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Recording for ABC, with Nancy
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Vol. III, co-edited by
Turetzky and Barney Childs, Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1975.
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Vol. VI, co-edited by
Turetzky and Barney Childs, Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1985.
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Vol. IV, co-edited by
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Vol. II, co-edited by
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Vol. V, co-edited by
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Vol. I, co-edited by Turetzky and Barney Childs, Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1974.
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He is married to flutist Nancy Turetzky, and they have two sons and a daughter, and live in
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Turetzky first recorded in 1964, featuring the work of American composers
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which spoke to the early development of jazz bass playing.
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Contemporary American composers. A biographical dictionary
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Celestial Variations on Charles Ives' Serenity (1919)
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532:, written for Turetzky, Brewster Records, 1982.
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178:, Turetzky has co-edited a book series called
862:, First edition. R. R. Bowker, New York 1983.
279:. His former students include bass virtuosos
924:Bertram Turetzky: A Different View Interview
892:Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
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596:Second Avenue Productions, San Diego, 1992.
592:Recording, Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble,
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631:by Iannis Xenakis, Neuma Records, 1994.
496:Trio for Violin, Contrabass & Piano
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827:20th Century Ukrainian Violin Music
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313:Selected discography
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292:Del Mar, California
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