The Contemporary Contrabass

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-520-40993-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 130 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: The New Instrumentation

Now in its second edition the acclaimed volume is more than a book about the contrabass, but an introduction to string playing at a time in the history of Western music when timbre has finally ascended to its rightful role among musical parameters. It articulates the real musical image and potential of the contrabass, and introduces new concepts, aesthetics, and techniques.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Turetzky, Bertram

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Sinfonische Musik & Ensembles

Über Autor(innen)

Bertram Turetzky, the foremost contrabassist in America today, is a member of the Music Department at the University of California, San Diego.