829: Chris West on Bottesini in Britain

<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://chriswestbass.com/">Chris West</a> has released a new book titled <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099XGJS3H/"><em>The Paganini of the Double Bass: Bottesini in Britain</em></a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> This book tells the complete life story of Bottesini, with a huge amount of supporting material from periodicals of the time and a chronological listing of all of Bottesini’s double bass compositions.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We talk about the idea for this book, how Chris went about this research and what he learned in the process, fascinating facts about Bottesini’s life that Chris uncovered in the process, and much more.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Enjoy, and be sure to <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099XGJS3H/">check out the book on Amazon</a>, learn about the backstory <a href= "https://chriswestbass.com/2021/07/23/my-new-biography-of-bottesini/"> on Chris’ website</a>, and Chris’ <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrF-FUbSwOs">accompanying video about playing Bottesini arpeggios on the bass</a>!</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s2"><a href= "http://smarturl.it/cbcpodcast?ck_subscriber_id=90309136"><em>Subscribe to the podcast</em></a></span> <span class="s1"><em>to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!</em></span></p> <p class="p5"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><em>Check out our</em> <a href= "https://gumroad.com/dbbpublications?sort=newest"><em>Online Sheet Music Store</em></a> <em>with 100+ wide-ranging titles for bassists.</em></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p6"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle</em></a><em>.</em></span><span class= "s4"><br /></span></p> <p class="p7"><span class="s1"><em>Check out my</em> <a href= "https://courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/beginners-classical-ba