Scherzo In B Flat Major Double Bass/Piano (Softcover Book)

Edited by Miloslav Gajdos, the leading Gregora expert, this short and energetic scherzo offers interesting repertoire for the intermediate bassist. There are musical and technical challenges, in bass clef throughout,with a lively and supportive accompaniment. Frantisek Gregora (1819-1 887) was a prolific composer of music for double bass, and this is idealfor both concert and educational use. About Grade 7 standard, there are some easy double stops in the extended solo cadenza, ending with a fast and energetic final flourish. _________________________________________ ________________________ 'Gregora was an almost exact contemporary of Bottesini, wrote a wealth of music for the bass, but alas we don't hear much of it these days. So it's a pleasure to discover this charming Scherzo in B flat major, which would make an excellent shorter item in an intermediate recital. Lying within the orchestral register, and marked tempo di polka, it is lively and tuneful. Miloslav Gajdos has revised the work for this edition which has a written out cadenza which is playable and sonorous. Gregora's output includes a number of sacred works plus chamber and orchestral repertoire. Perhaps it is time for a Gregora renaissance; this work is a good start.' [ESTA News & Views] Performance Level:Grade 6/7 _____________________________________________________________ _________________ Miloslav Gajdos is one of Europe's most active and inventive bassist-composers. He was born in northern Moravia in 1948 and initially learned violin before transferring to the double bass, studyingwith Alois Kriz, Jiri Bortlicek and Ludwig Streicher. He has been Profe ssor of Double Bass at the Vejvenovsky Conseravtoire in Kromeriz (Czech Republic) since 1971, and was a member of the Olomouc Symphony Orchestrafor a number of years. He is Director of the Gregora International Doub le Bass Competition, founded in 1979 and held every two years in Kromeriz, and has been a juror at many competitions in Hungary, Germany and theCzech Republic. Miloslav Gajdos is a prolific composer and arranger an d, for almost 40 years, has produced a vast body of original works and transcriptions for double bass which are performed worldwide. His original works combine Czech lyricism and melody with brilliant technical demands, and music from one to sixteen double basses. He writes in a traditional and accessible style, producing music for every level of performer, particularly for the advanced bassist, and his many works for unaccompanied double bass are frequently chosen as international competition repertoire. Miloslav Gajdos was Recital Music's Featured Composer in 2007 and has recently revised a number of earlier works for the intermediate bassist which will be published by Recital Music. [Gajdos is pronounced GUY-DOSH]