Symphony Solos brings together six double bass solos from Haydn’s Symphonies. Primarily in bass clef and aimed at the intermediate bassist, these short solos are ideal as study or concert use and introduce bassists to popular solos from the classical orchestral repertoire.

The double bass, or more accurately the violone, was used as a soloist on a number of occasions in symphonies by Haydn. Nowadays usually played on a modern double bass tuned in fourths (GDAE), it is likely they were origina...