Elegy and Tarantella (Bottesini, Giovanni)

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Scores and Parts

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Biblioteca Nazionale Palatina, Sezione Musicale, Parma (I-PAc):
  • 606213: Bott.73.a
  • 606214: Bott.75.a
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Elegy

Editor Italo Caimmi (1871–1964)
Publisher. Info. Milano: Ricordi, n.d.[1948]. Plate E.R. 636.
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Misc. Notes Publication year from WorldCat. Bass part is written in C Major for performance in solo tuning with D Major accompaniment.
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Editor V. Khomenko
Publisher. Info. Bottesini: Pyesi - dlia Kontrabass i Fortepiano
Moscow: Muzyka, 1972. Plate 7294.
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Misc. Notes For bass in solo tuning (F-B-e-a)
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Editor Rafael Velez
Publisher. Info. Rafael Velez, 2020.
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Editor Shinsuke Furusawa
Publisher. Info. Shinsuke Furusawa, 1999.
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Misc. Notes This part is written in C Major and is the conventional key for the bassist to play using solo tuning or high solo tuning with the corresponding piano accompaniment in either D Major or E Major.
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Editor Anders Rove
Publisher. Info. Anders Rove
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Misc. Notes This version has been transcribed a whole step higher to sounding pitch and is not the version a performer would normally use. Normally a bassist will read a part in C Major and tune the bass to solo tuning or high solo tuning for accompaniment in D Major or E Major.
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Editor ThomasTS
Publisher. Info. ThomasTS
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Misc. Notes This part is written in C Major and is the conventional key for the bassist to play using solo tuning or high solo tuning with the corresponding piano accompaniment in either D Major or E Major.
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Editor Michael Pfitzner (b. 1955)
Publisher. Info. Michael Pfitzner
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Tarantella

Editor V. Atremyov
Publisher. Info. Bottesini: Pyesi - dlia Kontrabass i Fortepiano
Moscow: Muzyka, 1972. Plate 7294.
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Editor Rafael Velez
Publisher. Info. Rafael Velez
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Misc. Notes Orchestra Tuning, Bass Part written at pitch in score.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Elegy

For Double Bass and Orchestra
Arranger Composer
Publisher. Info. Partially Holograph manuscript, n.d.
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Misc. Notes Biblioteca Nazionale Palatina, Sezione Musicale, Parma (I-PAc):
  • 606216: Bott.74.b
  • 606217: Bott.47/I-XXIV
  • 606218: Bott.46/I-XLVIII

The Elegy is with strings only, the Tarantella with full orchestra.

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General Information

Work Title Elegy
Alternative. Title Elegia e Tarantella ; Elegia No.1 ; Tarantella No.4
Composer Bottesini, Giovanni
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BOT. 36: Elegy in D major (with strings)
BOT. 37: Elegy in E-flat major (with strings)
BOT. 70: Tarantella in A minor (with orchestra)
BOT. 71: Tarantella in B-flat minor (with orchestra)
BOT. 96: Elegy in D major (with piano)
BOT. 97: Elegy in D major (with strings)
BOT. 155: Tarantella in B-flat minor (with piano)
BOT. 156: Tarantella in A minor (with piano)
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IGB 5
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation double bass, piano
Extra Information The version with orchestra is referred to as an "arrangement" on CD booklets, but since these are undated manuscripts, it is impossible to tell which came first. Tagging is subject to correction if dates are ever found and prove otherwise.