Miloslav Gajdoš: Three Pieces for double bass quartet

About the Compositions  This digital publication brings together three individual works by Miloslav Gajdoš, each offering musical and technical challenges in equal measure and all aimed at the intermediate double bass quartet or ensemble. Professor Gajdoš has a unique talent to write music that is idiomatic and inventive, showcasing the qualities and possibilities of the double bass quartet, and explores the entire range and register of the double bass  1. Lacrimosa (1998)  Lacrimosa is an expressive work employing a range of interesting harmony and rhythms, within a lyrical and melodic framework. The minor tonality, contrasting a middle section in the tonic major, and effective four-part writing produces a sonorous work of poignancy and deeply felt emotion.  Lacrimosa was commissioned by David Heyes and Wells Cathedral School (Somerset UK) and premiered at the school on 11 June 1998 by Jenny Knight, David Heyes, Sara Johnson and Philip Anson.  "...so haunting a piece." (ISB)  "A lacr