The following is a non-exhaustive list of notable compositions for the double bass, part of the repertoire of this instrument.

Solo works

  • Beth Anderson
    • May Swale
  • Lera Auerbach
    • Monolog for double bass solo (1996) (2009)
    • Memory of tango: for double bass solo (2002)
  • Katarzyna Bortkun-Szpotan'ska
    • Cael (1982)
  • Ina Bottelier
    • Raga: "Sunrise for double bass solo" (1985) (2000)
  • Rosemary Clarke
    • Fantasy for Double Bass (1988)
    • LySippus' Apoxyomenos (1988)
    • Happenings (1973)
  • Christine Elise Chen
    • Solo Piece For Double Bass (2014)
  • Mary Ellen Childs
    • Unfettered
  • Virginia Conton
    • Ram (1977)
  • Hanne Darboven
    • Opus 17A
  • Hans Fryba
    • Suite in the Olden Style for solo double bass
  • Margaret Marie Dare
    • Study in G minor; Study in D minor; A Minor Major Study; Bowing Study in 3/8; Study in D major
    • Study in E minor; Semi quaver Study, In "Yorke Studies, Vol. 1." (1972)
  • Deirdre Gribbin
    • Maps of Awakening (2021)
  • Sofia Gubaidulina
    • Eight etudes (preludes): for double bass solo (1974)
    • 5 Etudes (1965)
    • Pantomime (1966)[1]
    • Sonata (1976) pub. Sikorski (1991)
    • Tatar Dance (1992)
    • "Ein EngeL" (1994)
    • Galgenlieder (a3) (Christian Morgenstern) (1995-96)
    • Galgenlieder (a5) (Christian Morgenstern) (1996)
  • Sadie Harrison
    • Sparring with Shadows (2013)
  • Teppo Hauta-aho
    • Kadenza[2]
    • Raphsody for double bass solo
  • Alyssa Hess
    • One After Another (1977)
  • Hans Werner Henze
    • Serenade for cello transcribed for double bass
  • Dorothy Hindman
    • Time management (2004) (2017)
  • Eva-Maria Houben
    • Archipelagos
    • Nachtstück
  • Catherine Lamb
    • Mirror
  • Joëlle Léandre
    • Taxi (1987)
    • Bass Drum
    • A voix Basse (1981)
    • Octobre (1989)
    • For Peter H. (2005)
    • Temoignege
  • Anne LeBaron
    • Inner Voice (2003)
  • Annea Lockwood
    • Deep Dream Dive (1973)
    • Secret Life (1989)
  • Giulia Lorusso
    • Let it Come
  • Henri O'Kelly jr.
    • Polyorgane (pub'd 1920)
  • Behzad Ranjbaran
    • Ballade for Unaccompanied Contrabass (1999)
  • Kajia Saariaho
    • Folia
  • Lisa Bost-Sangberg
    • Chroma: from worldlessness: contrabass (2018)
  • Claudio Santoro
    • Fantasia Sul América
  • Rebecca Saunders
    • Fury
  • Amy Williams
    • Don't Tell Susan (1992)
  • Ian Wilson
    • Pianura (2004)
  • Peteris Vasks
    • Bass Trip

Two or more basses

  • Sofia Gubaidulina
    • Mirage: The Dancing Sun
  • Kazuko Hayakawa
    • Haiku (1991)[3]
  • Bertold Hummel
    • Sinfonia piccola for 8 double basses (1978)[4]
  • Kristin Korb
    • On the Prowl (2005) for 4 double basses
  • Bernhard Alt
    • Suite For Four Double Basses
  • Joseph Lauber
    • Quartet for Double Basses

Chamber works

  • 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
  • Carol Barnett
    • El Tango Languido (1984)
  • Amy Beach transcription for double bass by Alexander Verster
    • Romance
  • Sally Beamish
    • Dances and Nocturnes (1986)
    • Five Changing Pictures
  • Janet Beat
    • Convergences (1992)
  • Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2010)
    • Sonata, for double bass and piano
  • Kirsty Beilharz
    • Earth Essence: Air, Earth, Water, Stars (1993)
  • Carla Huston Bell
    • Ode to Martin Luther King (1976)
  • Sylvia Bergen
    • Festival Frolic
  • Johanna Beyer
    • Movement for Double Bass and Piano (1936) (1996)
    • Movement for String Quartet (1938)
  • Annesley Black
    • Lauf: für neun Musiker (2005)
  • Victoria Bond
    • C-A-G-E-D (1972)
    • Seesaw (1987)
    • Old New Borrowed Blues (1986)
  • Maria Bonzanigo
    • La Gatta (1990)
  • Giovanni Bottesini
    • Romanza: Une bouche aimeé, for soprano, double bass and piano
    • Terzetto: Tutto che il mondo serra (transcription of Etude No.19 in C-sharp minor, Op.25/7 by Chopin) for soprano, double bass and piano
    • Rêverie, for double bass and piano
  • Linda Bouchard
    • Propos Nouveaux (1988)
    • Web Trap (1982)
    • Icy Cruise (1984)
    • Possible Nudity (1987)
    • Risky. Maurice Tourigny (1993)
  • Nadia Boulanger
    • Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
  • Margaret Susan Brandman
    • Jazz Impressions (1976)
    • Flights of Fancy (1976)
  • Nancy Louise Briggs
    • Little Song (1982)
  • Elizabeth Brown
    • Field Guide (1986)
    • Figures in a Landscape (1995)
  • Heidi Bruggmann
    • Landler; Marches; Polkas; Schottisches; Waltzes
  • Joanna Bruzdowicz-Titel
    • Party Contra (1982)
  • Dorothy Buchanon
    • Three Jacques Prevert Settings (1971)
  • Dawn Buckholz
    • 20 Century Duets for Strings (1989)
  • Diana Burrell
    • Angelus (1986)
  • Cheryl Camm
    • Trombone Sonata (1988)
  • Karen Campbell
    • Only One (1974)
    • Duo for Double Bass and Piano
  • Edith Canat de Chizy
    • Black-Light (1986)
  • Constanza Capdeville
    • In sommo pacis. 1980. Ob, va, db, pf. 58.
    • Valse, valsa, vals: Keuschheits Waltz (1987)
    • 1+1+1+1 (1989)
    • Memoriae, quasi una fantasia I
  • Ida Carroll
    • Three Pieces for Double Bass. Forsyth Bros. Db, pf. 44, 66.
    • Five National Dances [Five Simple Pieces] (1988)
  • Monic Cecconi-Botella
    • Histoire Breve II. Philippa (1968)
  • Julia Cenova
    • Music In the Pause (1988)
    • Monday to Friday, Jazz Cycle (1984)
  • Paulo C. Chagas (1953)
    • Canzona I, for double bass and piano
  • Janine Charbonnier
    • 240 joursa mEtEo (1982)
  • Mary Elizabeth Chaves
    • Silentium (1979)
  • Rhona Clarke
    • SoundWorks Suite No. 2 for Young Players (1995)
  • Rosemary Clarke
    • Suite (1966)
    • Serpents-Soldiers (1969)
  • Harry Crowl (1958)
    • Aethra II, for double bass and piano
  • Jeanne Colin-De Clerk
    • Trio, op. 10 (1969)
  • Lizzie Cook
    • Move On (1987)
  • Constance Cooper
    • The Hour of the Shepard (1989)
  • Esther Wallach Crane
    • Cords (1977)
  • Margaret Marie Dare
    • Minuet
  • Tina Davidson
    • Wait for the End of Dreaming (1984)
    • Quintet (1981)
  • Jean-Marie Depeisenaire
    • Sous la neige (1968)
  • Margaret DeWys
    • St. Jeronimo Variations (1991)
  • Arline Diamond
    • Bass Solo (1965)
  • Lycia DiBiase Bidart
    • Adulto e Crianco (1976)
  • Tamar Diesendruck
    • The Orchestra (1993)
  • Violeta Dinescu-Lucaci
    • Satya III (1981)
    • Satya V (1981)
    • Sonatina (1982)
    • Sleep Song (1982)
    • Toy (1982)
    • Figuren 1 (1990)
    • Scherzo da Fantasia IV (1992)
  • Elaine Dobson
    • Two Ruthies (1971)
  • Isobel Dunlop
    • Ardkinglas Suite (1967)
  • Dorothy Smith Dushkin
    • Fantasy for Three
    • Percussion Plus, Suite
  • Rosemary Duxbury
    • Three Dances (1989)
  • Sylvia Eichenwald
    • Sie erlischt (1977)
  • Adrienne Elisha
    • Quintet (1996)
  • Caroline Emery
    • Bass is Beautiful, Vol. 1. 120 melodies
  • Caroline Emery and Carol Barratt and Sheila Joynes
    • Bass is Beautiful, Vol. 2. 72 melodies: 48 by Emery, 7 arr. Emery, 1 by Sheila Joynes. 23 accompaniments by Carol Barratt
  • Rachel Amelia Eubanks
    • Three Songs (1984)
  • Mary Even-or
    • Dances (1961)
  • Louise Farrenc
    • Piano Quintet No. 1 in a minor, op. 30. Costallat (1842)
    • Piano Quintet No. 2 in E, op. 31. Costallat (1845)
  • Vivian Fine
    • Melos (1964)
  • Graciane Finzi
    • Songes (1973-74)
    • Processus 2 (1986)
  • Elena Firsova
    • Rakovina [Sea Shell]
  • Susan Fisher
    • Song of Vanessa (1976)
    • Honore a B (1983)
  • Jennifer Fowler
    • Echoes from an Antique Land (1983)
    • Restless Dust (1988)
  • Erika Fox
    • Pas de Deux (1981)
  • Dorothea Franchi
    • A Man of Life Upright
  • Sherilyn Gail Fritz
    • Childhoods Ago (1978)
  • Janina Garscia-Gressel
    • Miniatures (1970)
  • Brigitte Gauthier
    • Improvisation et Final (1956)
  • Debra Lynn Ginsberg
    • Polyphony 2
  • Ruth Gipps
    • Introduction and Carol, op 71 (1988)
  • Suzanne Giraud
    • Episode en forme d'oubli (1989)
    • Bleu et Ombre. Visage (1993)
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks
    • Girondelle for Giraffes (1978)
  • Diana R. Green
    • Rigorisms, no. 2 (1982)[6]
  • Maria Grenfell
    • Concertino (1995)
  • Margaret Ann Griebling-Haigh
    • Sonata
  • Deena Grossman
    • Music of Spaces; Asunder; Expanses; Ellipse; Unfolding (1983)
    • Sea Cliff Hands Quartet
    • Grzondziel, Eleonora. Sonata (1966)
  • Radamés Gnattali (1906-1988)
    • Canção e dança, for double bass and piano
    • Valsa triste, for saxophone, double bass and piano
  • Sofiya Gubaidulina
    • Sonata for double bass and piano
    • Pantomime (1966) (1991)[7]
  • Elizabeth Gyring
    • Concert Piece; Largo
  • Ann Hanskausen
    • Duo
  • Sadie Harrison
    • A Journey, (2015) (2016)
    • Harlequinade (2012)
    • Theo's Lullaby (2021)
    • Flower of the cherry
    • Robin's lullaby: for double bass & piano (2015)
    • Theo's Toddle (2013)
  • Sorrel Hays
    • Tuning, no. 1 (1978)
    • Hedstr~m,Ase
    • Touche (1996)
  • František Hertl
    • Sonata for Double Bass and Piano (1946)
  • Moya Henderson
    • Clearing the Air (1974)
  • Paul Hindemith
    • Sonata for Double bass and Piano
  • Imogen Clare Holst
    • Homage to William
  • Eleanor Hovda
    • Journey music (1981)
    • Music from Several Summers (1972)
    • Earth runner (1966)
    • Firefall (1979)
    • Gargoyles
    • Oracles (1976)
    • Solo for Anthony (1973)
  • Bertold Hummel (1925-2002)
    • Sonatina for double bass and piano (1979)[8]
  • Anne LeBaron
    • Fertility (1971) for flute, marimba, 2 bongos, and double bass
  • Arthur Lourié (1892-1966)
    • Sonata for violin and double bass
  • Cecilia McDowall
    • Blue Giant (2000)
  • Cindy McTee
    • Changes (1996) (2013)
  • Flo Menezes (1962)
    • Apologia dos Arquétipos, for double bass and piano
  • Florentine Mulsant
    • Sonate pour contrebasse et piano op. 52 (2014)
  • Pauline Oliveros
    • Double Basses at Twenty Paces - For two basses, their seconds, referee and tape
    • Trio for Accordion, Trumpet and String Bass (1961)
    • Blue Heron: In Memory of James Tenney for Piano and string bass (2006)
    • Epigraphs in the Time of Aids for Accordion, Trombone, Keyboard
  • Sergei Prokofjev
    • Quintet in G minor, Op. 39
  • Behzad Ranjbaran (1955)
    • Dance of Life for Violin and Contrabass (1990)
  • Elizabeth Raum
    • A poet's day for soprano and string bass
    • Arabesque for English horn and double bass
  • Franz Schubert
    • Trout Quintet in A major, D.667
  • Alexander Shchetynsky
    • Seven Screen Shots for double bass and piano (2005)
  • Germaine Tailleferre
    • Impressionisme for flute, double bass and two pianos
  • Raul do Valle (1936)
    • Interação, for double bass and piano
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
    • Excursion (2017) for bass and piano

Concertante works

Concertos

Other concertante works

Concertos with other solo instruments

References

  1. ↑ Soviet Composers' Alliance, 1981
  2. ↑ White, John; Christensen, Jean; Kornhonen, Kimmo (2002). New Music of the Nordic Countries. Pendragon Press. p. 194. ISBN 9781576470190. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Japan Federation of Composers
  4. ↑ Schott Music, New York
  5. ↑ "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance
  6. ↑ "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance.
  7. ↑ Soviet Composers' Alliance
  8. ↑ Boosey & Hawkes
  9. ↑ Ries & Erler, Berlin
  10. ↑ Korhonen, Kimmo (2001), Hauta-Aho, Teppo, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45888
  11. ↑ Boosey & Hawkes
  12. ↑ "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance.
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