Vito Liuzzi "Il Contrabbasso" or "The Classical Double Bass"

PREFACE

My main teacher Mr. MICHELE CELLARO

Dear collegues and visitors,

I have to explain some little things.

This a no professional website but it is a simple "my invention".

 

 Naturally I will talk about myself, my country (Italy) ,my little town Conversano, my parents, my friends and so on.

 

But I would like also to talk about the "Culture of the Double Bass" in every sense, expecially in relation to the "classic doublebass" (also Jazz players, naturally, are welcomed!).


I don't know a lot about the classic doublebass and so it's a good manner to study it better.

 

In every page you will find a lot of "OFF TOPIC"!!

 

I know my English is terrible and no correct. I beg your pardon!

 

My Best Bass Regards.

 

Vito Liuzzi

 

p.s.: remember that this site is ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ...when I have got free time I add something ... until the megabytes don't finish!

You can find scores (sheet music) or books everywhere.

Vito Liuzzi

Professor of Double Bass in "G.Paisiello" University of Music - Doctor of Law - Public Journalist

Découvrez la playlist vito 12 avec Ezio Bosso

MY CHANNEL on YOUTUBE

Vito : the first "joung" Recital on TELEVISION

A little bit of "Divertimento Concertante" by Nino Rota for Telenorba TV (italian television broadcasting). I was 21 years old with a enormous emotion. Telenorba TV didn 't give me the the rights of their shots. So I thank my brother rino for his amatorial shots remembering me of this incredible experience. Musics of the hole recital:

"Divertimento concertante" by Nino Rota, Koussevitzky Concerto in Fa#-, "Capriccio di Bravura" by G. Bottesini, "Elegia and Tarantella" by G. Bottesini.

VITO LIUZZI - "Tarantella" by Bottesini (and Gavotta by Lorenziti)

Vito Liuzzi and  "Romanza Drammatica" (G. Bottesini)

Vito Liuzzi - Koussevitzky Concerto in F#min

Click eventually on the photos to enlarge them !!

FREE DOWNLOAD "BEATLES FANTASY" for double bass and piano (arr. Mr. Michele Cellaro)

Clik on the photo

That's me: Vito D. Liuzzi (ITALY)

Vito and his new soloist double bass "Donato Rubino". 

 

I have got an ARCUS "Sinfonia" . Sincerly this "sinfonia" has been a no good choise, a really bad experience for me.

What maestro GARY KARR thinks about this humble website

gary karr kamp gary karr (to link Mr Karr site ckick on the his image

Maestro GARY KARR is very and very kind!

His GARY's KAMP is surely a great experience for double bass players.

GARY KARR talks about my INVENTION:

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"I'm not surprised by the success of your new website. It's outstanding and has more information than any other website for the contrabbasso. Your design is simple to use, very well organized and very attractive to the eye. I love your photos of your technique with the bow. They are a very useful tool for teachers and students. In fact, the entire website is a gold mine of information. Bravo to you, Vito, for creating this excellent reference source for anyone interested in our instrument. What you accomplished is nothing short of brilliant! My hat is off to you!".

Gary Karr

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Thanks a lot Maestro Karr.

This site is simply "an idea" to do something different expecially for young students. Perhaps they can find much more than I was a younger student. 

Click to redirect

Gary Karr & Han Han Cho (Han Han plays also in "Poetic Schumann at 39")

YouTube-Video

PINO ETTORRE

Primo Contrabbasso "Teatro La Scala" Milano, solista, docente, compositore

La trovo una iniziativa fantastica. Hai fatto un lavoro
enorme e,ritengo, utilissimo, perché dà la possibilità a tutti di prendere
almeno coscienza di questi grandi del passato, peraltro un passato
abbastanza recente. Sorprendente che nessuno ti abbia ringraziato per questo
grande lavoro
(tra l'altro ho visto che ci sono anche altri titoli
interessanti), sicuramente lo faccio io, grazie Vito!, credo che davvero sia
un grande contributo per la storia italiana del nostro strumento. "Pino Ettorre"

PINO ETTORE (english version)

Principal Double Bass in "La Scala Theatre" - Milano (Italy)

I find it a great idea. You have done a job

enormous and, I think, very useful, because it gives the chance for everyone to take

least aware of these greats of the past, also a past

quite recently. Surprising that no one has thanked you for this

great job (among other things I have seen that there are other titles

interesting), I certainly do, thanks Vito!, I think that really is

a great contribution to Italian history of our instrument.


"I have visited your website and find it really, really wonderful and with so much interesting material! Bravo!!"

 

Joel Quarrington

I looked at the your site ... Great!

 

                    Thomas Martin

 

 

"It is the most comprehensive contrabass site I have ever seen. A person could spend a lifetime perusing through Mr. Liuzzi pages of information

history and music files. And site keeps growing. A job VERY well done! Thank you Vito."
Frederick Charlton 

Apprezzo molto la tua idea di Liberta'
  I really like this place , it's a place for all , you can read every thought always about the same thing , the same Love , Music and the Bass .
                      Stefano Sciascia
Sciascia plays with KARR / AMATI

LEON BOSH

Vito,

Your website is magnificent and a truly wonderful resource for all bass players.

Your hard work enjoys my complete admiration, keep doing it!!

Leon.

Giovanni Bottesini "TESTORE"

Domenico DRAGONETTI's original bow restored

Bow used by Domenico Dragonetti (restored). Note: the frog is blocked from two rings. The tension hairs was always the same! But we also know that sometimes double bass players use to change the tension using probably two fingers.

SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY

S. Koussevitzky

The authentic sound of S. KOUSSEVITZKY - listen to the large use of "glissando"!

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Sergei KOUSSEVITZKY plays Wiegenlied
No virus or something similar.
Wiegenlied.mp3
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Valse miniature
Valse Miniature.mp3
File audio MP3 [3.7 MB]
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MINUETTO in G minor
All played by Sergei Koussevitzky
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Minuet In G Major.mp3
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Chanson Triste
Chanson Triste.mp3
File audio MP3 [6.4 MB]
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI (1821-1889)

G.BOTTESINI

My ancient farm

My ancient farm (at least 100 years old) were sometimes I go to study and play basketball!!

My Dad, Mimmo, and my mother Caterina!!

It's a strange thing. When I study here expecially during the summer, all my cats go away ... only Speedy looks at me and moves its head to tell: "There's nothing to do stoppin' him" ...  and escapes in a very fast manner.

Hmmm...

My personal italian liuther "DONATO RUBINO"

I've tested probably thirty doublebasses with my friend Donato. Now I play with one his doublebass

A younger and "thinner" teacher with some of his Korean Students

AN OLDER TEACHER WITH SOME OF HIS STUDENTS

My father Mimmo insigned to the Merit of "CAVALIERE del LAVORO" form Italian President Of Republic

Mimmo insigned to the merit of "Cavaliere del lavoro" from Italian President of Republic

CONVERSANO - Where I live

TARANTO (where I Teach)

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY

Domenico Dragonetti "Gasparo da Salo'" 1590

before to be restored by the italian liuther

maestro SERGIO SCARAMELLI.

Click on the photo to redirect

Go at the end of the page about Michele Cellaro, or click on the photo for "Beatles Fantasy" (double bass and piano)

THE DOUBLE BASS BLOG

by Vito Liuzzi

CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM

VITO D. LIUZZI (Italy)

Professor of Double Bass

Journalist

Doctor of Law

 

ITALIAN BLOG about The Double Bass created by me ALSO IN ENGLISH

CLIK UNDER THIS MAIN TITLE

Journalist Order in Rome

Inscription in Italian National Order of public Journalist (ROME)

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Double Bass Links Page

STEFANO SCIASCIA

"Lux ex tenebris"

NEWS: The original Concerto in A maj by Domenico DRAGONETTI

LEON BOSH New CD

BOTTESINI vol. 2 (HR)

BOGUSLAV FURTOK

INTERVIEW part 4

GARY KARR and HENZE's CONCERTO for Db. and Orchestra

FREDERICK CHARLTON INTERVIEW

by Vito Liuzzi

ALL about GIOVANNI BOTTESINI (1821/1889)

Download the more important book about him (in Bottesini's pages)

ANTON TORELLO and his only recording 1932 ca.

"Go, read and listen about it in THOMAS MARTIN page"

BLOG the DOUBLE BASS

by Vito Liuzzi - Italian

click up

Video: Pino Ettorre plays the Gasparo da Salò 1590 (first time in the world)

ASAP Mr. THOMAS MARTIN INTERVIEW

Mr. MARTIN and his Ruggieri on the left

.. and the NEW CD by Thomas MARTIN & Timothy COBB

THE NUMBER 5

FREE DOWNLOAD

MICHELE CELLARO and HIS NEW TRANSCRIPTION: "AULD ROBIN GRAY" by Bottesini

Go to Michele Cellaro's page

and CONTRABASS POLKA by G. BOTTESINI

NEW CD - Gary Karr , Han Han Cho and Harmon Lewis play "Schumann at 39"

Click on to order it
Click above

GARY KARR

Basically TELEMANN

Leonardo Presicci "Cross over Bass"

"CROSS OVER BASS" by Leonardo PRESICCI. Website coming soon ..To order let write a mail to E.E.M. Edizioni if you're interested in it. Or click on the image to redirect..

Franco PETRACCHI

  The "MAGISTER"

The great book realized by FRANCO PETRACCHI. Imho the best book ever written for what concerning the Thumb Position. HR

In Bottesini's opinion these studies were impossible to play. Today it's possible thanks to Franco Petracchi technique. Every study is fingered and bowed by Maestro Petracchi.

A very good challange. HR

A great book with Mr. Petracchi's fingerings

NEWS - DANIELE ROCCATO interview

JOEL QUARRINGTON - "Garden Scene" and an incredible technical Digital recording

Garden Scene

SILVIO DALLA TORRE interview

DVD - Click on the image to order it

FREDERICK CHARLTON his works and free transcriptions. Go to his personal page

Click on the photo to enlarge or go to Frederick Charlton's page.

Interview with LEON BOSCH

Interview with MICHAEL WOLF

Interview with PINO ETTORRE

Principal double bass in "La Scala " theatre in Milano

NEWS - Interview with CATALIN ROTARU

Free Downloads

"SCONCERTO" by TROVAJOLI

Just Incredible. NEWS. Fantasia sulle canzonette di Rossini by Bottesini (see Michele Cellaro)

SOME STUDIES by GUIDO GALLIGNANI

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News - ITALO CAIMMI STUDIES

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All Bottesini's compositions

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NEWS by GARY KARR

Two transcriptions by Gary & Harmon for free download

HOW BOTTESINI PLAYED IN THUMB POSITION

Click to internal link

THE NEW ITALIAN FORUM

Click above

Maestro M. CELLARO -free download

"Concerto a due Contrabbassi"

by ARPESANI & BOTTESINI

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NEWS

STEFANO SCIASCIA INTERVIEW

... also in ENGLISH

NEWS - Stefano Sciascia's Interview

AN INCREDIBLE NEWS - SERGIO SCARAMELLI and the SOUND of DRAGONETTI "GASPARO from SALO' 1590'' !!!

For FIRST TIME in ALL OVER THE WORLD it's possible to LISTEN TO  D. DRAGONETTI's 

"GASPARO da SALO' 1590"(the birth of the doublebass), restored from the italian liuther SERGIO SCARAMELLI (doublebass situated in "Basilica di San Marco" Venice -Italy)

 

Link to the site, and directly you will listen, FOR THE FIRST TIME in all over the WORLD, to the SOUND of D.DRAGONETTI's "Gasparo da Salo'  1590'

- SERGIO SCARAMELLI has been the first liuther in the world who has restored this instrument. 

 

To read the complete review go to "Miscellaneous part 2", if you like!

 

 

THOMAS MARTIN and his new CDs Collection for Naxos

THOMAS MARTIN - click on the picture above to read about the Maestro.

In the second Cd maestro FRANCO PETRACCHI like performer and conductor of the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

NEWS: The NUMBER 5

and .... Timothy Cobb

DANIELE ROCCATO

To link click on the image
Click on the image

 

HR

PIRASTRO

Thanks to PIRASTRO for their kindness. Click on the image above

My brief observations about Obligato. Click on the photo.

"G" not like Gary but "Genius"!

KARR PLAYS DVORAK CELLO CONCERTO with ORCHESTRA

Simply Amazing

FREDERICK CHARLTON

Recorded with gut strings

Maestro Karr has appreciated a lot this recording

LEON BOSCH

News - Interview with Leon Bosh by Vito Liuzzi

Click on the last photo to know more

MICHAEL WOLF

MICHAEL WOLF BOOK, if you like click on to Schott Edition
Click on the photo to read my considerations about maestro Wolf 's Method

PIERMARIO MURELLI

Interview with maestro MURELLI

PIERMARIO MURELLI - "Nuova didattica per contrabbasso " Ed. Ricordi (click on the picture to read more). A very innovative method that doesn't begin in the first half position.Maestro Murelli is Professor of Conservatory in Milan Read my interview, it's very interesting.

Asap in English.

ALFREDO TREBBI

ALFREDO TREBBI - Novissimo manuale semiserio per contrabbasso (click on the picture above to read more)

Giuseppe "Pino" Ettorre

PINO ETTORRE (Principal Doublebass in "LA SCALA" THEATRE. Downloads (clicking on his image above you'll discover a lot of very interesting free music and much more)

CASTORE e POLLUCE

Pino Ettorre
Giuseppe Ettorre Cd vol.1

Stefano Sciascia

Stefano Sciascia

"The legends about this concerto say it's Nanny's work, not Dragonetti's. This work has nothing to do with other Dragonetti's works and it's not among the Drag's manuscripts in the British Museum's library."

 

 Here maestro Sciascia has recorded in first absolute the " authentic" Concert in Amajor for db. and "strings" (more two bassons and two horns) by Domenico Dragonetti (no.3).

About the other concerto "more famous" I have some doubts about the real composer: surely he was a work by E. Nanny.

 

 

 

Giorgio Dini (Jazz or ?)

Giorgio DINI Jazz or what other else?!
Two stereophonic doublebass Click on the cover

KLAUS STOLL

DVD- KLAUS STOLL

Gabriele Ragghianti

Gabriele Ragghianti CD - All about Bottesini

Massimo Giorgi

MASSIMO GIORGI - click on the picture to know more details

Ludwig Streicher

LUDWIG STREICHER - click on the picture for more details
The great Streicher

In "Memoriam" of OVIDIU BADILA

Visit his site to know more

BOGUSLAW FURTOK

MARK MORTON

ASODB - click on the photo

CONTRABBASSO 1590 (new)

Created by myself, that's Vito

Don't click on the picture ... a lot of spywares!

CATALIN ROTARU

Interview with Catalin Rotaru

To link "universe CD" click above

JOEL QUARRINGTON

Playing in fifths
To know more click on
Click on the cover

SILVIO DALLA TORRE (CD &DVD)

Click on the picture to learn more

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01 December 2008