Resource Guide for the Double Bass

M CLASS CALL NUMBERS

Scores are shelved under M, alphabetically by composer within each class number. Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings.

The most important numbers to remember for finding scores of double bass music are M57 (solo unaccompanied), M238 (bass and piano music) and M1018 (bass concertos). Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings.

Remember, though: many scores may be checked out or kept at the off-campus Library Service Center. Always check in Webcat, Fondren’s online catalog, to determine the library's complete holdings of double bass music.

Scores: M Class

Solo unaccompanied

M57 Original works

M58 Arranged works

Solo with piano or continuo

M237 Collections

M238 Separate works

Solo with full orchestra

M1018 Full scores and piano reductions

Solo with string orchestra

M1118 Full scores and piano reductions

Chamber music

M286, 287 String duets

M350, 351 String trios

M452, 552 (etc.) String quartets, quintets (etc.)

M312, 412, 512 (etc.) Piano trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)

M322, 422, 522 (etc.) Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano plus two

(three, four etc.) string(s) plus wind(s)

M362, 462, 562 (etc.) Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed and

wind instruments

M372, 472, 572 (etc.) Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed and

plucked instruments

M382, 482, 582 (etc.) Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed,

plucked and wind instruments

Orchestral Music

M1001 Symphonies

M1002 Symphonic poems

M1003 Variations, suites

M1004 Overtures

Books: ML Class

ML398 Biographies of string players, collective (including string quartets)

ML418 Biographies of individual string players

ML750 Bowed stringed instruments, General

ML755 Construction of string instruments

ML756 Music and playing, string instruments

ML920 General works on the double bass

Instructional works: MT Class

MT320 General works

MT322 Systems and methods

MT330 Studies and exercises

MT331 Orchestral excerpts

Most books with these subject headings are shelved under the ML classes indicated:

Double Bass music – Bibliography ML128 .D6

Double Bassists – Biography ML418

Double Bass -- History and criticism ML920

Double Bass -- Instruction and study MT320

Double Bass -- Studies and exercise MT330

Double Bass -- Orchestra studies MT331

Bibliographies

Grodner, Murray. Comprehensive Catalog of Available Literature for the Double

Bass. 1974. Ref. ML128 .D6 G7

Heron-Allen, Edward. De Fidiculis Bibliographia. 1890-1894 Ref ML128 .V4 H4 1961

Regazzi, Roberto. The Complete Luther’s Library. 1990. Ref ML128 .S7 R4 1990.

History, construction, playing

Planyavsky, Alfred. The Baroque Double Bass Violone. 1998. ML927 .V63 P613

1998

Planyavsky, Alfred. Geschichte des Kontrabasses. 1984. ML920 .P65

Elgar, Raymond. Looking at the Double Bass. 1967. ML404 .E5

Elgar, Raymond. Introduction to the Double Bass. 1960. ML920 .E4

Palmer, Fiona. Domenico Dragonetti in England (1794-1846): The Career of a

Double Bass Virtuoso. 1997. ML418 .D73 P35 1997

Instruction, studies and exercises

Turetzky, Bertram. The Contemporary Contrabass. 1974. MT320 .T87 1989

Benfield, Warren. The Art of Double Bass Playing. 1973. MT320 .B45

Green, Barry. The Fundamentals of Double Bass Playing. 1971. MT330 .G74 F8

Stanton, David H. The String Double Bass. 1965. MT320 .S8

Storch, Josef Emanuel. 25 Etudes für Kontrabass. 1959. MT330 .S76 E87 2003

Mahler, Gustav. The Complete Double Bass Parts of Mahler Symphonies. 1976.

MT331 .M33

Bass Excerpts From Standard Orchestral Repertoire. 6v. 1980. MT331 .B37

PERIODICAL LITERATURE

The Strad ML1 .S77 print: 1991-present; microfilm: 1890-1990

Strings ML1 .S775 print: 1996-present; microfilm: 1986-1995; online full text: 1999-

American String Teacher ML1 .A58 print: 1990-present; online fulltext: 1996-

To search for journal articles on the double bass, use the three databases

listed below. Because these databases are licensed for Rice use only, you need to configure your browser for the library's proxy server in order to use them from off

campus.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

RILM indexes not just journal articles, but all types of music literature:

books, dissertations, conference proceedings, reviews, etc. Coverage goes back

to 1969.

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)

IIMP indexes approximately 370 periodicals, including The Strad from 1969 to

the present, Strings from 1996 to the present, and American String Teacher for

1994, and 1996 to the present. IIMP Fulltext also carries fulltext for Strings

and American String Teacher (see above for coverage).

Music Index Online

Indexes more than 640 music periodicals going back to 1979, including The