International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen

double bass

First round:

a)  Johann Sebastian Bach
     Gambensonate Nr. 2 D-Dur BWV 1028
     out of this: 1st movement Adagio and 2nd movement Allegro
     International Music Company New York. (publisher: Stuart Sankey)

b)  Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
     Konzert E-Dur
     out of this: 1^th and 2^ndmovement
     It is expected to prepare one cadenza.
     
     or

     Johann Baptist Vanhal
     Konzert D-Dur
     out of this: 1^th and 2^ndmovement
     It is expected to prepare one cadenza.
     Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag

     or

     Franz Anton Hoffmeister
     Konzert Nr. 1 D-Dur
     out of this: 1^th and 2^ndmovement
     It is expected to prepare one cadenza.
     Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag

c)  One of the following pieces for double bass solo:

     David Ellis
     Sonata
     yorke edition

     or

     Miloslav Gajdos
     Invocation
     Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag

     or

     Knut Güttler
     Variations on the tune “Greensleeves”
     yorke edition

     or

     Teppo Hauta-aho
     Cadenza
     Edition Reimers/DVfM, Leipzig

     or

     Emil Tabakov
     Motivy
     yorke edition

     or

     Pēteris Vasks
     Bass-Trip
     Edition Schott

Second round:

a)  Julien-François Zbinden
     Hommage à J.S. Bach
     Breitkopf & Härtel

b)  One of the following sonatas:

     Harald Genzmer
     Sonate 1979
     Ries & Erler, Berlin

     or

     František Hertl
     Sonate
     Verlag Panton/Boosey

     or

     Paul Hindemith
     Sonate 1949
     Edition Schott

     or

     Tetsuo Kawakami
     Sonata
     Edition Ongaku no tomo

     or

     Adolf Mišek
     Sonate Nr. 1 op. 5 A-Dur
     Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag/Universal Edition/Edition Liben)

     or

     Adolf Mišek
     Sonate Nr. 2 op. 6 e-Moll
     Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag/Universal Edition/Edition Liben)

     or

     Frank Proto
     Sonate 1963
     Edition Liben

c)  One of the following pieces:

     Giovanni Bottesini
     Tarantella
     Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag/Ricordi/Billaudot

     or

     Giovanni Bottesini
     Variationen über “Nel cor piu non mi sento”
     DVfM, Leipzig/ Ricordi/yorke edition

     or

     Giovanni Bottesini
     Fantasia “La Sonnambula”

     or

     Giovanni Bottesini
     Introduzione e Gavotta in A-Dur

     or

     Reinhold Moritzewitsch Glière
     Intermezzo und Tarantella
     Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag

     or

     Carlo Franchi
     Introduktion und Tarantella
     Schirmer, New York

Third round:

     Franz Schubert
     Sonate a-Moll „ Arpeggione“
     International Music Company New York. (publisher: Stuart Sankey)

     or

     Johannes Brahms
     Sonate e-Moll op. 38
     Ries & Erler, Berlin

Final:

     Giovanni Bottesini
     Konzert h-Moll für
     Kontrabass und Orchester
     DVfM, Leipzig/Doblinger

     or

     Sergei Alexandrowitsch Kussewitzky
     Konzert fis-Moll op. 3
     Forberg

Except the sonatas, all pieces are to be performed from memory.

All compositions can be obtained by the music trade. Performance material cannot be purchased from the office of the International Instrumental Competition.