The Bohemian Bass Book 2 for double bass & piano (ed. David Heyes)

About the Book The Bohemian Bass: Book 2 brings together four impressive and inventive works for double bass and piano by leading members of the late 19th and early 20th- century Czech School of Double Bass. Aimed at the intermediate-advanced bassist, each piece explores the entire register of the instrument in a lyrical and expressive style, emphasising the cantabile, sonorous and virtuosic qualities of the solo double bass. Edited by David Heyes The Bohemian Bass Book 2 is available for both solo and orchestral tunings Table of Contents 1. František Černý - Mazurk2. František Gregora - Dumka et Caprice (à la Polka)3. Vojta Kuchynka - Dumka4. Rudolf Tuláček - Pohádka (A Fairy Tale) František Černý (1861-1940) studied composition with Antonín Dvořák and much of his music reflects the salon style of the late 19th-century. All his works are melodic and appealing, combining the late-Romantic idiom of Dvořák and Brahms, with Czech lyricism and influences, and he makes full use of the solo