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double bass music | sonatas (double bass) | concertos (double bass) | double bass and piano music | double bass -- orchestral excerpts | trios (double bass) | string quartets (double bass) | quartets (double bass) | quintets (double bass) | double bass -- studies and exercises
To specify some or all instruments for multi-instrument works, include them in parentheses, e.g.: trios (piano, flute, cello); quintets (trumpet, trombone)
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One Instrument
M55 - M58: Solo Double bass
Two Instruments
M229 - M233: Solo double bass with piano accompaniment
M286 - M287: Two bowed instruments
M290 - M291: One bowed instrument, one wind instrument
M294 - M295: One wind instrument, one bowed instrument
Three Instruments
M310 - M314: Piano, two bowed instruments
M320 - M324: Piano, one bowed instrument, one wind instrument
M330 - M334: Piano, one wind instrument, one bowed instrument
M349 - M353: Three bowed instruments
M360 - M364: Three bowed and wind instruments (various combinations)
M370 - M374: Three bowed and plucked instruments (various combinations
Four Instruments
M450 - M452: String quartets
More than Four Instruments
Call numbers for instrumental music relate to instrumentation - call numbers for quintets (M500), sextets (M600), septets (M700), octets (M800), and nonets (M900) will follow similar instrumentation outlined in the M300 groupings.
Example
M360 - M364 = Three bowed and wind instruments (various)
M460 - M464 = Four bowed and wind instruments (various)
M560 - M564 = Five bowed wind instruments (various)
Orchestral Accompaniment
M1018: Double bass with orchestra (full scores, piano reductions)
M1118: Double bass with string orchestra (full scores, piano reductions)
ML128.D6: Double bass bibliographies
ML920 - ML925: General books about the double bass (history, criticism, construction, music)
MT320 - MT334: Technique, teaching pieces, orchestral studies, etc.