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  • History Of The Double Bass In Canada

    I like this line best of all:

    "The fiddle was regarded as the devil's instrument to snare the young into the dance; but a bass viol was not in the same category because consecrated to the service of God."

    Ain't it the truth!


    The Canadian Encyclopedia has a wonderful section devoted to the Double Bass.

    Double-Bass

    Double-bass (contrabass, string bass, bass viol). The largest viol and the largest bowed-string instrument. The double-bass continues to occupy a significant place in Canadian music, not only in orchestral and other classical music but also in jazz.

    The Sulpician organist of Notre-Dame in Montreal, Jean Girard, noted in a song book a tuning system that corresponds with that of the bass viol or bass percussion, leading to the supposition that the instrument could have been present in Montreal 1724-65 (La Vie musicale, p. 172-3).

    The Double-Bass in 19th-Century Canada

    In her book Old-time Primitive Methodism in Canada (1829-1904) (Toronto 1894), R.P. Hopper reiterates the commonly held belief that the fiddle was regarded as 'the devil's instrument to snare the young into the dance; but a bass viol was not in the same category because consecrated to the service of God.' The double-bass therefore was a favourite instrument to accompany hymn singing in 19th-century parish churches, but it did not come into general secular use until late in that century, when orchestras and larger performing ensembles began to be organized.

    Many double-bass players began by studying other instruments, developed proficiency on the string bass only later in their careers, and were self-taught. Some doubled as tuba players; several in fact have been bandmasters. Bass players active in Quebec City and Montreal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries included Joseph-Arthur Boucher, T.-O. Dionne, Guillaume Gagnier, C. Hardelin, Nazaire LeVasseur, and Léon Wathieu. In Calgary in the late 19th century C.W. McMillan and George Mitchell played bass in early orchestral ensembles.

    Read the entire article HERE.
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