Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.963651 Composed by Ian Butterworth. Concert,Contemporary. Individual part. 10 pages. Ian Butterworth #5322179. Published by Ian Butterworth (A0.963651). A two-minute piece where the outer sections are mainly in 7/8 time, while the central, light-hearted central section is a march which briefly quotes Pop goes the Weasel. The 1st Bass part is more advanced than the other two parts. Through the experience of teaching the violin at all levels and conducting youth orchestras over many years, Ian Butterworth’s large number of compositions and arrangements has proved their suitability for youth and amateur players. www.ianbutterworthmusic.co.uk

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.963652 Composed by Ian Butterworth. Concert,Contemporary. Individual part. 12 pages. Ian Butterworth #5330153. Published by Ian Butterworth (A0.963652). A three-minute not too-serious piece which quotes several nursery rhymes and the famous Mahler 1 bass solo. 3 mins approx. Through the experience of teaching the violin at all levels and conducting youth orchestras over many years, Ian Butterworth’s large number of compositions and arrangements has proved their suitability for youth and amateur players. www.ianbutterworthmusic.co.uk

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1018941 Composed by Benjamin Harry Sajo. 20th Century,Contemporary. Individual part. 4 pages. Benjamin Sajo #6072983. Published by Benjamin Sajo (A0.1018941). Fugue: Wear Pearls and Smile is, on the outset, a fast, rambunctious adventure for many voices playing at the same time. It was conceived as a pairing for the equally vivacious second symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven–his 250th birthday is this year–but can stand on its own as one of my hardest, most challenging works to cook up.This piece is dedicated to those forced to appear positive when internally they’re falling apart. The title is inspired by a quote that’s been with me for a while, Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile? by Lynn Hecht Schafren, the celebrated American jurist famous for campaigning for gender equity in courts. I’m taking the quote out of its initial context, but the power of that quote, for me, exemplifies how hard it is to maintain a sense of emotional decorum and dignity when you’re authentically a hot mess. And what’s more of a musical hot mess than a fugue?There are two realities to this piece. I’ll quote Dmitri Shostakovich, from his autobiography: The rejoicing is forced, created under threat, […] It’s as if someone were beating you with a stick and saying, ‘Your business is rejoicing, your business is rejoicing,’ and you rise, shaky, and go marching off, muttering ‘Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.’ On the one hand, it is insincere happiness, cloying perhaps. But the other truth, I’ll quote Oscar Hammerstein II, from The King and I: While shivering in my shoes / I strike a careless pose / And whistle a happy tune / And no one ever knows, / I'm afraid. I forced myself, against all impulses of my current being, to forge happiness. This piece, with its origin being a mental puzzle (fugues are puzzles), it became a construct where I could lift myself up and regain a sense of purpose. Therefore, it is invented–out of a literal need to survive–pure, genuine happiness.Future Performances: If you are interested in performing this work, please e-mail me.ABOUT THE COMPOSER: Benjamin Sajo (b. 1988) is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music, as well as an educator. Since developing a fiercely independent creative voice upon the completion of his studies at Western (2010) and McGill Universities (2013), he continues to find inspiration from the intersection of mythology, art, and nature upon the contemporary human experience. In 2019, he released his premiere album of original music, The Great War Sextet: Canadian War Poetry with Trombone & Strings , with support from the Ontario Arts Council. He is a member of SOCAN and the League of Canadian Composers.

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.805430 Composed by Laura C. Quijada Ortíz. Instructional,Standards. Individual part. 3 pages. Laura Quijada #4352349. Published by Laura Quijada (A0.805430). A short piece for the beginner bass player. All in first position. Perfect to play in a recital for family, friends, school!

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1018899 Composed by Benjamin Harry Sajo. 20th Century,Contemporary. Individual part. 3 pages. Benjamin Sajo #6056133. Published by Benjamin Sajo (A0.1018899). Programme Notes: Icarus Also Flew takes its title from the first line of the poem Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert. He is referring to the classical myth of Daedalus and Icarus, an inventive father and son who bravely escape from their imprisonment in a tower by collecting the disposed feathers of seabirds, then fashion wings out of them and fly away. While the story is often treated as a morality tale--listen to your elders, don’t get cocky like the young man, Icarus, who, in such an understandable state of elation, ascended too close to the sun thus causing the wings to melt and his tumbling to his Mediterranean death--what Jack Gilbert reminds us is how regardless of one’s failure, the sheer transcendental experience of mortal flight remains glorious and unforgettable. Icarus’s fall was not into a legacy of disdain and oblivion, but in truth, he had come to the end of his triumph. This piece was the first of a series I composed during the Covid-19 quarantine conditions of 2020, to serve as potential contemporary preludes for each of Ludwig van Beethoven’s nine symphonies--his two hundred and fiftieth anniversary was this year!--though they can all stand on their own on any program. The connection, in this case, is with his celebrated fifth symphony in C minor--the Fate symphony, as it is commonly known. I’ll let the listener find their own connections.About the Composer:Benjamin Sajo (b. 1988) is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music, as well as an educator. Since developing a fiercely independent creative voice upon the completion of his studies at Western (2010) and McGill Universities (2013), he continues to find inspiration from the intersection of mythology, art, and nature upon the contemporary human experience. In 2019, he released his premiere album of original music, The Great War Sextet: Canadian War Poetry with Trombone & Strings, with support from the Ontario Arts Council. He is a member of SOCAN and the League of Canadian Composers.

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1173618 By Wesley Besancon. By Wesley Besancon. Arranged by Wesley Besancon. Instructional,Jazz. Individual part. 8 pages. Wesley Besancon #773765. Published by Wesley Besancon (A0.1173618). Does your band ever struggle with jazz? Do you ever struggle with jazz? Has any of your friends stuggled with jazz? If you said yes to any of these, then I would recommend the First Place For Jazz book by Dean Sorenson. But I have seen one problem. They do not dicuss A flat! A flat is a crucial key in jazz. So I have extended his book with 4 new orginal pieces in A flat. 1. (major)2. (mixolydian)3. (dorian)4. (blues).

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.805444 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Laura C. Quijada Ortíz. Christmas. Individual part. 1 pages. Laura Quijada #6064061. Published by Laura Quijada (A0.805444). This popular Christmas song is adapted for the beginner bassist, only with quarter notes and half notes, but that doesn't take anything from it's melody and spirit! The play-along track is just as simple to follow, it excludes the bass line for the performer to stand out.

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1018960 Composed by Benjamin Harry Sajo. 20th Century,Contemporary. Individual part. 2 pages. Benjamin Sajo #6078717. Published by Benjamin Sajo (A0.1018960). Programme Notes: This composition was written to be considered for pairing alongside Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony #3, the Eroica, but can stand on its own virtues as an intense and slow meditation on heroism. The music is like a boiling pot on the stove that’s just began to overflow its bubbles. The first part of the title, kommos, is a Classical Greek term from Attic dramaturgy, literally meaning striking but specifically referring to beating oneself up during lamentation--ripping at the hair, gouging out the eyes--like Oedipus--slapping the forehead, and other acts amid moments of extreme emotional turmoil. For example, from Aeschylus's play Agamemnon, a character bewails: Apollo, Apollo! God of the Ways, my destroyer! For you have destroyed me-and utterly [...]What is this fresh woe [...]what monstrous, monstrous horror, beyond love's enduring, beyond all remedy? And help stands far away! We can easily imagine physical accompaniment to the script; rather than bottling up the pain, the hero lets it all explosively come out.  â€ƒThe second part of the title, When the world moved on, is an epigraph taken from American author Stephen King’s The Dark Tower epic. The primary setting of the novel, a world similar in many ways to our own, is experiencing a dark age where the glorious past is all but a distant memory and all good things are referred to wistfully as occurring, When the world moved on. Yet, the main protagonist, Roland, the last gunslinger, emphasizes that it is not just a figure of speech, but the literal distances between destinations have increased, the positions of the stars have changed, as well as the occurrence of other unnatural phenomena. The world has become a gulf of isolation from all corners. Taken together, this piece is a lamentation for when the world moved on. Truly completed on Yom Kippur during the Covid-19 Pandemic, being unable to fast or go to synagogue, this is my atonement.About the Composer: Benjamin Sajo (b. 1988) is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music, as well as an educator. Since developing a fiercely independent creative voice upon the completion of his studies at Western (2010) and McGill Universities (2013), he continues to find inspiration from the intersection of mythology, art, and nature upon the contemporary human experience. In 2019, he released his premiere album of original music, The Great War Sextet: Canadian War Poetry with Trombone & Strings, with support from the Ontario Arts Council. He is a member of SOCAN and the League of Canadian Composers.

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.780025 Composed by Gioachino Rossini. Arranged by Graham Boag. Classical,Standards. Individual part. 66 pages. Graham Boag #4613349. Published by Graham Boag (A0.780025). One of Rossini's most loved Opera's The Barber of Seville has stood the test of time and is as popular now as the day it was premiered in 1816. The overture is a popular concert item and it has been carefully arranged here for Double Bass Choir (Six players). It will most certainly be a challenge for all but a rewarding one none the less. I hope you enjoy playing it. .

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.780003 By Ozzy Osbourne. By Bob Daisley, Ozzy Osbourne, and Randy Rhoads. Arranged by Graham Boag. Metal,Rock. Individual part. 20 pages. Graham Boag #3868665. Published by Graham Boag (A0.780003). Crazy Train is the first single from British heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne's debut solo album, Blizzard of Ozz, released in 1980. A live version of the song recorded in 1981 from the album Tribute was also released as a single in 1987 with an accompanying music video. The song was written by Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley. The subject matter of the lyrics is the Cold War and the fear of annihilation that existed during this period.It has been arranged here for Double Bass Quartet and is bound to be a popular piece with players young and old as well as audiences. Each player has a chance to shine and the First part even gets to 'shred' a solo.

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1323059 Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber. Arranged by Glauco Fernandes. Christmas. Individual part. 1 pages. Glauco Fernandes #911333. Published by Glauco Fernandes (A0.1323059). Discover the timeless magic of Silent Night in a unique arrangement that captures the beauty and emotion of this classic Christmas carol. Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr in 1818, this gentle melody and message of peace resonate universally, transcending cultural boundaries.Now, you have the opportunity to bring this remarkable piece into your own musical experience. Purchase the sheet music for the exclusive arrangement online and immerse yourself in the serene atmosphere of Silent Night whenever you desire. Feel the Christmas magic in every note and share this special moment with your loved ones.By acquiring the sheet music, you not only gain access to a unique interpretation of this song but also contribute to keeping the Christmas musical tradition alive. Celebrate the season with a special touch by bringing Silent Night to life through this unique opportunity to purchase the sheet music online.

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1323060 Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber. Arranged by Glauco Fernandes. Christmas. Individual part. 1 pages. Glauco Fernandes #911334. Published by Glauco Fernandes (A0.1323060). Discover the timeless magic of Silent Night in a unique arrangement that captures the beauty and emotion of this classic Christmas carol. Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr in 1818, this gentle melody and message of peace resonate universally, transcending cultural boundaries.Now, you have the opportunity to bring this remarkable piece into your own musical experience. Purchase the sheet music for the exclusive arrangement online and immerse yourself in the serene atmosphere of Silent Night whenever you desire. Feel the Christmas magic in every note and share this special moment with your loved ones.By acquiring the sheet music, you not only gain access to a unique interpretation of this song but also contribute to keeping the Christmas musical tradition alive. Celebrate the season with a special touch by bringing Silent Night to life through this unique opportunity to purchase the sheet music online.

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.780036 Composed by Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan. Arranged by Graham Boag. Concert,Standards. Individual part. 15 pages. Graham Boag #5023179. Published by Graham Boag (A0.780036). The Lost Chord is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877  at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness.  The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later.  The lyric was written as a poem by Adelaide Anne Procter called A Lost Chord,  published in 1858 in The English Woman's Journal.   The song was immediately successful and became particularly associated with  American contralto Antoinette Sterling, with Sullivan's close friend and mistress, Fanny Ronalds,  and with British contralto Clara Butt.   Sullivan was proud of the song and later noted:  I have composed much music since then,  but have never written a second Lost Chord.  Many singers have recorded the song, including Enrico Caruso, who sang it at the  Metropolitan Opera House on 29 April 1912 at a benefit concert for families of victims  of the Titanic disaster.   The piece has endured as one of Sullivan's best-known songs,  and the setting is still performed today.  .

Double Bass,String Bass Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.779967 By Manhattan Transfer. By Joe Zawinul. Arranged by Graham Boag. Jazz. Individual part. 22 pages. Graham Boag #3482741. Published by Graham Boag (A0.779967). Birdland marked the peak of Weather Report's commercial career with the release of Heavy Weather. With the addition of Jaco Pastorius, the band was able to push its music to the height of its popularity, and with that came Birdland. Weather Report's most commercially successful composition, Birdland served as a tribute to the New York City jazz club on 52nd street that housed many famous jazz musicians. The song was also named in honor of the man after whom the club was named, Charlie Parker, the 'Bird' himself. It was this club, which he frequented almost daily, that inspired Zawinul to write the song. Looking back, Zawinul claimed, The old Birdland was the most important place in my life.This arrangement has an 'optional' Kit part that may or may not be used for performances but it does set the whols picture.