Description

Urtext Edition, Piano reduction, paperbound
Composer: Johann Baptist Vanhal
Editor: Tobias Glockler
Piano reduction: Christoph Sobanski
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Double Bass
Following Dittersdorf and Hoffmeister, Johann Baptist Vanhal and his sole double-bass concerto add a further highlight to the classical bass literature in our catalogue. The virtuoso work was transmitted only in a copy of a part owned by the famous double-bass player Johannes Sperger (1750 – 1812) and found in his estate, which raises a few questions on account of the many later additions in the solo part (especially concerning the octave transpositions). In this Urtext edition, Tobias Glockler proposes a solution to this dilemma with a musical text that is outstandingly well-prepared for the performing artist. The piano reduction is printed in two keys (C and D major), which allows for performances in the solo and orchestral tuning or, at will. Moreover an additional part, written in fingering notation, has been specially designed for use with the « Viennese tuning » customary in Vanhal’s days. It allows players to use this resonant historical tuning immediately without tedious retraining.