Typically Teppo 2 (Softcover Book)

Five short works utilising the orchestral range of the double bass. Eachhas its own character and message to convey, employing technical and mu sical challenges in the lower range of the instrument. '...a wealth ofperformance techniques to study...Each piece is complete in itself, and the set is full of interesting challenges: do try it.' [ESTA News & Vie ws] 'Teppo Hauta-aho's Typically Teppo 2 is particularly interesting because the pieces within it serve as good introductions to techniques common to many of Hauta-aho's more advanced pieces, such as left-hand pizzicato, glissandi, strummed chords, and so forth. A young, intermediate-level bassist, perhaps motivated by watching performances of Hauta-aho's more difficult compositions, could handle the material very well and be instantly satisfied by their ability to perform this composer's 'typical' and appealing techniques.' [Double Bassist] Trinity-Guildhall Grade 8(Audition Fantasy) Performance Level: 5;6;8 Finnish composer and bas sist Teppo Hauta-aho, is the most prolific bass composer of our time andsince the 1970s has composed almost 300 works for double bass - spannin g the entire range of standards from beginner to virtuoso. Teppo Hauta-aho was born in 1941 and studied double bass with Orvo Hyle and Oiva Nummelin in Finland, and Frantisek Posta in Prague. He played with the Helsinki Philharmonic between 1965 and 1972, and the Finnish Opera Orchestrafrom 1975 to 2000. He is an active recitalist, both classical and jazz, has given more than 300 recitals with his duo partner, Carita Holmström , and is at the cutting edge of modern improvisation - performing with leading improvisers throughout the world. Finnish composer Harry Wessmanwrites: 'As a composer, Teppo Hauta-aho has always been his own teacher , basing his technical knowledge on his wide practical musicianship as an orchestral player, chamber and jazz musician. It would not be an exaggeration to claim that he was the jazz bassist most in demand in Finland in the 1970s, and a few of his works are pure jazz compositions. But thecompositional techniques and musical means used in the majority of his works originate in an unusual openness for any devices. Along with modern techniques, his source of inspiration include all the previous stylistic periods in European music, impulses from Oriental music and, of course, jazz. His own instrument, the double bass, has profited especially from his rich inventiveness in finding new means to conjure forth unusual sounds from the instrument, and in applying them in an artistically meaningful and striking way.' Hauta-aho's music has been performed extensively in Finland and abroad, notably in America, Britain, Germany, France,Czech Republic, Soviet Union, Australia and Switzerland. His most famou s work Kadenza (1978) has achieved cult-like status, is recognised universally as a 20th-century classic, and is the most performed contemporarywork for double bass.