Romance

Double Bass & Piano
Composer: Amy Beach

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RMD1440
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Romance is originally for violin and piano and transcribes beautifully for the double bass, exploring and exploiting the rich and sonorous qualities of its solo range. Aimed at the advanced bassist, this is late-romantic work full of sweeping melodies with a richly colourful and vibrant piano accompaniment, which would be ideal for any concert or audience. The edition includes piano accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings. Composed in 1893 and dedicated to American violinist Maud Powell, Romance was first performed on 6 July 1893 at the Women’s Musical Congress in Chicago by Maud Powell and the composer, and published by Arthur P. Schmidt (Boston & Leipzig) the same year. In recent years’ violinists have rediscovered this beautiful miniature which is also becoming popular with bassists who are searching for new and innovative recital repertoire.
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Romance is originally for violin and piano and transcribes beautifully for the double bass, exploring and exploiting the rich and sonorous qualities of its solo range. Aimed at the advanced bassist, this is late-romantic work full of sweeping melodies with a richly colourful and vibrant piano accompaniment, which would be ideal for any concert or audience. The edition includes piano accompaniments for both solo and orchestral tunings. Composed in 1893 and dedicated to American violinist Maud Powell, Romance was first performed on 6 July 1893 at the Women’s Musical Congress in Chicago by Maud Powell and the composer, and published by Arthur P. Schmidt (Boston & Leipzig) the same year. In recent years’ violinists have rediscovered this beautiful miniature which is also becoming popular with bassists who are searching for new and innovative recital repertoire.
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ArrangerDavid Heyes
OrchestrationDouble Bass & Piano
Publication DateNov-23

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About the Composer

Amy Beach, born Amy Marcy Cheney in 1867, was an American composer and pianist. She composed in many genres, writing in a late romantic style, and her Symphony in E minor (Gaelic), premiered by the Boston Symphony  Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony to be composed and published by a female American composer. In her later works she experimented with new tonalities, by using whole tone scales alongside exotic harmonies and techniques. Despite much success during her lifetime, Amy Beach’s music was neglected for  decades but towards the end of the 20th-century there has seen a resurgence of interest in her entire oeuvre.
She was one of the first successful American female composers of large-scale art music. Beach showed remarkable musical talent from an early age and was largely self-taught in composition. She began composing music at a very young age and gave her first public performance as a pianist when she was just 16. Beach’s compositions include works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, and voice, as well as numerous songs and choral works. She was particularly known for her piano music, which often showcased her virtuosic abilities as a performer. Beach’s music is often characterized by its lush harmonies, expressive melodies, and skilled craftsmanship. She was a prominent figure in the American classical music scene during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and remains an important figure in the history of American music.

About the Arranger

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.

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