F. A. Hoffmeister´s Concerto N.1 for Double Bass and Orchestra

historical, analitical and performance aspects

Authors

  • Tobias Glöckler Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Fausto Borém Federal University of Minas Gerais
  • Larissa Cerqueira Federal University of Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2006.55286

Keywords:

Franz Anton Hoffmeister, double bass, viennese violone, performance practices, music edition

Abstract

Study on the historical, analytical and performance practice aspects of the Concerto N.1 for Double Bass and Orchestra by German composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister, a leading figure of the classic Vienna. It deals with the context of the writing for the Viennese violone (or Viennese double bass) and its third-fourth tuning and some of Hoffmeister´s compositional traits found in other of his works. It discusses aspects of the manuscript, of the 1966 edition and the 2002 edition.

Author Biographies

  • Tobias Glöckler , Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

    Tobias Glöckler, a specialist in Viennese violone performance practices, is the solo double bassist of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Germany. He has presented works at various world congresses of the International Society of Bassists in the United States and European double bass congresses. As a music consultant for G. Henle Verlag, he has published the Concerto No. 1 by Franz Anton Hoffmeister, the aria "Per questa bella mano" KV612 by W. A. Mozart, and "The Elephant" by C. Saint-Saëns. As a soloist, he recorded the CD Arien mit obligaten Kontrabass (Dresden, Germany: White House, 1998), which includes arias for voice, double bass, and orchestra by W. A. Mozart, J. Sperger, and Adolph Muller.

  • Fausto Borém, Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Fausto Borém is a Professor at the School of Music at UFMG and a researcher for CNPq. He coordinates the research groups ECAPMUS (Studies in Motor Control and Learning in Musical Performance) and PPPMUS ("Pearls" and "Pickles" of Musical Performance), created and edits the journal Per Musi, and established the Master's program in Music at UFMG. He publishes works in the areas of performance, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, and music education. As a double bassist, he has received several awards in Brazil and abroad.

  • Larissa Cerqueira , Federal University of Minas Gerais

    Larissa Agostini Cerqueira graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Literature from the Faculty of Letters at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and as a Specialist in German Studies from ALUF - Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg (Germany), having been a scholarship recipient of DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. She previously contributed as a co-translator for the article "Per Questa Bella Mano" KV 612 by Mozart: the discovery of the manuscript of a concert aria for bass voice and double bass obligato and a performance practice of "mis-tuning" by Tobias Glöckler (Per Musi, no. 1, 2000, pp. 25-39).

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“F. A. Hoffmeister´s Concerto N.1 for Double Bass and Orchestra: Historical, Analitical and Performance Aspects”. 2006. Per Musi, no. 14 (July): 93-107. https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2006.55286.