Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – Duetto (Viola & Double Bass)

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) – Duetto für Viola und Kontrabaß in Es-Dur, Kr. 219 Bratsche – Izumi Hosokawa Kontrabaß – Kikuya Takemoto Original Video:    • Dittersdorf duet in E-flat for Viola and D...   This Score is available in PDF on the ContrebasseClassique website. Click here for all details: https://www.contrebasseclassique.com/... Details by the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra: https://www.hhso.org/program-notes/ap... Born in Vienna, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf started his musical career as violinist in the Vienna Opera Orchestra under opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, then went on to become Hofkomponist (Court Composer) in Johannesberg (today Javornik in the Czech Republic). He spent most of his productive life in various posts in the Czech hinterland, playing the violin, staging plays and operas and composing prodigiously. To augment his meager income, one of his princely sponsors appointed him lifetime Forstmeister (Forest superintendent). In one of his trips to Vienna, Dittersdorf is said to have met Haydn, Mozart and Vanhal and the four composers spent time together playing string quartets. In his old age, suffering severely from gout, Dittersdorf dictated his autobiography to his son, finishing it two days before he died. Dittersdorf was a prolific composer, with dozens of operas, at least 43 concertos and at least 120 sure symphonies under his belt – there are 90 others that are doubtful. He was an inveterate self-promoter and his music, especially his operas, were popular in his day. But after his death his name quickly faded. #violamusic #stringduo #dittersdorf #doublebassmusic #duos #duetto