Dear collegues,

thank you all, who answered to my question!
(Well, I did not mean "Pieces for choir with
doubled bass i.e. SATBB, but for SATB +
string-bass)

The two pieces I already knew before, are:

1. Rolf Schweizer: Sanctus (SSATTBB + string-bass
+ flute + vibes) Haenssler Vlg. Stuttgart/Germany

2. Ronald Antenrieth: Pater noster (SATB +
string-bass) Ed. Music Contact


Here are the results of your answers:

Dave Brubeck:
Light in the Wilderness (also needs piano,
percussion).

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Rene Clausen:
My Luve is Like a Red Red Rose

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Brad Nelson:
Choral transcription of Vaughan Williams'
"Rhosymedre" (originally for organ), set to a
Latin text for SATB Choir and Double Bass. see
http://www.gladdemusic.com/alleluia.htm

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George Shearing:
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind - with piano and bass

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Heinz Werner Zimmermann:

Psalm 23
Psalm 100
Psalm 148
Psalmkonzert
Four Advent (Christmas) motets
Two Motets

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We are doing Vijay Singh's Dance Today With Joy
this season, and planning to
use a double bass to carry a wonderful hemiola
figure through most of the
piece (it's written for the piano, but a bass will
be fantastic.) Published
by National Music Publishers.

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Song for athene, i think has a double bass part,
but its really easy. its
the one they sang at princess diana's funeral.

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There is a jazzy set of three Christmas pieces for
choir and bass by, I
think, Henze? They are in German.

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I also have a *Hodie Christus Natus Est* for that
combination (SSATBB, treble
choir, cb, opt brass 4tet or keyboard & opt
drumset) that is in the style of
HWZ. Please let me know if this would be of
interest.

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French church music for choir, organ and double
bass (and sometimes harpa) in the second half of
19th century (Fauré)

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And some collegues suggested to do pieces by
Schuetz or Bach (Jesu, meine Freude) with
douhble-bass.

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You all helped me very much. I ordered many of
those pieces at my music store.
In autumn I will do a concert (with my chamber
choir CAPPELLA VOCALE NEUWIED) with pieces of this
list.

Dankemercithankyougraciaseucharistobedanktgrazieta
k!

Thomas

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Thomas Schmidt, Kantor und Kapellmeister
Church-Musician at Marktkirche, Neuwied/Germany
t-schmidt(a)gmx.de
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