Evaluation of the stylistic path of authors of concertos composed for double bass and orchestra in XVIII-XX centuries

Abstract

The choice of the following subject is conditioned by the artistic practice itself. The double bass not only being today an indispensable element of symphony and chamber orchestras, of different instrumental ensembles (trio, quartets, quintets, etc.), but also as a soloistic instrument, whose expressive possibilities as a soloist and participant in the instrumental dialogue reveals the genre of concerto for this instrument. The concerto has been and remains an object widely explored both by musical practice, through the creation of composers and the work of performers, and by musicological science by examining the most diverse aspects of the genre in numerous studies conducted by researchers in different countries. The dialogic character of narrating, the highlighting of the solo interpretation, and the realization of the principal of the artistic act are most frequently called as specific features of the concerto. The genre of the instrumental concerto is a suitable field for the investigation and experiments of the composers, for the manifestation of the artistic potential of the performers, as well as for the application of the analytical abilities of the researchers.