Literature

Selected works for double bass and books about the instrument. Public-domain scores are linked to IMSLP – we don’t copy scores.

Scores & repertoire

Solo double bass

• Domenico Dragonetti – 12 Waltzes solo double bass · Domenico Dragonetti IMSLP view ↗
• Domenico Dragonetti – Double Bass Solos solo double bass · Domenico Dragonetti IMSLP view ↗

Double bass and piano

• Camille Saint-Saëns – “The Elephant” from “The Carnival of the Animals” double bass and piano

Concertos

• Serge Koussevitzky – Double Bass Concerto, Op. 3 double bass and orchestra · Serge Koussevitzky IMSLP view ↗
• Giovanni Bottesini – Concerto No. 2 in B minor double bass and orchestra · Giovanni Bottesini
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Double Bass Concerto No. 2 double bass and orchestra (Viennese tuning)
• Johann Baptist Vanhal – Double Bass Concerto in D major double bass and orchestra (Viennese tuning)

Chamber music

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Per questa bella mano”, K. 612 bass voice, obbligato double bass and orchestra
• Franz Schubert – “Trout” Quintet, D. 667 piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass

Studies & methods

• Isaia Billè – 18 Studies in All Keys solo double bass IMSLP view ↗

Books about the double bass

History

• Paul Brun – A New History of the Double Bass 2000
• Adolphus Charles White – The Double Bass view ↗
• Michael D. Greenberg – Perfecting the Storm: The Rise of the Double Bass in France, 1701–1815 view ↗

Methods

• Franz Simandl – New Method for the Double Bass 1904 (Ausgabe Carl Fischer) view ↗

Repertoire & catalogues

• Murray Grodner – Comprehensive Catalog of Available Literature for the Double Bass 1974 (3. Aufl.)