Double Bass Koussevitzky Concerto Manuscript

[Henri Gross]

Does anyone have any idea what the OG manuscript looks like? I'm really interested in seeing it for multiple reasons, mostly for study, but also for playing. I have never seen a picture or anything of the original in Kouss' handwriting and would love to see it. Any clues where to search?

 

[LouisF]

Two places to start:

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[icactus]

Sadly, there is no copy in Koussevitzky's hand that has been located. The Library of Congress has a copied out score but not in his own hand and it has lots of additional markings on it from whoever had used it. Robert Stiles, the principal librarian of Detroit Symphony (also a bassist) wrote his dissertation on Koussevitzky's music and did a lot of archival digging but couldn't turn up anything definitive. Here's a link to his dissertation if you'd like to take a look - there's a lot of really great information:

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[Henri Gross]

Sadly, there is no copy in Koussevitzky's hand that has been located. The Library of Congress has a copied out score but not in his own hand and it has lots of additional markings on it from whoever had used it. Robert Stiles, the principal librarian of Detroit Symphony (also a bassist) wrote his dissertation on Koussevitzky's music and did a lot of archival digging but couldn't turn up anything definitive. Here's a link to his dissertation if you'd like to take a look - there's a lot of really great information:

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I actually know Robert personally, and have read his dissertation! In it he refers to a score that Koussevitzky or someone hand wrote on, and I can't seem to locate that... Mr. Stiles is a wonderful person and a phenomenal bassist.