Alternate Spelling:

Torovaioli, Armando
Trovadoli, Armando
Tovaioli, Armando
Trovaioli, Armando

LC Authority:

Trovajoli, Armando

National:

Italian

Dates:

September 2, 1917, Rome, Italy – February 28, 2013, Rome, Italy

Activity:

Composer

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Compositions:

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        Solo & Ensemble:

• “Sconcerto” Suite per Contrabasso e Orchestra (2002)

Tuning:

Solo Tuning

Movements:

Tempo di blues
Allegretto
Pavane
Scherzo

Editions:

Sconcerto: Per Contrabbasso E Orchestra. Piano reduction by Roberto De Leonardis. Milano: Ricordi, 2002.

Bibliography:

Lombardi, Luca. A Practical Guide for Double Bass Players: Analytical Studies on Sconcerto by Armando Trovajoli. D.M.A. Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, 2016. Download Link

Zayas, Nestor E. The Most Significant Concertos for Double Bass Written Since 1970: Reviews and Performance Approaches. D.M. Dissertation, Florida State University, 2010. p. 80-82. Download Page

Sconcerto from Trovajoli page – Info Page

Commissioned:

By Franco Petracchi

Premiere:

Franco Petracchi, soloist ; Symphonic Orchestra della Provincia di Bari, Bari, Italy, 2002.

Audio Samples

• Tempo di Blues
• Allegretto
• Pavane
• Scherzo

Noted Performances:

Alexander Ritter, soloist ; Orquestra Sinfônica da Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Teatro UCS, Caxias do Sul, Brazil, May 12, 2016.

Video Samples

• Tempo di Blues
• Allegretto
• Pavane
• Scherzo

Recordings:

Sonata Für Kontrabass Und Klavier. amb 96907, Utting: Ambitus Musikproduktion, 2008. CD.

[ Jens Bomhardt, Double Bass ; Roberto Paruzzo, Piano. The CD features Trovajoli’s “Sconcerto” in arrangement for solo bass and piano, and along the bass sonatas by Hindemith and Proto ]

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Associated with:

Franco Petracchi