Darby and Joan

Intermezzo Romance
Violin, Double Bass & Piano
Composer: Adolf Lotter

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Darby and Joan has been long out of print until Recital Music’s printed edition in 2000 and is a novelty intermezzo in the romantic salon style of the early part of the 20th century. The music is lyrical and melodic, with few technical challenges for the good intermediate player, and successfully partners the highest and lowest members of the string family. In one movement and full of lively music, this would be ideal for anyone who enjoyed playing Lotter’s The Ragtime Bass Player. Interestingly Lotter calls it an ‘Intermezzo Romance for Solo Double Bass, Solo Violin and Piano’, but the parts seem to be matched equally and neither the double bass nor the violin is more important than the other. He also suggests that Darby and Joan can also be played by cello and violin or bassoon and flute. Darby and Joan was first published in 1939 by Melodeon, the composer’s own company, and exists in versions with piano or string orchestra accompaniment. The original edition includes his address (147 Golders Green Road, London N.W.11) which is now a hotel (http://goldersgreenhotel.co.uk/). Double Bass is in orchestral tuning.
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Darby and Joan has been long out of print until Recital Music’s printed edition in 2000 and is a novelty intermezzo in the romantic salon style of the early part of the 20th century. The music is lyrical and melodic, with few technical challenges for the good intermediate player, and successfully partners the highest and lowest members of the string family. In one movement and full of lively music, this would be ideal for anyone who enjoyed playing Lotter’s The Ragtime Bass Player. Interestingly Lotter calls it an ‘Intermezzo Romance for Solo Double Bass, Solo Violin and Piano’, but the parts seem to be matched equally and neither the double bass nor the violin is more important than the other. He also suggests that Darby and Joan can also be played by cello and violin or bassoon and flute. Darby and Joan was first published in 1939 by Melodeon, the composer’s own company, and exists in versions with piano or string orchestra accompaniment. The original edition includes his address (147 Golders Green Road, London N.W.11) which is now a hotel (http://goldersgreenhotel.co.uk/). Double Bass is in orchestral tuning.
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EditorDavid Heyes
OrchestrationViolin, Double Bass & Piano

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About the Composer

Adolf Lotter was born in Prague on 4 December 1871 and studied double bass with František Černý, and composition with Antonín Dvořák, at the Prague Conservatoire. He lived in London from 1894, until his death in 1942, and quickly established himself as one of the leading bassists of his generation, performing with many of the famous conductors of the day including Sir Henry Wood, Richard Strauss, Weingartner, and Sir Thomas Beecham. Lotter was a member of the Queen’s Hall Orchestra for over thirty years (1898- 1930), becoming Principal Bass in 1911, and also played with the London Symphony Orchestra, London String Players, Guildford Symphony Orchestra, and Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra (1935-36).

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About the Editor

David Heyes (b.1960) studied double bass with Laurence Gray and Bronwen Naish, later at the Royal College of Music in London, and completed his post-graduate studies in Prague with František Pošta (Principal Bass, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra). He has given recitals and masterclasses in 20 countries over the past few years and has been a juror at a number of international competitions, three times as chairman. David’s collaborative work gained him a prestigious award from the David Walter Charitable Trust of New York for his pioneering activities as a soloist, teacher, publisher, and commissioner of new music for double bass and he works with composers throughout the world to expand the double bass repertoire by commissioning new music and by rediscovering forgotten ones. Since 1983 more than 700 works have been written for him, music from one to twenty basses and from beginner to virtuoso, and he has premiered ten contemporary concertos with orchestra. David began to compose in 2013 and has had music performed and recorded in 29 countries across five continents. He is a D’Addario Performing Artist and has recently commissioned a solo double bass from British master-luthier Martin Penning.