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About the Collection

Solos Book 1 brings together six exciting and vibrant pieces for unaccompanied double bass and is aimed at the intermediate-advanced bassist.

Each piece offers musical and technical challenges in equal measure, demonstrating the potential and possibilities of the double bass throughout its entire solo range.

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Miloslav Gajdoš is an acknowledged master at writing engaging, virtuosic and idiomatic music for unaccompanied double bass, and this is the first volume in a series to expand the solo repertoire for bassists of all ages.

Table of Contents

1. Prelude & Fugue in A Minor is dedicated to the double bass students at Wells Cathedral School (Somerset, UK) and was composed in 1998, shortly after the composer’s first visit to England as the guest soloist at the 1st Wells Double Bass Weekend.

In two contrasting movements, which can also be performed separately, there are many challenges, includ