Bertram Turetzky: Doinas & Dances for 4, 5 or more double basses

About the Composition Doinas & Dances is available in two formats. Your purchase includes: 1. double bass quartet 2. double bass quintet or ensemble Doinas & Dances is a klezmer-inspired work that remains in bass clef throughout and is aimed at the intermediate quartet or ensemble. Composed in 1999 for the ISB Young Bassists Project and dedicated to legendary American bassist and teacher David Walter, Doinas & Dances is an engaging and vibrant work for players of all ages and abilities. There are effective and exciting solos for bass 1, which can be easily divided between players in the ensemble version, creating solo opportunities for more players. A Doina is a cadenza played before a klezmer piece and acts as an improvisatory introduction to a lively dance. About the Composer Born on 14 February 1933 in Norwich, Connecticut, Bertram Turetzky took up the tenor banjo at the age of 12 or 13, he switched to the guitar in high school, having fallen in love with jazz, and then