Double bass

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039150
- info:lc/authorities/sh85039150
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85039150#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Bass (Stringed instrument)
- Bass viol
- Contrabass
- Stand-up bass
- String bass
- Upright bass
Broader Terms
- Bowed stringed instruments
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb119600781
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4032300-6
Sources
- found: Ranjbaran, B. Ballade for unaccompanied contrabass, c1999.
- found: New Grove, 2nd ed. WWW site, Dec. 19, 2001 (Double bass (bass, contrabass, stand-up bass, string bass, upright bass): largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in use; has four or (less often) five strings tuned in 4ths and sounds an octave lower than the cello)
LC Classification
- ML920-ML925
- MT320-MT334
Change Notes
- 2001-12-19: new
- 2002-02-02: revised

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