Double Bass
The Literature and Pedagogy Guides are designed for use by music performance and pedagogy faculty and students. Included in these guides are listing of call number ranges and subject headings for browsing/accessing books, journals, scores, and audio/visual recordings by specific instruments, family of instruments, and major ensembles. Online resources such as links to notable professional organizations and commonly used web sites and blogs are also included.
BROWSING AND CATALOG SEARCHING BY CALL NUMBER RANGES
Call Numbers
- M55-M57 Double bass alone
- M58 Arrangements for double bass
- M237-M238 Double bass and piano
- M1018 Double bass with orchestra (full score or piano reduction)
- ML128.D6 Double bass music–Bibliography
- ML920-ML925 General: history and construction; music and playing
- MT320-MT334 Double bass techniques (including orchestral excerpts)
- MT801.D65 Instruction and study for children
Subject Headings
- CONCERTOS (DOUBLE BASS)
- CONCERTOS (DOUBLE BASS)—SOLO WITH PIANO
- DOUBLE BASS--INSTRUCTION & STUDY
- DOUBLE BASS--METHODS
- DOUBLE BASS--ORCHESTRA STUDIES
- DOUBLE BASS--STUDIES AND EXERCISES
- DOUBLE BASS--STUDIES AND EXERCISES (JAZZ)
- DOUBLE BASS MUSIC
- DOUBLE BASS AND PIANO MUSIC
- DOUBLE BASS WITH ORCHESTRA—SOLO WITH PIANO
- SONATAS (DOUBLE BASS), SONATAS (DOUBLE BASS AND PIANO)
- SUITES (DOUBLE BASS), etc. (NOTE: THE SUBJECT TERM SUITES IS USED FOR ALL DIVERTIMENTI, CASSATIONS, PARTITAS, NOCTURNES, SERENADES, etc.)
- SUITES (DOUBLE BASS WITH ORCHESTRA)—SOLO WITH PIANO
PRINT RESOURCES (in the Reference Room)
Reference Books
Grodner, Murray. Comprehensive catalog of available literature for the double bass. -- [Bloomington, Ind., Lemur Musical Research, 1974] - Music Library Reference ML128.D6 G7 1974.
-Reference ML128.D6 G7 1974
Also see:
American String Teachers Association. String syllabus :violin, viola, violoncello, double bass. -- [S.l.] : American String Teachers Association, 1986.
-Reference ML132 .S74 1986
Farish, Margaret K. String music in print. -- New York, R. R. Bowker Co., 1973.
-Reference ML128.S7 F4 1973
Journals
Double bassist. – REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML920.D68
Online Journal of Bass Research - http://www.ojbr.com/index.html
Also see:
International Musician – REF. (CURRENTY PERIODICALS) ML1.I8
Symphony Magazine –REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML1.A7283
Directories
Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts - REF. STACKS – ML13.M83 2005.
***Provides a comprehensive list of music schools, summer music camps, music festivals, competitions, performance venues, and scholarship and financial aid information.
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
Bass instruments [videorecording] / a presentation of Films for the Humanities & Sciences;
[produced by] TransTel. -- Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2005], 1997.
-DVD. Ask at desk ML920 .B37 2005
Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra [videorecording]: Festival International de
Jazz de Montreal /a Spectel Vidéo production. -- Chatsworth, CA: Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, [2001], c1992.
-DVD. Ask at desk M1366 .H32 C52 2001
Charles Mingus [videorecording]: triumph of the underdog / a Shanachie presentation ;
[presented by] Winter Moon Productions and Jazz Workshop Inc.; a film by Don McGlynn. --Newton, NJ : Shanachie, 1999.
-DVD. Ask at desk ML418.M45 C43 1999
Also see:
The greatest jazz films ever [videorecording]. -- Andorra : Idem Home Video : Distributed by
Disconforme, c2003.
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DVD. Ask at desk M1366 .G7 2003
ONLINE RESOURCES
Rosiér, K. Studio Bass Masters [electronic resource]: Session Tips & Techniques From Top Bass Players - http://www.lib.utk.edu:90/cgi-bin/auth/connect.cgi?netlibrary=54953
International Society of Bassists - http://www.isbworldoffice.com/
Online Journal of Bass Research - http://www.ojbr.com/index.html
Lemur Music Online – http://www.lemur-music.com
Gollihur Music – http://www.gollihur.com
The Double Bass Workshop – http://www.thedoublebassworkshop.com
Also see:
American Federation of Musicians – http://www.afm.org
American String Teachers Association - http://www.astaweb.com
Music Teachers National Association – http://www.mtna.org
*Call numbers apply to UT held items only
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pauline Bayne and Nathalie Hristov, Revised August 2007