Double Bass Concerto No.2 in E-flat major, Kr.172 (Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von)

Incipit I. (Double Bass Solo) \relative c { \version "2.18.0" \key d \major \time 4/4 \clef bass \tempo "Allegro moderato" d8 fis16 a16 d8 fis8 a4 a4 | \noBreak a1 | \noBreak a16 fis16 d16 fis16 a16 fis16 d16 fis16 a8 a8 a8 a8 | \noBreak a1 | \noBreak a4 fis8 a \grace a8 g4 fis8 e | \noBreak d4 r4 r2 }
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements
Composition Year 1762
Genre Categories Concertos; For double bass, orchestra; Scores featuring the double bass; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra with soloists; For double bass, piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano; For 2 players

Sheet Music

Scores

D major transposition

 1. Allegro moderato
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Misc. Notes With this the soloist can play with normal double bass tuning (g,d,a,e)
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 1. Allegro moderato
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Editor Justus Rozemond
Publisher. Info. Justus Rozemond, 2015.
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Misc. Notes This is a transposed version of the original (first movement only), allowing it to performed without the soloist using scordatura tuning
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Parts

Complete

Double Bass solo

 Complete part (Solo tuning, D major)
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Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1775-99).
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Misc. Notes From the collection of Johann Matthias Sperger.
Archived at Mecklenburg Landesbibliothek in Schwerin (D-SWl, Mus.1688).
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 Complete part (Solo tuning, D major)
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Editor Franz Tischer-Zeitz (1872-1945)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No.2473, 1938. Plate 35316.
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E major transposition

 Flute 1
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⇒ 7 more: Flute 2 • Horn 1 • Horn 2 • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos and Basses

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 Horn 1
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 Horn 2
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos and Basses
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Editor Franz Tischer-Zeitz (1872-1945)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No.2473, 1938. Plate 35316.
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Allegro moderato (No.1)

D major transposition

 Flute 1
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 Flute 2
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 Horn 1 (F)
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 Horn 2 (F)
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 Trumpet (B♭, for Horn 1)
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos and Basses
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Misc. Notes orchestra parts in D major. With this the soloist can play with normal double bass tuning (g,d,a,e)
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 Double bass solo
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 Flute 1/2
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 Horn 1/2
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos and Basses
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Misc. Notes This is a transposed version of the original (first movement only), allowing it to performed without the soloist using scordatura tuning
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Double Bass and Piano

 Complete score
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 Double Bass part
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Editor Franz Tischer-Zeitz (1872-1945)
Publisher. Info. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No.2473, 1938. Plate 35316.
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Misc. Notes Tischer-Zeitz's edition is transposed to concert E major
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Cadenzas

Whatley

 Complete Score
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Arranger Taylor Whatley
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General Information

Work Title Concerto for Double Bass No.2 in E major
Alternative. Title
Composer Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Kr.172
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. ICD 9
Key E-flat major (bass plays in D major)
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements:
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1762
First Publication. 1763
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Classical
Piece Style Classical
Instrumentation Solo: double bass
Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings, continuo

Misc. Comments

  • Grove Music doesn't list a double bass concerto in E major, only 2 in E♭ major, though it references others (instruments not given) that are doubtful or spurious.
  • A score is published by Luck's Music Library, in which the orchestral instrumentation is 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings, cembalo.
  • The Schott edition parts appear to be out of print.
Well, the bass part looks like D major to me. Is it meant to be played scordatura? Or is this a D major work and is "E major" just a misreading after all? - Schissel
Take a look at RISM 240001394 - it seems there are several versions of this, the earliest copy in E♭ major. I believe there was some old convention of tuning the double basses differently (scordatura) for certain keys. - Fynnjamin
This is all correct- the "Viennese tuning" used by the 5 string solo contrabass (D/F-A-d-f#-a) was often tuned up a half step to sound in Eb. The solo part was notated in D and sounded in Eb. The orchestral parts were notated and sounded in Eb. The E major editions are solely an adaptation to enable the use of modern "solo tuning" (F#-B-e-a) on a 4 string instrument tuned in 4ths. - Rechel
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