Three Pieces for Double Bass
Double Bass - Sheet Music

Double Bass and Piano - Intermediate-Advanced

SKU: FP.FCI01

Composed by Ida Carroll. Sheet Music and Books. An ever popular set of contrasting pieces for Double Bass, featuring a Fantasia, Toccata and Bolero. The work features on the Trinity College and ABRSM Grade 6 syllabi. Classical. Collection. Forsyths Publications #FCI01. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FCI01).

ISBN 9790570500253.

A popular set of contrasting pieces, featuring a Fantasia, Toccata and Bolero, that continues to be an essential staple of the double bass repertoire. It is currently listed on the ABRSM and Trinity Grade 6 syllabi.

Double bassist, educator and composer Ida Carroll was a powerhouse in the 20th Century Manchester musical scene. The daughter of pioneering musical educationalist and composer Walter Carroll, from 1956-1972 She was President of the Northern School of Music, and played a central role in overseeing the merger of that school with the Royal Manchester College of Music to found the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in 1973. As a composer, she wrote several works for the double bass which have become a part of the standard repertoire for that instrument and are regularly featured on ABRSM and Trinity examination syllabuses.