An Urtext Edition and a Practical Performance Edition for Double Bass (based on the urtext), of Franz Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata, D. 821

This document focuses on the transcription and error correction of Franz Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, creating: 1) An urtext version from the 1824 manuscript and, based on that: 2) A performance edition for double bass with the goal of remaining faithful as practical to the original manuscript while making the necessary adaptations for the instrument. The impetus for this study stems from the existing double bass transcriptions that contain numerous inconsistencies across versions compared to the original manuscript, including missing/extra accents, staccatos, dynamics, wrong notes and wrong octaves. The performance edition is as faithful to the original as practically possible, incorporating minimal changes to ensure accuracy compared to the manuscript while adding adaptations that help performance on the double bass. With this and other double bass transcriptions, the solo part sounds an octave lower than the intended octave of the arpeggione. As a result, some octave changes were made in the piano's left hand to accommodate the lower range of the double bass, to avoid voice-crossing, avoid solo part/ bass line clashes, to maintain proper chordal inversions, and to open the tessitura for the double bass to project over the piano more easily. This transcription offers a high-quality, reliable version of the Arpeggione Sonata and will serve as a valuable contribution to the double bass solo literature. For the programs: 1. Double Bass Sonata No. 2 in E minor - Adolf Mišek. 2. Cello Suite No. 3 - Johann Sebastian Bach. 3. Dueto in D major - Gioachino Rossini. 4. Concerto No. 2 in E major - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf. 5. Kadenza, a Fantasy for Double Bass Solo - Tempo Hauta-Aho. 6. Grande Allegro di Concerto "Alla Mendelssohn" - Giovanni Bottesini. 7. Divertimento in C Major, MH 27 – Johann Michael Haydn. 8. Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 – Ludwig van Beethoven 9. “Arpeggione” Sonata, D. 821 – Franz Schubert