Ben Kerman was 9 when he first played his double bass at the Kennedy Center in Washington. By the time the Ellicott City youth reached sixth grade, he was principal bassist for the Gifted and Talented ...

We don't think of the double bass as a wimp. When massed in an orchestra, basses rumble mightily, the foundation notes in big and weighty symphonic chords. But, admits Houston Symphony principal bass ...

ATLANTA — When Jane Little first saw the double bass in her teens, she was horrified. "I thought now why would any girl want to play that big thing," she said. But the double bass is the instrument ...

Dee Moses, principal bass player of the Florida Orchestra, is the soloist this weekend in John Harbison's Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra. Moses is part of a group of 15 principal basses in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This New England Bass Viol was made ...

This musician realised that with the right bow, the Bach Cello Suite No.1 could come to life in a wonderful way on the double bass... Since Bach composed his Cello Suites in the early 1700s, they have ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Bass Viol or Violoncello was ...

BASS EXPO 2014: The early days of bass playing must have been a nightmare! Low resonance plus the need for audible volume meant huge instruments like the Mandobass (mandolin style) and the Regal ...

Eighteen indispensable men got ready last week for another winter’s work. They were the contrabassoonists of the eighteen big U.S. symphony orchestras. Without them, the U.S. symphonic season could ...