Further Reading

Beyond the Moldenhauer Collection, Northwestern University Libraries hold material related to the life and music of Domenico Dragonetti as part of our general and special collections. See the limited source list below to further your own study.

Links lead to Northwestern Libraries catalog.

Biography & Analysis

Fiona M. Palmer, Domenico Dragonetti in England (1794-1846): The Career of a Double Bass Virtuoso (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997).

           Paul Nemeth, The Early Publication History of Domenico Dragonetti. DMA Dissertation, Northwestern University, 2019.

 
Original compositions, arrangements

Dragonetti, Domenico. Pezzo di concerto:fur Kontrabass und Orchester. Wien:  Doblinger,[1974].

Dragonetti, Domenico. Andante, menuetto und rondo: fur Contrabass Solo und Pianoforte. Wien : Doblinger, 1970.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Grand concerto. Wien: Doblinger, 1967.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Adagio and Allegretto: doublebass and piano. Wien: Doblinger, 1970.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Grande allegro: fur Kontrabass und Streicher. Wien: Doblinger, 1968.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Grande allegro: fur Kontrabass und Klavier. Wien: Doblinger, 1968.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Six waltzes for double bass alone. New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1976.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Solo in D-dur fur Kontrabass and Klavier. Wien: Doblinger, 1964.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Duo for cello and double bass. New York: McGinnis & Marx, 1960.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Adagio und Rondo, A-Dur, fur Kontrabass und Orchester. Wien: Doblinger, 1981.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Konzert fur Kontrabass und Klavier. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, 1954.

Dragonetti, Domenico. Andante und Rondo, fur Kontrabass und Streicher. Wien: Doblinger, [1966].

Ricciuti, Mario. Cadenze: per il concerto in LA maggiore: contrabbasso di Domenico Dragonetti. Bologna: Bongiovanni, 1985.

Beethoven, Ludwig van. The celebrated transcription of Sonata in A for pianoforte (Kreutzer), op. 47. St. Leonards on Sea, Sussex, Eng.: R. Elgar, 1965.

 
Other special collections

Asioli, Bonifazio. Elementi per il contrabasso con una nuova maniera di digitare. [1830].

Beethoven, Ludwig van. The obligato violin part of Beethoven’s p-forte sonata in A. [between 1805 and 1846].

Dragonetti, Domenico. Miscellaneous sketches [between 1778 and 1846].