The Ragtime Bass Player

A Characteristic Novelty
A Characteristic Novelty
Adolf Lotter

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RMD1168

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The Ragtime Bass Player is Adolf Lotter’s most popular work for double bass and was composed in 1913. The piece has an elephantine charm that everyone would enjoy and the four-bar introduction grabs the attention instantly.

The opening double bass theme has a jaunty and playful counter-melody which adds a great sense of fun from the outset, and the double bass remains in bass clef throughout making excellent use of the lower orchestral register of the double bass.

The music is lively, charming, and fun and would still be a great addition to any popular concert which wanted something to feature the bassists.

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The Ragtime Bass Player is Adolf Lotter’s most popular work for double bass and was composed in 1913. The piece has an elephantine charm that everyone would enjoy and the four-bar introduction grabs the attention instantly.

The opening double bass theme has a jaunty and playful counter-melody which adds a great sense of fun from the outset, and the double bass remains in bass clef throughout making excellent use of the lower orchestral register of the double bass.

The music is lively, charming, and fun and would still be a great addition to any popular concert which wanted something to feature the bassists.

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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).

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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