Informationen zu "Achille Gouffé Ed: David Heyes Concertino Op.10 Double Bass & Piano"
Verlag: Recital Music
Verlagsnummer: RM855
EAN: 9790570458554
ISMN: M-57045-855-4
Beschreibung
Grade 8 ABRSM & Trinity College London Exams (2016-2019) Achille Gouffé
(1804-1874) was known as the 'French Bottesini' and was an important figure
in 19th-century Parisian musical life. For 35 years he was Principal Bass of
the Paris Opera Orchestra and with the Society of Conservatoire Concerts
Orchestra, which is now Orchestre de Paris. For over 40 years Gouffé
organised chamber music concerts at his home and thanks to him many chamber
music pieces with double bass now exist (Onslow, Walckiers, Blanc). He was
one of the first bassists in France to use a four-string double bass and,
dissatisfied with the sound of the lowest string he developed, in
collaboration with the violin maker Auguste Bernadel, a new process of double
winding copper and steel, which was then universally adopted. In a newspaper
article in 1849 Hector Berlioz described Gouffé as a 'master virtuoso' and
his educational music is still popular in France today. Gouffé composed a
number of works for double bass and his Concertino Op.10 is ideal for Grade 8
students who are looking for effective challenges throughout the orchestral
range of the double bass. In one extended movement, a dramatic introduction
is followed by a lyrical and sonorous episode, emphasising the cantabile
qualities of the double bass primarily in the orchestral register, followed
by a lively and rhythmic Allegro (alla breve) which is the greater part of
the piece. Gouffe's Concertino offers both musical and technical challenges
for the advancing intermediate bassist and is both player and audience
friendly, with a few easy virtuosic challenges to test the technical prowess
of the player. An ideal exam or recital piece, this new edition by David
Heyes is clear and easy to read with the short harmonic passages now in the
correct octave for the 21st-century bassist.
