Double

Bass Concerto No.1

Ed. Isaac Trapkus Transcribed from the manuscripts for bass and piano/orchestra Giovanni Bottesini
(b.1984) (1821-1889)
version: 2021/1/12

Editor's Note: There are 4 surviving manuscripts of this piece - each with different markings. The manuscript in F♯ minor for bass and
piano is visually the cleanest version, but also contains the most wrong notes - possibly the work of a copyist. This edition takes the
common elements from each manuscript while giving some extra weight to the markings of the F♯ minor piano version, since, despite
its faults, it is likely the most recent version. This part does not contain any additional intepretive markings of my own.

I
          
     

 
         

Allegro moderato

         
    
        
3 3

     



   
dim.


   
84





 
 
  
           

                   
   
3

 
    
3

      
 


dim.

 
93

                     

                       


   
98

    
 

                    
           
poco trattenuto

      
104

  
       

              
            
a tempo


108 3
3

             

 
    
 

     
114 3
3


         
   
3

    
3


cresc.

     
121 3
3

3


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   
 
   
     
  
  
 
     

       

127

  
    
               


               

 
  
131

           

         


    
133


 
3 3 3 3


       
                     

  3
137 3

3 3 3 3 3

         


 

 
3

  
dim.

           


   
141

         
3 3

    
3

          
  

  
    

  

149
3

  
              
3 3

      


 
poco rall.


poco rall.
155

        

   
3 3 3


      
             
 
           
a tempo


*)

 
161

   
        
      
 

 

            
dim.

 
 
 
      
   
 
 
164


*) Since this double-stop is not playable with harmonics, it is reasonable to assume the bottom note is to be played the first time
and the top note is to be played the second time.
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    
  
  
                           
168

          
 

                 
      
171


                     
cresc.

  
             
174

            


             
      
       
180
3 3

       
    
3

      
cresc.

    
3

     
       
186

  
                 
dim.

       


       
193

           
                     



196

 
         


 
     
          
199 3 3

     
 

                          

204 3 3
3 3

 
  
     
3


  3 3 3 cresc.

         
            
   
  
208 poco tratto

3
 cresc.

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    3   3       
                   
           
218 *) 3

3   
              
     


     
       
poco tratto **)
226
3

    
           
       
          
231

 
 
                   
                  
         

234

        
                              
     
238

    
    
               
   
                
241

                  
            



    
***)


247

  
 
                   
  
   
 
                     

251

       
                            
 
 
255

       
         trattenuto 
   
  
cresc.

     
258

con forza 3
 
*) This pickup is a quarter note in the manuscripts for full orchestra.
**) The last two triplet notes of this measure are written as a dotted 8th and 16th in the orchestral manuscripts.
***) There is no B (Si) in the orchestral manuscripts and the preceding E (Mi) is instead an 8th note.
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          
Cadenza 
                    
 
 
         
266

               
       
       
   



          
272


        
 
     

          
   
     
 
278

        
         



             
          
 
281

           

         
         
   


   

  
284

                     
               

287

           
3

 
3


3

    
3

 
sostenuto

    
290

      
       
    
cresc.

        
292

         
             

 grandioso

         
295

                  
3


 
 cresc.

        
3
accellerando



299



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  
 
 
       
      
    
302

           
3

           


 
         
305

33 3 3 3

                         
3 

     
con forza
poco rit.


308

   *)
    
       
      


          
         
 
    
      

311 quasi a tempo

             
     
            





 
        
  

317

            
 
 

 
           
  
  crescendo

         
  
     
trattenendo
320

                                  

  

324

      
   
crescendo

     
         
                     
 
327
3 3

ritenuto
 
3 3

    
3 3


    
   
        
332 3
3

*) There is no E (Mi) in the orchestral manuscripts and the preceding A (La) is instead an 8th note
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     
                
II

 

Andante

   
poco rall.        
                     
    


  

11


                                    
        
   
  
cresc. dim.


    
13

  
   
          
         
                        
15
3

 
           


      
                                
17

     

    

cresc.

         
 
19

 
    
    
      
                            


  
20

        
                    
  
        

22

 
                            
 

 
          
*)
25

     
                                           


28


*) This 16th note is a rest in the orchestral manuscripts
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  

    
          
      
       
31

                 
 
     


 
         
  
34

               
   
                    


      
36

                  
                    


 
39

  
          
                                


 
poco rit.
42

            
          
  
a tempo


45

            
         
    


      
51

  


           

      
dim.

 
     
 
53

     
                  

rall.


56

           
    
     
58

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     
III
         

           

Allegro con fuoco

          
              

brillante 

     
32


            
  
     
    
scherzoso  


           
37

               
        
 
cresc.

   
41

        
          
       
 

          
46

  
    
           
              
50

   
           
  
             


      
54

 
                        
  
        
cresc.


60

             
   
      

  

 
  
        
66

              



    
                   
71

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  
                   


    


75

                  
        
78

                
81
         

           *)      
          
84


     
    
                   
 

 
89


        
       
        
93

            
dolce

  

          
114

  
     
           

 

    
121

   
   
 cresc.  

  
    
           
 
132

      

 

   
         
 
138


*) In the orchestral manuscripts, this D (Re) is instead a G♯ (Sol♯), a diminished 5th lower, and it is slurred into the A (La).
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                
            
  
144

             

      


   
149

   
                
      


   

153

            
cresc.

                     
158

   
  
          
           
  
     
     
 cresc.


162

       
            





           
   
167


         
   
      
  
     


 

      

175

           
         
 
     
            



183

       
            
               
scherzoso

 
188

        

 
          
         
   
193

    
                               
cresc.  

 
202

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    
      
       
      
      
  
212


                              
   



 
 
219


                              
 
   
223


                                     


227

  

     
                               
 cresc.

  
231

          
    
      
            

    
 
236

               
 
 
      
        

*)
242

  
                          
              
      
246

     
      
               
cresc.


               

251

   
   
                
255

*) In place of the last two beats of m. 245, the G minor piano manuscript has descending separate 8th notes: D-C-A-F#,
and then up a half-step to a quarter-note G on the downbeat of m. 246.
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