Recent content by icactus

Freezer can totally work to slow aging, but you have to use the right material for the wrap. Cling wrap and food storage bags of today are mostly thin PE and are NOT a terpene barrier, so the rosin can dry out right through those materials. You need either nylon freezer/vacuum bags or, mylar...

You're upper 60s temp problem a classic issue for Pops and similar rosins that depend on slow-drying solvent components for their grab. So when your bow sits around for more than an hour at that temperature, it needs another swipe or a "warm up" scrub, which on the microscopic level is just...

Ha - Now that I've been mentioned in a talkbass post, my life is complete. 1. I don't know what the advertising rules are here, so I will just say I do have a real for-sale bass rosin I launched in January you can google. Just wanted to disclose I am not a neutral commentator on the topic! 2...

For anyone interested, I just posted the "original" Koussevitzky Bass Concerto manuscript on IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/935401 If you see this too quickly it may still be pending review but should be live in a few hours. US Library of Congress has this version and it...

I know we don't all scan IMSLP every day for updates so just wanted to let people know (and for future visitors) that I've put up a free edition of Nanny's "Dragonetti" concerto with an error corrected bass part and page turn friendly piano parts in orchestra, solo and high solo tuning: Double...

Should clarify - I mean a free edition.

I'd like to know what piece people wish they had a good edition for: orchestra tuning piano part, orchestra parts, bass solo part, those sorts of things. Maybe if we get enough suggestions I'll use the poll feature to narrow it down... Some people have said Tubin Concerto, but that's still...

At first I thought his articulation markings were lazy when they were not uniform. In Concerto 2 with string accompaniment the strings will often all have F except the viola, or all have accents except one voice, etc. And I thought it was just an oversight. But if you look carefully almost every...

I wanted to let people know who may not check often that there is a new criticial edition of Bottesini's Concerto No.2 for bass and piano (solo and orchestra tuning) posted on IMSLP: https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/608251 It has been carefully copied from Bottesini's B minor...

Bottesini 2 is the go-to standard for college auditions among bottesini pieces, but I've heard people do the Tarantella as well. Remember the committees are usually not just bass players so if you and everyone else play Bottesini 2 but you play it really well it will be easy for the non-bass...

For posterity: Principal: Ha Young Jung (Royal College of Music, Juilliard, Yale, BU) Assistant Principal: Alex Bickard (Juilliard) Belated virtual congrats to them both!

If you are finding the Koussevitzky edition on IMSLP, I have four different versions of the solo bass part uploaded, one of which is called "No tenor clef version".

This is such a great find! I know I thanked you over on IMSLP but for the record here this is a super valuable library resource and one that I could not find with all my googling. I will work on transcribing out the piano part and the 1st movement orchestration into a score and parts by the end...

When are you playing? Is it too late already? I don't think I will be done in time for your performance but parts will be available on IMSLP some time this summer! There will be parts in C and D and E-flat (why not?) and probably also an arrangement for strings only (without the two oboes and...

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