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Double Bass LA Bassists- Ralph Pena Trio Piece Question

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The piece being sold on Ebay is not "Un Petit Recueil" I had the seller send me a photo of the first page of the piece. There is a copy of the Three Trios in the library at UCLA, and one in the UCSB library. I recently stopped teaching at UCSB but I'll get someone to check it out for me.
 

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Angel Peña wrote a bunch of pieces for bass and bass ensemble that show up in internet searches but I don't think were ever published. Many years ago I communicated with his daughter who said she'd look into finding copies. I've since found out she donated all his materials to the Phillippines College of Music.

If you could scan what you have we'd all appreciate it.

Here's a page with recordings of some of his music and sheet music for a sonata. The page will tell you who to contact to see if you can obtain copies.

Angel Peña | Lotte Lehmann League

lottelehmannleague.org lottelehmannleague.org
 
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neilG said:
Angel Peña wrote a bunch of pieces for bass and bass ensemble that show up in internet searches but I don't think were ever published. Many years ago I communicated with his daughter who said she'd look into finding copies. I've since found out she donated all his materials to the Phillippines College of Music.

If you could scan what you have we'd all appreciate it.

Here's a page with recordings of some of his music and sheet music for a sonata. The page will tell you who to contact to see if you can obtain copies.

Angel Peña | Lotte Lehmann League

lottelehmannleague.org lottelehmannleague.org
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I will send it.
 
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Thanks, Dylan!
Do you know of any recordings extant?
These would be great to put in front of students.
Back in the day, Red Callender would sometimes shake up a bass lesson by pulling out two copies of 'Selected Duets' (edited by H. Voxman) for trombone or baritone - always in bass clef, of course - and we'd take turns playing the top or bottom part
Until his passing a few years ago, the virtuoso James Leary unearthed some of his arrangements for four or five basses (plus piano and drums) - revisiting the 'bass choir' that has had a number of incarnations in L.A. We'd look over several and he'd say, 'Damn! I must've could really play back then...!' But the ones we settled upon were fun, with John B. Williams, Jennifer Leitham and several others on board - providing a wholly different landscape from orchestral/section playing and the one-bass-hit jazz setting.
Thanks for introducing the three-voice option.
 
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neilG said:
The piece being sold on Ebay is not "Un Petit Recueil" I had the seller send me a photo of the first page of the piece. There is a copy of the Three Trios in the library at UCLA, and one in the UCSB library. I recently stopped teaching at UCSB but I'll get someone to check it out for me.
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No we haven't. We need to find all this "lost" music. There's more of it than you can imagine, and the internet makes it easy-ish to find once you know what to look for.
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I agree. I accidentally misread your post here. Thank you for helping out!
 
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