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Test Pieces for Orchestral Auditions Book - Double Bass Audition Music

Manufactured by: Hal Leonard

Test Pieces for Orchestra - Double Bass
Excerpts from the Operatic and Concert Repertoire

This is a wonderful collection of orchestral audition pieces, perfectly suited for students and classical players, whether you are auditioning for college, a select orchestra, or your local community orchestra.

It features common audition passages from traditional pieces, as well as solo excerpts, for a complete approach - since (as stated in the preface) "an orchestral musican is expected to know and to have mastered not only the solo literature of his instrument but especially the opera and concert repertoire as well."

Since it covers both (solo and ensemble) aspects so well, this book can also serve as an excellent practice tool for musical training, as well - a convenient single book focusing on intricate and difficult passages and solos from popular orchestral arrangements. An excellent reference book to have in your collection! 62 pages.


Ensemble Selections:

• Symphony No. 3, Op. 55, 3rd and 4th movements (Beethoven)
• Symphony No. 5, Op. 67, 2nd and 3rd movements (Beethoven)
• Symphony No. 9, Op. 125, 4th movement (Beethoven)
• Wozzeck, 2nd Act (Berg)
• Symphony No. 2, Op. 73, 4th movement (Brahms)
• Symphony No. 4, 4th movement (Bruckner)
• Symphony No. 6, 1st movement (Bruckner)
• Symphony No. 1, 1st and 4th movements (Bruckner)
• Symphony No. 40, KV 550, 1st and 4th movements (Mozart)
• Symphony No. 41, KV 551, 4th movement (Mozart)
• Marriage of Figaro Overture, KV 492 (Mozart)
• Magic Flute Overture, KV 620 (Mozart)
• Symphony No. 8, 3rd and 4th movements (Schubert)
• Die verkaufte Braut Overture (Smetana)
• Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (Strauss)
• Don Juan, Op. 20 (Strauss)
• Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (Strauss)
• Salome, Op. 54, 4th Scene (Strauss)
• Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, 2nd Act Introduction (Strauss)
• Rigoletto, 1st Act, No. 1 (Verdi)
• La Traviata, 1sr Act 4th Scene, 2nd Act 7th and 8th Scenes (Verdi)
• Die Macht des Schicksals Overture (Verdi)
• Aida, 4th Act (Verdi)
• Othello, 4th Act (Verdi)

• Falstaff, 3rd Act, 1st Scene (Verdi)
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 1st Act 3rd Scene 2nd Act 7th Scene (Wagner)
• Die Walküre: 1st Act, Introduction, 1st and 2nd Scene; 2nd Act, Introduction, 1st and 5th Scenes; 3rd Act, 1st Scene (Wagner)
• Siegfried, 2nd Act, 3rd Scene and 3rd Act Introduction (Wagner)
• Der Freisschütz Overture, Op. 77 (Weber)
• Euryanthe Overture, Op. 81 (Weber)
• Oberon Overture (Weber)

• Wozzek, 3rd Act (Berg)
• Lulu, 1st Act, Prologue amd 2nd Act, 1st Scene (Berg)
• Symphony No. 3 (Hartmann)
• Symphony No. 1, 3rd movement (Mahler)
• Palestrina, 1st Act, 3rd and 5th Scenes (Pfitzner)
• Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, 2nd Act (Strauss)
• Pulcinella Suite, 7th Act (Stravinsky)
• Rigoletto, 1st Act, No. 3 (Verdi)
• Die Soldaten, 3rd Act, 4th Scene (Zimmermann)

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