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Three Character Sketches

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Composer: Field, Christopher

Instrumentation: Double Bass and Piano

Publisher:

Recital Music

Product Code:	RMD1547
Publishers Number:	RMD1547
Published date::	Sep-24
Condition:	New

3 Character Sketches:
1.Contrasts
2.Bitter-Sweet
3.Clog Dance

Christopher Field has a lifetime’s experience of singing and teaching stretching back to 1953 when he was a chorister at the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Later he won a choral exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge, a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music and an Arts Council of Great Britain award for postgraduate study with Frederick Husler in Switzerland.

His subsequent career as a schoolmaster at Dulwich College was combined with work as a concert baritone, choral conducting, and teaching singing and double bass. For many years a number of his teaching works have been included in the graded examination syllabuses of the leading examination boards.

Three Character Sketches, composed by Christopher Field in 1968/70 and revised in 2010, are short, accessible and colourful pieces for the intermediate bassist. Each bass…

Three Character Sketches, composed by Christopher Field in 1968/70 and revised in 2010, are short, accessible and colourful pieces for the intermediate bassist. Each bass clef piece offers musical and technical challenges in equal measure exploring a range of styles and idioms, with supportive piano accompaniments which adds interest and contrast.

Suitable for both study and recital repertoire, the range of keys used offers much to the enterprising bassist with the ability to explore and demonstrate the many facets of the double bass in its orchestral register.

1. Contrasts is bold and dramatic, with passages of lyricism and, at 15 bars length, doesn’t outstay its welcome. A powerful opening to the suite.
2. Bitter-Sweet emphasises an E tonality, both minor and major, with lyrical melodies in the minor key contrasting arpeggio-inspired music in the major section, returning to the opening material to end.
3. Clog Dance is lively and fun. A strong rhythmic momentum adds drive and energy and is a successful conclusion to this miniature suite.

Only available for orchestral tuning.

R.R.P £6.00

Our Price: £4.80

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