Brown Fine Arts Library Resources on 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.
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 (but not all) 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 Strad and American String Teacher.
WEB SITES
International Society of Bassists
MJD 12/07
