Contrabassoon
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Repertoire examples for Contrabassoon, based on recommendations from orchestration treatises and college syllabi.
The Technique of Orchestration
KENNAN AND GRANTHAM (2002, P. 105), THE TECHNIQUE OF ORCHESTRATION.
Suggested listening for Contrabassoon. Playlist available here on Spotify.
“Mahler, Ninth Symphony, last movt., meas. 28 (see Example 17.2).
Ravel, Mother Goose Suite: IV. “Les Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête,” figure 2.
Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, figure 42.
Stravinsky, Petrouchka, 9 bars after figure 72.
Bloch, Schelomo, last 5 bars.
Tippett, Fourth Symphony, figure 108.
Argento, A Ring of Time, 3rd movt., figure 9.”
Recommended Listenings
