

Hoffmeister: Quartetto for Contrabbasso Obbligato."Violone" in this period invariably refers to a contrabass instrument "Basso" is ambiguous and may refer to a group of instruments Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Suite in C major for 3 Cellos and Bass.Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli: Quartetto pel Miserere.

Gibbons: Renaissance viol music featuring the "Great Dooble Base".Anonymous ("Kirsten"): Partie a Tre (baroque trio for low strings double bass is doubtful).Brzowski: Septuor (the precise instrumentation is unclear).Patouart: 6 Cello Sonatas, Op.2 (No.6, with a figured "ContraBasso" part).Dragonetti: Quintets for solo double bass, violin, 2 violas and basso (e.g.Schuberth: String Quintet No.2 'Fantaisie Concertante', Op.19.Quintets for viola d'amore (or 2 violas), violin, viola, cello and double bass.Quintets for violin, 2 violas, cello and double bass.Rossini: 6 Sonate a quattro (for 2 violins, cello and double bass).String octet: one cello and one double bass String sextet: two violas and one cello String sextet: one viola and two cellos String Quintet No.27 (replacement option).String Quintet No.25 (replacement option).String Quintet No.23 (replacement option).String Quintet No.21 (replacement option).String Quintet No.20 (replacement option).String Quintet No.19 (replacement option).String Quintet No.18 (replacement option).Onslow: at least 11 string quintets were first published with a double bass part, sometimes as the default, otherwise provided as an option instead of the second cello.Eybler: String Quintet in D major (Viennese classical, with an independent bass part).Farrenc: Nonet, Op.38 (composer's arrangement).String ensembles String quintets: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass Lewalter: Klezmer Fantasy (for double bass quartet).Verrimst: Variations on Au Clair de la Lune for 3 Double Basses.Bottesini: Gran Duetto No.2 for 2 Double Basses.Lotter: Darby and Joan (also with strings).Elgar: Duet for Trombone and Double Bass.Sperger: Duet for Viola and Double Bass.Dittersdorf: Duetto for Viola and Violone, Kr.219.Rossini: Duet for Cello and Double Bass in D major.Dragonetti: Duet for Cello and Contrabass.Geier: Sonata for Viola d'amore and Double Bass, Op.27.Double Bass Concerto in A major (the "Dragonetti" orchestral arrangement probably came later)Ĭhamber music featuring the Double Bass Duos.Koussevitzky: Double Bass Concerto, Op.3.Scontrino: Double Bass Concerto (highly acclaimed, but unpublished in its original form, and never recorded).Double Bass Concerto No.1 in F-sharp minor.Anonymous: Double Bass Concerto in G major.Keyper: Romance and Rondò for Double Bass and Orchestra.Only the first two bars of the solo remain, from the 1765 catalogue:.Sperger: Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass in D major, M.B.27.Dittersdorf: Symphony Concertante in D major, Kr.127.Kozeluch: Quadruple Concerto in E-flat major, P II:1.Kohaut: Double Bass Concerto in D major (arguably in baroque style).Zimmermann: Double Bass Concerto in D major.Double Bass Concerto No.3 in E-flat major.Double Bass Concerto No.1 in E-flat major.Double Bass Concerto No.2 in E-flat major, Kr.172.Double Bass Concerto No.1 in E-flat major, Kr.171.Vanhal: Double Bass Concerto in E-flat major.These works are written for a historical tuning in thirds and fourths. See also: For double bass, strings Classical Viennese Concertos

Quick links: Dragonetti, Koussevitzky, Bottesini, Dittersdorf

2 Pièces pour contrebasse et piano, Op.32.2 Morceaux pour contrebasse et piano, Op.9.Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse (Une Larme see Henle).Warnecke: Ad Infinitum (history of the double bass).Simandl: New Method for the Double Bass.Bottesini: Grande méthode complète de contrebasse.Préludes for Double Bass solo, Op.145, by Cyril Plante.Andante for Double Bass, Op.186, by Cyril Plante.Double Bass Sonatina, PVM 18, by Vazel Merenzeine.Jazzy Suite by Salvador Martínez García.Westbeth Capriccio by Pawel Andrzej Knapik.Monolog za kontrabas solo by Anđelko Klobučar.6.3 Combined Cello and Double Bass parts.6.1 Orchestral works with double bass solos.4.6.4 Decets: wind quintet, string quintet.4.6.3 Nonets: wind quintet, string trio, double bass.4.6.2 Octets: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, double bass.4.6.1 Septets: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string trio, double bass.4.3.4 String octet: one cello and one double bass.4.3.3 String sextet: one viola and two cellos.4.3.2 String sextet: two violas and one cello.4.3.1 String quintets: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass.4 Chamber music featuring the Double Bass.3 Concertos for Double Bass and Orchestra.
