concludes With Gubaidulina Work 2014-02-04T22:09:26Z For “Canto General,” three flutes, three guitars, a wide range of percussion, two pianos and a double bass will accompany the group. Seattle Peace Chorus to tackle Neruda’s ‘Canto General’ June 1 2013-05-31T18:51:22Z Despite the title, the concerto is also written for percussion and double basses; nonetheless, it’s a gambit of orchestration, pitting a string soloist against an ensemble of much louder instruments. Kurt Weill’s Path From Europe to Broadway Was a Straight Line 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The American version takes itself more seriously: Its tone is a double bass, not a flute. The TV Watch: ‘House of Cards’ Returns, With More Dark Scheming 2014-02-13T13:00:01Z Even a double bass broken in transit could not dim the high spirits of the occasion, and what Earle called “the indomitable Odesa humor.” An American Leads the Odesa Philharmonic to Berlin 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The woozy trumpet is as much part of the refreshed sound as an upright double bass – slapped so hard it shakes the building. Imelda May ? review 2011-02-13T22:31:00Z The cargo includes eight cellos, six double basses, and six timpani. The Philharmonic Is Out of Its Hall This Year. It Doesn’t Pack Light. 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Later, as those assassins plotted, their crime was sternly echoed in the resonance and unanimity of the evocative combination of harp and plucked double basses. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z “Panama” was churning but precise, and “Hot for Teacher,” with its double bass drum cadence like a jackrabbit’s pulse, was urgent and galvanizing. Music Review: Van Halen at Madison Square Garden 2012-02-29T10:18:40Z At the Escuela de Música in San Juan, Argentina, a small town near the Chilean border, he also studied the double bass, bassoon, vibraphone, voice and piano. In New Works, J. P. Jofre Celebrates the Bandoneón 2013-06-23T20:54:48Z The polish of the quartet and the rustic trio of clarinet, bassoon and horn alternately contrasted and matched each other, while Stacey Watton's charismatic double bass functioned as something of a mediating force. Belcea Quartet/London Winds 2010-07-01T21:45:00Z A choir chants: a faint, wordless gauze, punctuated by the strangled stabs of a double bass. When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Here he offered a dexterous, expressively colored performance of the Allegro from Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, in a version for string quartet, double bass and marimba. Music Review: Celebrating 50 Years? Worth of Promising Talent 2011-02-21T23:03:25Z The strings were arranged in a semicircle onstage, with shared gestures that began in the upper strings and quickly spiraled among the players, ending with grumbling outbursts by the double basses. Music Review: American Composers Orchestra Offers Premieres at Zankel Hall 2014-02-21T22:20:50Z We were issued with electric bikes so we could whizz around the site, and an old Land Rover for transporting Arnie's double bass. Robert Macfarlane's Untrue Island: the voices of Orford Ness 2012-07-08T18:01:01Z At the doleful close of the first movement, the double basses reached down to their sepulchral low-C extensions, a sound that didn’t exist during Mozart’s lifetime. Daniel Barenboim and the Music of Anton Bruckner 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Created by principal double bass Jeffrey Beecher, the 4½ -minute film features 29 orchestra members playing the “Simple Gifts” theme from Copland’s composition. Perspective | Zoom has become the movie of our lives, boxed for an occasion we didn’t know was coming 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z He wanted a range of instruments that would share the specific tonal qualities of a violin instead of the varying sounds produced by the modern viola, cello and double bass. Music Review: At the Tank, New Sounds From New Strings 2010-05-31T22:56:00Z Edgar Meyer has become the preeminent master of his instrument — the double bass — earning Grammys and other awards for his diverse work, which delves into such genres as classical, bluegrass and jazz. Not your classic classicist 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z This inspired him to make his own double bass. Jet Harris obituary 2011-03-18T22:11:19Z Mr. Fischer’s solution arrayed the double basses high across the rear of the stage, made a bowl for the rest of the strings and perched the woodwinds in between, projecting through the tumult. Budapest Festival Orchestra Plays at Avery Fisher Hall 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Similarly in Saint Saens's Carnival of the Animals, you can imagine the dumpy elephants in the double bass section, or the elegant swan, gliding along during the cello tune. Why aren't there more musical instruments in children's books? 2012-09-28T17:21:46Z “I got introduced to the double bass, which I continue to play. I volunteer at a jazz club and always seek out the jazz concerts in Copenhagen.” Girls Are Outnumbered in Jazz. At This Summer Camp, They Run the Show. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z This is music for male voices only, accompanied by an ensemble of low strings – five cellos and a double bass – resulting in complex polyphony, austere yet sensuous, over a narrow compass or range. Le Concert Spirituel/Niquet – review 2013-04-16T16:10:34Z Nazarii Stets, 31, a double bass player from Kyiv, has been redoubling his efforts to build a digital library of scores by Ukrainian composers, so their music can be widely downloaded and performed. An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z At intervals, O'Neill, Joseph O'Farrell and Glen Walton man banjo, drums and double bass to pass Nick Cave-style sepulchral comment on the action. The Ballad of Backbone Joe 2010-08-13T21:01:00Z A similarly fast second movement, however, begins a process of tonal darkening, with double basses producing an ominous unpinning to the pianos. L.A. Phil explores Minimalism to maximal effect at Disney Hall 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z After a gloomy opening, the short second movement concludes in a comparative rush, with strangely strutting passages for double bass, harpsichord, harmonium and trumpet. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Track titles such as "NoSleep", "TaxiTaxi" and "Girls" set the tone, and sharply plucked strings combine with double bass and piano fragments to create momentum. There's nothing new in genre-mixing 2011-02-24T22:32:01Z The orchestral heft of the added strings — nine violins, three violas, two cellos, and a double bass — further burnished the dusky glow of many sections in the Brahms. Review: American String Project is the 'Glee' of the classical realm 2011-05-13T20:09:14Z "Hello Mum," muttered the principal double bass player into his phone, looking only mildly embarrassed. National Youth Orchestra; BBC Proms – review 2012-08-04T23:06:13Z “Credo,” for 12 choirs of 12 singers each, surrounding the audience, six double basses and recorded church bells, was intended not for the outdoors but for a cathedral or a similarly reverberant space. Make Music New York in Review: One Day, a Thousand Concerts, to Celebrate Summer 2013-06-23T21:40:13Z Mr. Prikhodko, 31, the double bass player, called the tour a “difficult experience, but a very useful one.” Russian Orchestra Tour: Either on the Bus or on the Stage 2010-03-04T00:50:00Z Because traditional Chinese string instruments play in the treble range, cellos and double basses join the vertically held gaohus and erhus to fill out the string section. Opera Review: East Meets West at Macao Festival 2011-10-25T11:30:08Z At 16 she switched to the double bass. | Esperanza Spalding: Rocking the Classics 2010-10-22T20:30:00Z The double basses lined up in the choir stalls high above the orchestra, miles away from the rest of the strings. Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-27T11:27:14Z Picking up on their colorfully combative spirit, imbuing it with scuffling spontaneity, the choreographer Yoshiko Chuma offered “Duo,” really more like a trio with the composer Robert Black and his hulking double bass. Lincoln Center Out of Doors Pays Tribute to Jenneth Webster 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z This Saturday, five members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s double bass section will convene, bare-footed, inside a giant sack of stretchy, shimmering white fabric in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Wrapped in stretchy fabric, orchestral musicians become performance art at Green Umbrella festival 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The strings swooned steadily, and the double basses laid down a menacing pulse. Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra Returns, With Force 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z A concert next Saturday at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Met features Chahrokh Elahi, his son, and pieces for double bass and lute that fuse Eastern and Western melodies. Ostad Elahi, a Tanbur Master, Is Celebrated at Met Museum 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z He moves through the water – this tuba, this double bass, this far end of the piano – with a roving eye. The sudden, gruesome opening of "Jaws" 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z "This project" is her March 2013 debut album, which she explains will feature dozens of instruments, including strings, horns, double bass, harp, timpani, celeste and tubular bells. Ones to watch in 2013: Laura Mvula 2012-12-31T10:00:03Z Putting the woodwinds, brasses and double basses on a series of risers guaranteed that those instruments would project with greater clarity than if they were on the same level as the strings. Music Review | Vladimir Jurowski: A Conductor and a Violinist Turn Fresh Eyes on a Beloved Beethoven and a Brahms 2010-03-02T21:56:00Z This jibed with Dr. Altenmüller’s observation on Friday that the performers least at risk were those who played large instruments, like the harp, double bass and cello. Critic?s Notebook: Dystonia, Which Struck Glenn Gould and Other Musicians 2012-03-13T22:19:34Z Fialkowska's refined delicacy suits this arrangement admirably, forcing us to revisit the music afresh and listen again to the clean lines of accompaniment delineated so strikingly by string quartet and double bass. Mozart: Piano Concertos 13 & 14 – review 2013-03-03T00:05:11Z “That means that every clarinetist, bassoonist, singer and double bass player was coming to me. And making music together started to become more interesting than just the piano.” A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Weinberg’s chamber music — including 17 string quartets and solo string sonatas for not just violin, viola and cello but also for double bass — is also rich in variety. Recognition for a Composer Who Captured a Century’s Horrors 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Live, the Necks present a deceptively conventional facade: the keyboard, double bass and drums of the jazz trio. The Necks on the line 2010-06-10T21:34:00Z Imagine a classical double bass, but more aggressive and dynamic. From goat's testicles to the waterphone: cinema's unlikely soundtracks 2013-05-10T06:00:00Z An ambient soundtrack of one of Darboven’s musical compositions — a mind-massaging solo for double bass with a repetitive structure similar to her visual art — provides the beat. The Perils of Order, Taken to the Extreme 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The album's instrumentation is largely based around celeste, harp and double bass, the latter played pizzicato, which by modern pop standards is pretty leftfield. Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon – review 2013-02-28T15:29:02Z The high strings produced fierce tremolos in the “Meadows” movement, and the percussionists and double basses sketched a harrowing, thundering “March to the Scaffold.” Review: A Brash Wunderkind, Now 37, Meets an August Ensemble 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z Her “Dies Irae,” from 1973, calls for eight double basses, a piano and a percussionist who pounds a large wooden box. She’s Rising From the Depths of Soviet Music History 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z His reserved personality belied the cacophonous sounds he could summon with his instrument, a double bass nicknamed Simone that was made in Paris in 1900. Robert Black, Bass Virtuoso of the Avant-Garde, Is Dead at 67 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z He taught himself to play the piano, the violin, the double bass. A Life of Toscanini, Maestro With Passion and Principles 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z I never really knew her until seven or eight years ago, when a conductor asked me to perform her “Composition No. 2” for piano, percussion and eight double basses. She Wrote for the Piano’s Extremes: Bronfman on Ustvolskaya 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z All the instruments finally achieve an ominous consonance, with a dark, subtle undercurrent in the double bass. Music Review: The Knights Chamber Orchestra at Bargemusic - Review 2011-09-18T21:30:07Z This tune shows how well their lineup of whistle, fiddle, guitar, double bass and uilleann pipes works together. F&M playlist 2010-08-05T22:15:00Z It was joined by a gentle flute, hissing cymbals and a snare-drum tattoo, as Jasper Hoiby's double bass led a bumpily Latin groove. Fringe Magnetic ? review 2011-02-10T17:19:22Z But what I was left with on a first hearing was how remarkable the double basses sounded. Hurricane Mama's impressive set of pipes 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Ted Dwane, 25, double bass, only manages a noise halfway between a sigh and a laugh before heading out to the gardens. Mumford & Sons: sound of the summer 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Tucker, who played the double bass, was one of Savannah's best-known working musicians for four decades. Jazz star Tucker killed in car crash 2013-06-05T12:22:53Z A single double bass has a limited amount of tonal variety. Not your classic classicist 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Rosenwinkel played a tremulous repetition at the keyboard, around which a deep unison arose: double bass, bowed, and bass clarinet, faintly brayed. Music Review: Mining His Vault: Kurt Rosenwinkel at Village Vanguard 2010-06-24T21:21:00Z The admin officer plays the cello, the learning mentor plays the double bass. Schoolchildren star at BBC Proms 2013-09-02T15:14:53Z There’s a big-band flavor — slapping double bass, squealing clarinet — but the musical lines are jagged and anarchic, held together on this occasion by the young conductor Joshua Gersen, the Philharmonic’s new assistant conductor. Review: A New York Philharmonic Contact! Menu, With Esa-Pekka Salonen as Chef 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The vibrancy of the strings, with the double basses anchoring a rich sound, and the responsiveness of the whole ensemble to Bělohlávek's flexible approach to phrasing and tempo was carefully honed. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Bělohlávek – review 2013-04-18T15:44:05Z Originally a west country duo, they have been joined by double bass player Miranda Sykes, developing a compelling, attacking and increasingly sophisticated style. Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends and Show of Hands – review 2013-02-05T18:07:27Z In solo passages, each produced a seductively buttery timbre, and throughout the performances Mr. Beyer-Karlshoj drew a sound so uncommonly fat that his instrument often sounded more like a double bass than a cello. Music Review: Henschel Quartet Navigates a Course At the Frick Collection 2010-04-12T22:37:00Z They sat next to each other in the local choir, and played in the orchestra — Mr. Gerhaher on viola, Mr. Huber on double bass. 30 Years on, the World’s Greatest Song Partnership Flourishes 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Then she remembered an intro to “Ode to Joy” that features her instrument, the double bass, and the cello. Happy 250th birthday to Beethoven, one of the greatest composers of all time 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Police sources confirmed that Duncan McTier, 58, professor of double bass at the Royal Academy of Music, was arrested at his home in London on Friday morning. Police investigating sexual abuse at music schools arrest double bass player 2013-05-10T12:56:16Z How did Anderson choose the double bass as his instrument? Symphony players premiere their own work at ‘[untitled]’ 2013-04-25T23:07:35Z Behind her sit her band – keys, cello, guitar, drums, double bass – and beyond them the sky, a darkening blueish-pink. Glastonbury 2010: How Dizzee and the performers psyched up 2010-06-28T07:59:00Z Intonation sagged in unaccompanied choral sections, and there were discrepancies in sustained high woodwind chords and in the agreement of cellos and double basses on the bass line. Review | National Philharmonic soloists boost an otherwise delayed, derivative event 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z The orchestra played with panache in the third movement — and van Zweden supported artful details, like the double basses seeming to take up the resonance of the piano near the end. Review: Beatrice Rana Plays Tchaikovsky at Human Scale 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Doc Brown's comic raps were little changed by the presence of real drums and a double bass. The Horne Section ? review 2011-02-16T15:22:04Z There are not that many quintets with double bass and this one uses the bass as a firm anchoring line throughout. Chamber-music society magic continues in winter fest opening | Classical review 2014-01-25T18:53:43Z And on the new Blink album, he played double bass for the first time. Travis Barker wants to be 'superhuman.' Catastrophe will do that to a man 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z As the lights dimmed, a single E-flat, sustained by the double basses, emerged out of the silence. Seattle Opera mines a novel, futuristic ‘Rheingold’ 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z A retired theater director, 74, took his place in the double bass section, near three high school percussionists. This L.A. orchestra, with members from 14 to 76, is out to make beautiful music and prove a point 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Here, too, double basses and cellos resonated like sonic pilings dug deeply into the symphonic earth, becoming the foundation of the longest symphony in the standard repertory. Commentary: At 86, Zubin Mehta reflects on his career, Mahler and the 'Mehta Sound' 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Bernstein, who played the double bass in jazz bands and worked as a social worker in New York City, has long been a voice for progressive economic policy. Who is Jared Bernstein, new chief White House economist? 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z She was working at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency when she met Athol Guy, an account executive who played the double bass and invited her to sit in with the Seekers. Judith Durham, who sang with Australia’s the Seekers, dies at 79 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z In the background, a drummer, double bass player and three marimba players started to perform. For this restaurant owner, L.A.'s vaccine mandate means bracing herself to tell customers 'no' 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z I was in a suit and tie and had my double bass and the remnants of a cheap umbrella. ‘As the Train Rattled Across the Manhattan Bridge, I Shut My Eyes’ 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Part of Dave Leon’s mental health journey has been trying to master the double bass, which he’s been playing for 25 years. Feeling burnout? These tips from a mental health expert could actually help 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z This son of two music teachers is also made up to play his own double bass on the show. Jeremy Swift brings his music — and his wife — to 'Ted Lasso' 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Attached was a picture of the show’s official poster, which features a silhouette of the iconic Wednesday playing the double bass with a notably snapped string. Wednesday Addams live-action series, directed by Tim Burton, lands at Netflix 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z For example, Dylan, a double bass player featured in the film, said that before joining the orchestra he hadn’t left the house for months. A New Film Looks at an Orchestra for People With Mental Illness 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z STUTTGART, Germany — Atop a hill beside a vineyard, a woman sat down a few yards from a stranger holding a double bass. Musicians Playing Through the Lockdown, to One Listener at a Time 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z As a student in the 1950s at New York’s elite Juilliard School, Mr. Grimes studied classical music and played double bass in an opera orchestra. Henry Grimes, jazz bassist who returned to music after 30-year absence, dies at 84 of coronavirus 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z For thrills and virtuosity, check out the seismic reverberations of the double basses taking up the charge in the trio section of the scherzo at the bottom of the sonic spectrum. Review: Beethoven's Fifth is the music of our moment. How Teodor Currentzis makes it so 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Outside Lincoln Center, the crown jewel of the city’s performing arts venues and dark like all the others, Bach hummed from a double bass played by Jeffrey Christopher, a 64-year-old busker. Skateboarders roam, restaurateurs fret as coronavirus fears clear New York after dark 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The quartet playing it was made up of Brubeck on the piano, Desmond on alto saxophone, Morello on drums and Wright on double bass. Take one: lost Dave Brubeck tapes reveal jazz hit originally sounded like ‘a bad student band’ 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z In one photograph, a young woman is curled up inside a padded green harp case, while another post appeared to show somebody standing in a double bass gig bag. 'Playing Ghosn': don't get into our music cases, Yamaha warns 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Country acts equipped with double bass play rural classics, while rock bands play the essentials from the 1970s and 1980s. Big House brings lots of music to small Iowa community 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Onstage there were, though, a whopping 10 double basses and “long avenues of violins and violas,” and “the people who were there represented musical taste.” Review: The L.A. Phil's Three Maestros bring their magic to a 100th birthday party 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The strong legs he'd developed on long rides bike helped him play the double bass drum set-up he favoured and Baker soon talked his way into his first gig. Cream drummer Ginger Baker dies aged 80 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z The growling blues, rockabilly and jazzy maestro came only with his smoky voice, a whammyfied guitar, harmonica and stand up double bass player. Stray Cats’ strut sharp tunes in rockabilly-fueled reunion at Wolf Trap 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z An amplified quartet of viola, cello, double bass and percussion, conducted by Lesley Leighton, is far away onstage, unseen by the audience in the darkness. Review: David Lang’s ‘the loser’ brought to brilliant life through the hypnotic Rod Gilfry 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Ms Chambers and Mr Ross were both talented double bass players, according to their families. Man charged over musicians' crash deaths 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z At home, I play a bright pink Quintus Stringed Instruments carbon fiber double bass. Why Magician Penn Jillette Refuses to Burn Rubber in His Tesla 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z "So I grabbed my double bass," Bruce later recalled, "and demolished him and his kit." Cream drummer Ginger Baker dies aged 80 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z But he then dropped the double bass and ran up on to the saloon deck. Princess Alice disaster: The Thames' 650 forgotten dead 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z His father, Stuart Knussen, was the principal double bass of the London Symphony and a powerful figure in the management of the self-governing orchestra. As a conductor, composer and man, Oliver Knussen was larger than life 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Each variation has a different instrumentation and sonic character — the ensemble is flute, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet and double bass. A festival's final concert brings the microtonal outsiders in 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z At 17, already an inspired and inspiring musician, a double bass player, planning to attend Butler School of Music at the University of Texas, Austin. ‘Serial Bomber’ Is Suspected in Explosions That Have Put Austin on Edge 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Some of the musicians, for example, have taken a broken double bass, laid it on its side and tapped on it with drumsticks. What can we learn from an orchestra of broken instruments? 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The double bass player was fond of ships and had noticed the Bywell Castle a couple of minutes before the collision. Princess Alice disaster: The Thames' 650 forgotten dead 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Led by Giordano on bass sax, double bass and tuba, the tuxedo-clad Nighthawks blow the roof off with arrangements culled from his massive home library of more than 60,000 scores. Bandleader Vincent Giordano is the movie's go-to guy for early jazz 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z We’re not heavily influenced by them, mostly because it’s straight-up death metal and we don’t use any double bass in our songs, but the riffs in that are just so catchy. Power Trip's top five metal albums: 'You could mosh your ass off to this one' 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z She does to the double bass what Hendrix did to the electric guitar, using it to coax out thrillingly strange new sounds. Iceland Airwaves festival day four – Björk's the star in her home country 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z Ocean played piano on a number of tracks, and violins, double basses, violas and cellos from London Contemporary Orchestra accompanied others. Frank Ocean releases visual album 'Endless' on Apple Music 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z As befits the Proms, the songs have shed their original form, with gospel choirs, double basses and kettle drums now drawing out undiscovered detail in Bowie's compositions. Stars prepare for 'celebratory' David Bowie Prom - BBC News 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Martin, a concert double bass player who also played at high-profile venues globally, had denied killing his wife. Pianist Natalia Strelchenko's husband guilty of her murder 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z It is alleged the double bass player strangled and beat Ms Strelchenko, who was also known by the surname Strelle, in a loss of temper at their home in Newton Heath on 30 August. Pianist Natalia Strelchenko's murder accused husband 'must be behind killing' - BBC News 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Epic Rain are a local seven-piece featuring harp, double bass and other instrumentation used in the service of their odd mixture of hip-hop, languid lounge noir and dark cabaret. Iceland Airwaves festival day four – Björk's the star in her home country 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z In the main room a three piece band called AMP is playing their own brand of experimental jazz - piano, drums, and double bass. The Budapest cafe perking up a former red light district - BBC News 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z He had three double basses for the First and five for the “Eroica,” drawing exquisite playing from strings, woodwinds and brass. Sir Simon Rattle on Beethoven: brilliant and perhaps insane 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z He had three double basses for the First and five for the "Eroica," drawing exquisite playing from strings, woodwinds and brass. Rattle on Beethoven: 'His most intelligent contemporaries thought that he was insane' 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z He must have been spot on with the rhythm because before long he was drumming and taking lessons on the double bass while performing with the band every night. King of jazz: The Nigerian saxophonist inspiring generations - BBC News 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z But it still weighs about as much as 10 marching-band tubas, or a half-dozen double basses. A Pianist and Her Upright, Traveling Gig to Gig in New York 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z His trademark bushy eyebrows, colourful turn of phrase and expertise on a range of musical instruments, including the piano and double bass, made him a regular fixture on television and a favourite target of impressionists. Denis Healey: Obituary of former Labour minister - BBC News 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z The double bass player is a nurse, and the tubist a pharmacist. Congolese Symphony Hits High Notes Around the Globe 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z There’s even a break-down of the common stunts, with Teller performing and Penn playing double bass. Review: Penn & Teller show plenty up their sleeves 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z A banjo, double bass, brass section and – somewhat incredibly – a beat boxer. Glastonbury 2015 live: Burt Bacharach, Sleaford Mods, Adele and the build up to Kanye West 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z In the last, musicians take turns walking to the center of the stage and playing jaggedly expressive solos, with cello, double bass, piano, and percussion providing a rumbling continuo. Symphonies and Sing-Alongs 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z He leads me through his kitchen, past a parrot and a photo of himself on the wall, much younger, in an ironed white shirt, cradling a double bass. Missing the old Gypsy orchestras 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z It sounds like a double bass and trumpet, and like blues, funk, and brass. BUKU Festival Producers Bring Electronic Music To Jazz and Blues Landscape 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The performance is a little over four minutes long, instrumental and largely improvised against the low anchoring drone of some unnamed accompanist dragging a bow across a double bass. Hunting for the Source of the World’s Most Beguiling Folk Music 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z A banjo, double bass, brass section and – somewhat incredibly – a beat boxer. Glastonbury 2015 live: Burt Bacharach, Sleaford Mods, Adele and the build up to Kanye West 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z They sit down and play - guitars, violins, double bass, even drums. Gypsy beat in France's conservative south 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z In marked contrast to his low-key predecessor, he is a colorful character who plays double bass in a bluegrass band, the Professors of Bluegrass. Yale Names Insider, Peter Salovey, Its New President 2012-11-08T19:48:19Z Pianos, cellos and double basses are a novelty. Easter Island's only concert pianist 2012-08-07T00:06:31Z Hayden Prosser, playing jazz on his double bass, hasn't busked here much, but he's disappointed with what he took home yesterday. Olympic London deserted: it's a great time to be a tourist in the capital 2012-08-03T23:05:38Z The children play a wide range of instruments, from violins and double bass, to flutes, clarinets and tubas. Britain's most musical estate? 2012-06-21T00:24:22Z Like a streak of jagged, blistering lightning, a tone would dart from the double bass to the very scroll of the fiddles. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z I listened; they were playing a waltz in the town of L. The double bass pealed out at intervals, the violin squeaked confusedly, the whistlings of the flute were quite distinct. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z No!" he would say at a rehearsal to the double bass, "I don't want it like that. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z An impatient Benedictine at my side played the double bass, and others the violins; one of their dignitaries was first violin. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z Only this morning I barked my shins something cruel trying to catch hold of a boy who was playing the banjo on the double bass. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z The band consisted of fifty violins, twelve violas, twelve violoncellos, eleven double basses, twenty-five wind instruments, &c., making a total of 110 instruments, and a grand total of about 230 performers. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z Monteverde's Orfeo contained parts for harpsichords, lyres, violas, double basses, a double harp with two rows of strings, two violins, besides guitars, organs, a flute, clarions, and even trombones. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z “Violin, tenor, violoncello, double bass, and double drum.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The horses stamped and neighed in their stables, the cattle moaned a double bass, the pigs squeaked a shrill tenor, the fowl all went mad. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z A sweet wee band it is—three small fiddles, a ’cello, a double bass, and clarionet. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z She pronounced the first syllable in a double bass key, and the second in a shrill treble. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Elisabetta was the first Italian opera in which recitative was accompanied by the stringed quartet in place of the double bass and piano previously employed. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z He is also very generally known as a first-rate double bass maker. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z At the end of the room, steps and a balustrade, with a harpsichord and double basses on a dais. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z That is not much good for musicians who work in the West End like Paul Moylan, who plays the double bass at several venues in town. Free no more? 2011-07-30T02:16:18Z His ensemble had consisted of sixteen first and fourteen second violins, ten violas, four first and four second violoncellos, and six double basses. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z The double bass grumbled out its broken tones, the violins rang clear between, the flutes trilled noisily. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Followed the same style as his father, but was more particularly famous for his double basses, which the Italians consider to be the best ever made, after those of Gaspar di Salo. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z Not a cello or a double bass, but a violin! Blair's memoirs can wait, Mullin's diary has me enthralled 2010-09-03T15:35:00Z They have sold thousands of the vibrating gadgets that fit violins, violas, cellos, double basses, guitars and mandolins. Using an Electronic Device To Break In a New Violin 2010-04-05T03:52:00Z The new arrangement was eight first and eight second violins, six violas, four first and four second violoncellos, and four double basses. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z Viols.—The only surviving instrument of this class is the double bass, which is “still frequently made with the flat back and sloping shoulders of its departed predecessors.” Springtime and Other Essays There are not many violins by this great master, but of tenors and double basses more. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z At the breaking of his boy's voice he took up piano and double bass, and was for some time a member of the band at the Od�on theatre. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday “You can hear the double bass quite plain at Cheadley’s, next door but one; but Waggly’s have given the kettledrum notice.” Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One A five-stringed double bass was sometimes used in Germany tuned either to or to but such instruments have been almost superseded by those with four strings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" In a large orchestra I have repeatedly witnessed the complete obliteration of all sounds from violins by the deeper and more intense sounds of the wind instruments, the double basses alone holding their own. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. To our description of Gaspar's instruments we should add that his tenors and double basses are of a rather broader form than his violins. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z The leading motive, now contracted into one measure, is tossed about in the double basses as on the waves of a heavy surf until it reaches the climax on the words “Freedom to worship God.” The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers Concertinas are made in complete families—treble, tenor, bass and double bass, having a combined total range of nearly seven octaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The double bass sometimes has three strings tuned in England and Italy in fourths; 1 in France and Germany to fifths. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Gradually it increased in volume, as the wind rises to the approach of a storm, culminating finally in a thunderous crash of double bass. The Song of the Wolf The celebrated double bass player Bottesini, uses one of this maker's instruments which possesses a splendid tone, and is sufficient to stamp Testore as an excellent maker. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z "Twinkling stars are laughing, love, Laughing on you and me" —sang the flageolet and little fiddles, while the double bass and the bassoon grunted out their corroborative testimony with melodious unction. John March, Southerner The noise of the merry-making was hardly audible; only a trumpet and the rumble of a double bass, marking the dance measure, could be heard distinctly. Jena or Sedan? As an instance of their use may be cited the scene by the Nile at the beginning of the third act of Verdi’s Aida, where harmonics are indicated for both ’cellos and double basses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Berlioz compares the double basses in the Fifth Symphony to the gambols of sportive elephants, and instances might be multiplied. Music: An Art and a Language If any of his smaller instruments possess as good and fine a tone as this double bass he must be ranked among the best Italian artistes. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z It is very much like the outline of the modern double bass bow. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. The piping of the flute, the sighing of the fiddle, the grunt of the double bass, the clear call of the cornet, the bray of the trombones, all went on together. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds The technical capabilities of the double bass are necessarily somewhat more limited than those of the violoncello. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The closing measures, where the pizzicato 'cellos and double basses seem to imitate the light, tripping footsteps of the elves, is genuinely realistic. Music: An Art and a Language There are several magnificent tenors and violoncellos, and perhaps three or four double basses. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z Johannes Brahms was born at Hamburg, May 7, 1833, the son of a fine musician who was player upon the double bass in the orchestra there. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations In fact, she may have first, second, and third, and double bass and trombone, all to herself as far as I am concerned. The Battle and the Breeze The double bass is the foundation of the whole orchestra and therefore of great importance; it plays the lowest part, often, as its name indicates, only doubling the ’cello part an octave lower. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Strings: 18 first violins 16 second violins 14 violas 12 violoncellos 10 double basses 2. Essentials in Conducting Johannes Brahms was born at Hamburgh, May 7, 1833, the son of a fine musician who was player upon the double bass in the orchestra there. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The double bass differs from the other members of the string family in that it is tuned in fourths instead of in fifths. Music Notation and Terminology There are separate staves for the violins, violas, cellos, double basses, flutes, bassoons, clarinets, horns, tubas, trombones, kettle-drums, etc., each family forming a quartette in itself, and each having its own peculiar emotional quality. Chopin and Other Musical Essays The double bass was formerly made with a flat back—another characteristic of the viol family—whereas now the back is as often found arched as flat. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The coarse, angular, unyielding twigs of the oaks give deep tones like the vibrations of the thick strings on the big double bass. Some Winter Days in Iowa I began with a double bass, the way he did—it's it that was the powerful fateaguin' exercise, I can tell you. The House by the Church-Yard Suddenly the belligerents drew blades on the very stage itself, and, while the bystanders were expecting to see poetical or vocal blood besprinkle the harpsichords and double basses, the Signora Tesi advanced toward the duelists. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag "A month ago Lysander prayed To Jove, to Cupid, and to Venus—" Thrum-thrum-thrum went the double bass next door. The Astonishing History of Troy Town It is probable that the shoulders of the double bass were made drooping for the sake of additional strength of construction on account of the strain caused by the tension of the strings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Instruments in which the strings are set into motion by bowing—violin, viola, violoncello, double bass. c. General Science To this end M. Saint-Saëns wrote his fine septette for piano, trumpet, two violins, viola, violoncello, and double bass; and M. Vincent d'Indy his romantic suite in D for trumpet, two flutes, and string instruments. Musicians of To-Day The compass of this contra-bass lies between D in the double bass octave and the lower F of the treble clef. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Music for the entrance of a brigand in the dark, should be slow and mysterious, with an effective double bass in it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 The technique of the double bass presents certain difficulties inherent in an instrument of such large proportions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The unusual length and thickness of the strings of the double bass make it produce very low notes, so that it is ordinarily looked upon as the "bass voice" of the orchestra. c. General Science The string of the double bass broke loudly, and the new string which its devotee laboriously inserted also broke at once. Living Alone The neck of a double bass rises in the middle of the picture and cuts into it, a large black silhouette, behind which sparkle the gauze-dresses and the lights. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) The note was deep and low, as from the thickest string of a double bass; it seemed as though the darkness itself had hoarsely uttered it. The Bishop and Other Stories Some orchestras make a compromise dividing the double basses into two equal sections of three and four-stringed basses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" For Mr. Koussevitzky, before he became a conductor, was a world-famous performer on the double bass, that big growling brute of an instrument popularly known as the bull fiddle. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Every one looked at the double bass, but all his strings were for the moment intact. Living Alone For the proper performance of the Symphonies we must have at least four violins, four second, four first, two double basses, two violoncellos. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 2 The violins are playing a melodious plaint; the flutes are singing gently; the double bass drones like a beetle. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev Both natural and artificial harmonics are possible on the double bass, the former being the best; but they are seldom used in orchestral works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" She could imagine Mr. Russell answering the telephone in a prosaic voice like a double bass. This Is the End She could hear the scraping of violins being tuned, the tinkle of mandolins, and the growl of a double bass. The Song of the Lark A double bass sat on its side near the wall as if it were the subject of the spotlights' illumination—it might jump up and break into song any moment. Violists That is a pity; our choir is so excellent—two violins, a viola, clarinet, 'cello, double bass, the trumpets and drums, and of course the organ. The Christian A Story In the “singing-pew” sat a clarionet, a double bass, a bassoon, and a flute: also a tenor voice which “set the tune”. The Early Life of Mark Rutherford (W. Hale White) It all muddled into fantastic gibberish—into sounds of horns and trombones and double basses blown off key while a piccolo shrilled the first bars of "The Star Spangled Banner." Three Soldiers Silvo, the younger, declared that he could never go on to Utah; that he and his double bass had reached their ultimate destination. The Song of the Lark The bass player heaved his double bass upright, then sat upon a high stool and plucked a few notes. Violists Then Otello's entrance and actions up to the waking of Desdemona are accompanied by a solo on double basses, interrupted at intervals by energetic passages from the other strings. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time "O, ma'am, the queen would know nothing of the matter; she'd only suppose it some old double bass that tumbled." The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 One of the first, an excellent seaman, had one passion only, music—and his instrument was the double bass. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville In music a light blue is like a flute, a darker blue a cello; a still darker a thunderous double bass; and the darkest blue of all-an organ. Concerning the Spiritual in Art He had evidently chosen this tempo in order, in some way, to manage the recitative of the double basses; but it was utterly hopeless. My Life — Volume 1 For a large place like this eight to ten double basses, and fifteen to twenty first violins, etc., would certainly not be too many at important performances. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 There were sixteen violins, four tenors, three 'celli, four double basses, flutes, oboes, bassoons, trumpets and drums. Haydn There is a story that his double bass was victim one day of the spite of certain seamen, who marked their displeasure by pouring something less clean than sea-water into the big fiddle. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville The arrangement of the orchestra is to be as it was at the Carl August Festival and at the Tonkunstler-Versammlung of '61—10 first violins, 6 to 7 double basses, etc. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End We were together with Wagner at St. Gall, and the Musical Society there had distinguished itself by the production of an orchestra of ten first, ten second violins, eight violas, six celli and double basses. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso In 1766, six years after his appointment, this band numbered seventeen instruments—six violins and viola, one violoncello, one double bass, one flute, two oboes, two bassoons and four horns. Haydn |
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