Eccles: Sonata No. 2 in E minor for double bass and piano (edited by Lucas Drew)

About the Composition Vincent Kantorski states the following in his article, A "New" Eccles Sonata, in the Spring 1977 issue of the American String Teacher: Most double bassists and cellists are familiar with the Sonata in G Minor by Henry Eccles (c. 1680 - 1740), the English violinist and composer. (The G Minor Sonata has become a theme song of bassists of this generation through the published bass edition by Frederick Zimmermann and the recordings of Serge Koussevitzky and Gary Karr)*. Henry Eccles, also known as Eagles, was possibly not as well-known during his lifetime as his father, Solomon Eccles (1618-1683) an English Quaker violinist, or his brother, John Eccles (1650-1735) also a composer. The Sonata in E Minor is from a collection of twelve solo violin sonatas (Book One, Sonata No. 2) published in Paris in 1720, which bears the autograph of Henry Eccles. An additional group of twelve sonatas (Book Two) is said to have been written in 1714 by Giuseppi Valentini instead of Ecc