Description

Song & Dance includes five colourful and engaging bass clef pieces which are aimed at the progressing young bassist. Written in a tonal and popular …style they were premiered at Wells Cathedral School (Somerset) and are fun and accessible miniatures which are ideal as both study and concert repertoire. The accompaniments are simple, supportive and inventive, aimed at the teacher rather than the virtuoso, and the pieces can be played as a suite, singly or in any order. Although not a double bassist, English composer Humphrey Clucas has composed a wealth of music for the instrument, particularly for younger players, writing in a traditional and accessible style which has proved popular with players and audiences alike. Song is lyrical and melodic contrasting a lively and rhythmic Dance Chorale is in the style of a 21st-century Bach, with a flowing contrapuntal accompaniment Nursery Rhyme is a fun piece linking ‘I had a little Nut Tree’ with ‘The Grand Old Duke of York’ A Fish on a Bicycle is a light-hearted fusion of Schubert’s The Trout with the Victorian ballad Daisy, Daisy’