BRAHMS | two songs from Op. 19: Der Kuss, No.1 (The Kiss) and An eine Äolsharfe, No.5 (To an Aeolian Harp) | adapted for double bass and piano, PDF music for 5 different tuning variants
LYRICS by Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748-1776) and Eduard Mörike (1804-1875), PDF file includes the lyrics in original language (German) that can be copied and translated in any online translation service (like deepl.com)
FILE FORMAT: PDF | 600 dpi
RELEASE: final
SCORES: Double Bass part | 12 pages
TUNING VARIANTS: GDAE (without transposition), transp. in D flat (A flat, E flat, B flat, F),transp. in D (AEBF#), transp. in F (cGDA) and transp. in G (dAEB)
SOURCE: first release by N. Simrock, Bonn (meanwhile in public domain) piano score is available for free in the internet
COMMENTS: This PDF music includes only double bass parts, made for an instrumental version (instead of the singing voice). Double bass part includes some slurs and articulations added by myself. Editor's note is included. All parts sound in original key.
This is how this version sounds (I've used in this recording the high C tuning):
Layout of the printed PDF score:
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