Dave Anderson: 7 Double Bass Duets (transcribed for Cello & Bass)

About the Duets I have always enjoyed working with my good friend Allen Nisbet, so I decided to transcribe this for us to perform at Loyola and especially to include a real musician on a bass recital! When writing my bass duets, I could not avoid a humoristic approach. After all, we bassists are always regarded as accompanists, and solos are viewed as a "lower" art. The range of our instrument is huge and I wanted to use all of it including the use of the low C (and B!) extension and high harmonics. Both parts are intentionally equal and the melodic materials are passed back and forth. The titles of my Seven Double Bass Duets obviously need some explanation: Kibbles'n Kibbitz-a canine-inspired dialogue. Parade of the Politically Prudent Pigs-Jimi Hendrix and Sergei Prokofiev meets Rush Limbaugh. Rush Hour-7:30AM in downtown traffic, taxi horns, of course, but check out the twisted two-part invention! Schweik Fahrt dedicated to my colleagues in the American Society of University Compos