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DIRECTORY / LIBRARY
OF FAMOUS HISTORICAL
CELLISTS
Volume VI
(1946 – 1975)
DIRECTORIO / BIBLIOTECA
DE VIOLONCELLISTAS
HISTORICOS FAMOSOS
Volumen VI
(1946 – 1975)
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ENGLISH The johnstone-music
DIRECTORY / LIBRARY
OF FAMOUS HISTORICAL CELLISTS
PRESENTATION:
Throughout history a number of interesting books have been published on the Cello – its
origins, the performers, the makers/luthiers, and the repertoire. However, when
reference is made to cellists they are almost always classified and organized according to
national music ‘schools’. There has always been a necessity to see a real list of those
contemporary cellists in each era in chronological form, with details of professional
positions or activities, and this is exactly what johnstone-music offers with this unique
presentation.
IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY NOTE:
Many people will probably simply browse with curiosity through this wonderful list of
cellists who had such important careers in their time. However, it’s always a good idea to
be able to do an easy search for a particular cellist that interests you! All individual
inclusions of this library of cellists are in chronological order, following the order of the
year of death. Why this method, and not by the more commonly used birth-year as a
guide? Well, some cellists were child prodigies and already famous in their teens, whilst
others took several decades before establishing themselves. Some enjoyed a very long
life, such as Pau Casals, and were very active after reaching 65 years old – others
unfortunately did not even reach 65 years old (or a few even to barely half this number).
That is to say that sometimes cellists of a same birth year often did not coincide
musically at all. Therefore this present system is probably a much more accurate guide of
their real working periods and their musical influences.
The chances are that you will probably not know exactly where to find the cellist you are
searching for, though you probably know his/her musical period.
Therefore, each volume gives all names with life-spans of a particular period at the
beginning in alphabetical order, and from this you will be easily able to ascertain the
relevant years for a more detailed entry. If the cellist that you are looking for is not
where you imagine it to be, then try the previous or following period/volume. Enjoy!
The order of text information is as follows: it should be obvious to follow!
Name :
Dates :
Country:
Positions:
Premieres given-Dedications received:
Music/Publications:
Friendships:
Anecdotes:
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DIRECTORIO / BIBLIOTECA DE VIOLONCELLISTAS
HISTORICOS FAMOSOS
PRESENTACIÓN:
A lo largo de la historia se han publicado un número de libros interesantes sobre el
violoncello – sus orígenes, los intérpretes, sus lutieres y su repertorio. Sin embargo,
cuando se hace referencia a los violoncellistas, están casi siempre clasificados y
organizados según las ‘escuelas nacionales’ de violoncello. Siempre ha existido una
necesidad de ver una lista real de los cellistas contemporáneos en cada época de forma
cronológica (con sus respectivas posiciones o actividades), y esto es exactamente lo que
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NOTA IMPORTANTE PRELIMINARIA:
Probablemente mucha gente va a ojear con cierta curiosidad esta lista maravillosa de
violoncellistas quienes tuvieron unas carreras tan importantes en su tiempo. Sin
embargo, es una buena idea poder hacer una búsqueda fácil para un violoncellista en
particular que te interesa. Todas las inclusiones individuales de esta biblioteca cellística
están en orden cronológico,siguiendo el año de fallecimiento del cellista. ¿Y por qué este
método, y no el sistema más común del año de nacimiento? Pues, algunos violoncellistas
fueron prodigios y ya celebres casi de adolescentes, mientras que otros necesitaban
varias décadas antes de establecer sus nombres. Algunos disfrutaron de una vida muy
larga, como Pau Casals, y fueron muy activos después de cumplir 65 años – otros no
llegaban desgraciadamente ni a los 65 años de edad (algunos incluso apenas a la mitad de
este número).
Con todo esto queremos decir que algunas veces violoncellistas nacidos en el mismo año
no coincidieron musicalmente para nada. Por tanto, este sistema utilizado es
probablemente una guía mucho más fiel de sus periodos reales de trabajo y de sus
influencias musicales.
Probablemente no vas a saber exactamente dónde encontrar el violoncellista que buscas,
aunque tal vez sabrás de su época musical.
Así que el índice en cada volumen da todos los nombres (y fechas) al principio en orden
alfabético, y de esto puedes averiguar fácilmente los años relevantes e ir a su entrada más
detallada. Si el/la violoncellista que estás buscando no está donde lo imaginas, prueba el
periodo/volumen anterior o posterior ¡Disfrútalo!
El orden de información en los textos es el siguiente: ¡debería ser fácil de seguir!
Nombre:
Fechas:
País:
Posiciones:
Estrenos efectuados - Dedicatorias recibidas:
Música/Publicaciones:
Amistades:
Anécdotas:
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VOLUME VI
Cellists with year of death in period 1946 - 1975
VOLUMEN VI
Violoncellistas con año de fallecimiento 1946 - 1975
CELLISTS:
ADAMUS, Konrad Henryk (1880 – 1950)
ALBINI, Eugenio (1881 – 1966)
ALEXANIAN, Diran (1881 – 1954)
D’ARCHAMBEAU, Iwan (1879 – 1955)
BARJANSKY, Alexander (1883 – 1961)
BAZELAIRE, Paul (1886 – 1958)
BEDETTI, Jean (1883 – 1973)
BENEDETTI, Umberto (Giuseppe Giovanni) (1886 – 1964)
VAN DER BERG, Willem (1886 – 1970 {? dates unsure})
BONUCCI, Arturo (1894 – 1964)
BOURDON, (Joseph Charles) Rosario (1885 - 1961)
BRITT, Horace (1881 – 1971)
BRUNELLI, Nerio (1898 – 1965)
BUSCH, Hermann (1897 – 1975)
CAMERON, Douglas (1903 – 1974)
CASALS, Pau (Pablo) (1876- 1973)
CASAUX, Juan Ruiz (1889 – 1972)
CASSADÓ, Gaspar (1897 – 1966)
CASTRO, José María (1892 - 1964)
CREPAX, Gilberto (1890-1970)
CSUKA, Béla (1893 – 1957)
DANCZOWSKI, Dezyderiusz (1891 – 1950)
DAUBER, Adolf (Dol) (1894 – 1950)
DE’AK, Stephen (1897 – 1975)
DUQUETTE, Raoul (1879 – 1962)
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EISENBERG, Maurice (1900 – 1972)
ERAN (or HERAN) Bobuš (1907 – 1968)
FRIEDLANDER, Ernst (Peter) (1906 – 1966)
FUCHS, Carl (1865 – 1951)
GIARDA, Luigi Stefano (1868 – 1953)
GRAUDAN, Nicolai (1896 – 1964)
GRUMMER, Paul (1879 – 1965)
GUSOKOFF, Isadore (1900 – 1962)
HAAS, Robert (1901 – 1948)
HAHN, Paul (1875 – 1962)
HAMBOURG, Boris (1884 – 1954)
HARRISON, Beatrice (1892 – 1965)
HEIFETZ, Benar (1899 – 1974)
HINDEMITH, Rudolf (1900 – 1974) (later used name Hans Lofer)
HOCK, Johann C. (???? – 1946)
JAMES, Ivor (1882 – 1963)
KERPELY, Jenö (1885 – 1954)
KINDLER, Hans (1892 – 1949)
KNUSHEVITZKY, Svyatoslav (1907 – 1963)
KOZOLUPOV, Semyon (1884 – 1961)
KRASSET, Rudolf (1879 – 1954)
LARROCHA, Alfredo (1870 – 1946)
LEBELL, Ludwig (1872 – 1968)
LIER, Jacques Van (1875 – 1951)
MAHALEK, Dezsó (c.1891 – 1961)
MALKIN, Joseph (1879 – 1969)
MAMOTT, Isaac (1907 – 1964)
MARÉCHAL, Maurice (1892 – 1964)
MARÉS, Joaquim (1888 – 1964)
MUKLE, May (1880 – 1963)
NELLAND, Jean (1895 – 1965)
MÜNCH-HOLLAND, Hans (1899 – 1971)
NICASTRO, Oscar (1894 – 1971)
OBLACH, Camillo (1895 – 1954)
PACK, Rowland (Sterling) (1927 – 1964)
PALOTAI, Vilmos (1904 – 1972)
PICK, Hanns (1883 – 1957)
ROMERO MEJÍAS, Segismundo (1886 – 1974)
SÁDLO, Karel Pravoslav (1898 – 1971)
SAITO, Hideo (1902-1974)
SALMOND, Felix (1888 – 1952)
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SANDBY, Herman (1883 – 1966 {1965?})
SCHIFFER, Adolf (1873 – 1950)
SCHULZ, Walter (1893 – 1967)
SILVA, Luigi (1903 – 1961)
SKARZYNSKI, Karol (1873 – 1957)
SKOR, Maximilian (1877 – 1947)
SMITH, Leo (Joseph Leopold) (1881 – 1952)
SQUIRE, William Henry Squire (1871 – 1963) (W.H.Squire)
SUGGIA, Guilhermina (1885 – 1950)
TROWELL, Arnold (1887 – 1966)
VENTURA, Josep Soler (1872 – 1946)
VLIET, Cornelius Van (1889 – 1963)
WAGHALTER, Henryk (1869 – 1958)
WALENN, Herbert (1870 – 1953)
WILLEKE, Willem (1880 – 1950)
ZELENKA, Ladislav (1881 – 1957)
ZSÁMBOKI, Miklos (1890 – 1961)
Incomplete:
CANNING, Vera (???? - ????)
CENTOLA, ?. (1894 - ????)
CHIARAPPA, Luigi (1890 - ????)
DALRYMPLE, Alison (???? - ????)
DELCELLIER, Marthe (1904 - ????)
DROHOMIRECKI, Jozef (1897 - ????)
EVANS, (Charles) Warwick (???? - ????)
GAILLARD, Fritz (1875 - ????)
HUBERT, Marcel (???? - ????)
MOORE, John Moore (???? - ????)
PHILLIPS, Harvey (???? - ????)
REICHART, Beatrice (1903 - ????)
ROGERSON, Haydn (???? - ????)
SERRA, Dante (1891 - ????)
SUCH, Percy (1878 - ????)
VASKA, Bedrik (1879 - ????)
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Curiosities:
ADASKIN, John (1908 – 1964) - conductor and radio producer
ALTINK, Hendrik (1888 – 1966) - multi-instrument musician
BARBIROLLI, Sir John (Giovanni Battista) (1899 – 1970) – conductor
CUSSON, Gabriel (1903 – 1972) – theoretical musician and cellist
GEORGESCU, George (1887 – 1964)
GHEDINI, Georgio (1892 – 1965) – composer
HEMINGWAY, Ernest (Miller) (1899 – 1961) – author and jounalist
HINDEMITH, Gertrud (1900 – 1967) - amateur cello-playing wife of
composer Paul Hindemith
KODALY, Zoltan (1882-1967) – composer
LEIGH, Vivian - ‘English Southern Belle’ (1913 – 1967) – actress
(Van) LIER, Bertus (1906-1972) - composer
SEIBER, Mátyás György (1905 – 1960) - composer
SCHOENBERG, Arnold (1874 – 1951) – composer
TOSCANINI, Arturo (1867 – 1957) – conductor
VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor (1887 – 1959) – composer
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Cellists :
Alfredo Larrocha
1870 – 1946
Spain (Basque Country)
Professor Conservatoire of San Sebastian
Anecdotes:
* pupil of one of the Hekkings, in Paris.
* an important Spanish teacher, producing principal cellists for the orchestras of Madrid
and Bilbao.
Josep Soler Ventura
1872 – 1946
Spain (Catalonia)
Professor Barcelona Municipal Music School
Anecdotes :
* was teacher of Antonio Sala
Johann C. Hock
???? - 1946
Holland, later Great Britain
Cellist Catterall String Quartet (from 1910, with composer Bridge as second
violin!). Later played trios with Marjorie Westbury and Lelia Brittain, and duos
with pianist Lilian Niblette. Conductor Birmingham Philharmonic String
Orchestra
Anecdotes:
* owned a Stradivarius and a Grancini cello
Maximilian Skvor
1877 – 1947
Czech
Professor Brno Conservatoire
Robert Haas
1901 – 1948
Belgium
Pro Arte Quartet. Private quartet (with Dubois and Grumiaux) during war years.
Paganini Quartet.
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Premieres :
Bartok – String Quartet No. 4,
Martinu – Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
(note: both works dedicated to him and his Pro Arte quartet colleagues.)
Anecdotes :
* pupil of E. Jacobs (Brussels Conservatoire).
Hans Kindler
1892 – 1949
Holland (later USA)
Principal cello Charlottenburg Opera. Chamber music recitals with Ravel and
Rachmaninov. Principal cello Philadelphia Orchestra, Founder of National
Symphony Orchestra (Washington, USA) and was its chief conductor. Establisher
of The Kindler Foundation Trust Fund.
Premieres:
works by Schoenberg (cello part in ‘Pierrot Lunaire’), and by Ravel.
Bloch – Schelomo, Hebrew rhapsody for cello and orchestra.
Dedications:
Busoni/Bach – Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue for vlc/pno (dedicated by Busoni).
Martinu – Cello Sonata No. 3 (in memoriam).
Ornstein – Cello Sonata No.1, Op.52
Anecdotes:
* Played a solo with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at age 18.
* He orchestrated and recorded Cassado's "Frescobaldi Toccata."
* The key to him forming (in 1931) the National Symphony Orchestra was a concert given in
Washington, D.C using unemployed musicians!
* as conductor, had a repertoire of more than 700 orchestral works.
* believed to have taken his own life.
Adolf Schiffer
1873 – 1950
Hungary
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Quartet ‘Kemény’. Professor Budapest Music Academy.
Music/Publications:
Wrote a Cello School (1931).
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Popper (Budapest Music Academy).
INFORMATION BY TIBOR MOLNAR
Willem Willeke
1880 – 1950
Germany
Principal cello with several important orchestras, also conductor. Also became
physician! Kneisel quartet (succeeding Alwin Schroeder). Founder Elshuco Trio.
Director of Berkshire Music Festival (USA).
Dedications:
Wilhelm Jeral – Cello Concerto, Op.10 (c.1899)
Anecdotes:
* Performed Grieg – Sonata with composer, Brahms – Sonatas with composer, and SaintSaens – Cello Concerto No.1 with the composer conducting.
Konrad Henryk Adamus
1880 – 1950
Poland
Cellist, composer and conductor.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Klengel
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Guilhermina Suggia
1885 – 1950
Portugal
Soloist.
Premieres:
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Moor – Double Cello Concerto,
Moor – Suite for 2 Cellos,
Tovey – Sonata for Two Cellos (in all works received the dedication along with
Casals)
Friendships: F.L. Sinigaglia, David Popper, Donald Tovey
Anecdotes:
* sentimental partner of Pau Casals c.1906 – 1913
Article in JOHNSTONE-MUSIC Ref. No. VLC 18
Dezyderiusz Danczowski
1891 – 1950
Poland
Principal cello orchestras of Prague and Poznan. Principal cello Cincinatti
Orchestra (Ohio).
Anecdotes:
* pupil of A. Sládek, and J. Klengel.
Adolf (Dol) Dauber
1894 – 1950
Czech
Ledec String Quartet (with Ledec, Kohn and Kraus). Composer-arrangerconductor of the Dol Dauber Salon Orchestra
Music: many arrangements.
Anecdotes:
* father of Robert Dauber, promising cellist and composer, who died in Nazi persecution in
1945.
* the height of popularity for his salon orchestra were the 1920’s. However, there were
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serious efforts, including a recording of part of Bruckner’s 5 Symphony.
Carl Fuchs
1865 – 1951
Germany
Principal cello Scottish Orchestra, Glasgow. Principal cello Hallé Orchestra
(Manchester). Professor Manchester Royal College of Music. Schiever Quartet.
New Brodsky Quartet.
Premieres:
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Brahms – Trio in C Minor (British premiere).
Music/Publications:
Wrote a Cello method. Published a book of ‘Recollections’.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Riedel, A. Sládek, Cossman (Frankfurt Conservatory), Davidov.
* a keen exponent of the Davidov concertos.
* played under Richter, Mottl and Wagner (Bayreuth). Played before Queen Victoria at
Windsor Castle.
Jacques Van Lier
1875 – 1951
Holland (later Germany, Britain)
Principal cello Palais voor Volksvlijt Orchestra, Amsterdam. Member Basle
Orchestra. Principal cello Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Professor KlindworthScharwenka Conservatory. Founder Hollandisches Trio. Trio with M. Verne and
D. Melsa.
Dedications:
J.R. Horton – Suite for Two Cellos
Music/Publications: published a cello technique book.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Hartog and Giese
* admired by Max Bruch, Joachim, Scharwenka, Sinding and Popper.
Leo (Joseph Leopold) Smith
1881 – 1952
England, later Canada
Composer, cellist, writer, teacher. Member Hallé Orchestra. Member (later
principal cello) Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Professor Toronto Conservatoire.
Principal cello Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. Toronto Conservatoire String
Quartet (1929-41). Cellist Toronto string Quartette, Academy String Quartet.
Editor and magazine writer. Critic for ‘Globe and Mail’.
Music/Publications:
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Three musical theory text books: ‘Music Rudiments’, ‘Music of the 17 and 18
Centuries’, and ‘Elementary Part-Writing’.
Anecdotes:
* many student works, including an E minor Symphony, were lost.
* studied the cello with W.H. Priestley (Birmingham), then Carl Fuchs (Manchester).
* emigrated to Canada in 1910.
* in Toronto Conservatoire he taught cello, theory, composition and history !
* achieved proficiency on the Viola da gamba.
INFORMATION BY THE CANADIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA
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Felix Salmond
1888 – 1952
Great Britain (later U.S.A.)
Piano Quartet with Baeur, Huberman and Tertis. Trio with Paderewski and
Zimbalist. Professor Jeuillard School of Music (New York), Professor Curtis
Institute of Music.
Premieres:
Elgar - String Quartet,
Elgar – Piano Quintet,
Elgar – Cello Concerto.
Special friendships: Leonard Rose
Luigi Stefano Giarda
1868 – 1953
Italy (later Chile)
Principal cello La Scala Opera Orchestra, Milan. Professor Padova Musical
Institute. Professor Naples Conservatoire. Ferni String Quartet.
Music/Publications: various compositions and a harmony treatise.
Anecdotes :
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* pupil of Magini (Milan).
* performed as soloist in different European cities.
* in about 1920 he emigrated to Chile.
INFORMATION BY CARLOS FRUTUOSO
Herbert Walenn’s London Violoncello Orchestra (c. 1925)
Herbert Walenn
1870 – 1953
Great Britain
Founder of London Violoncello School, Professor Royal Academy of Music
(London).
Rudolf Krasset
1879 – 1954
Germany
Co-principal cello Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Principal cello Vienna Opera
Orchestra. Principal cello Boston Symphony Orchestra. Professor (conducting)
at Berlin Akademische Hochschule für Musik. Music Director of the Staatsoper
Hannover. Director Stockholm Symphony Orchestra.
Anecdotes:
* Played co-principal in Berlin Philharmonic sharing first desk with Anton Hekking, and
was made principal when Hekking left.
* He left the Boston Symphony Orchestra to prepare a conducting career.
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Diran Alexanian
1881 – 1954
Turkey (Armenian descent) – later France, U.S.A.
Assistant to Casals in The Ecole Normale de Musique Paris, Professor Peabody
Institute in Baltimore, Professor Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
Friendships: Brahms, Joachim, Casals, Enescu
Music/Publications:
Own original pieces, and important Cello treatise. Developed new aspects of cello
playing close in line to Casals.
Boris Hambourg
1884 – 1954
Russia, later Canada
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Hambourg Trio, Hambourg String Quartet.
Co-founder of the Hambourg
Conservatory of Music (later Director), Hart House String Quartet (1923-46).
Founder Toronto Music Lovers’ Club.
Music/Pyblications:
Wrote cello pieces (including 6 Preludes and 6 Russian Dances), and songs. Coth
edited with Alfred Moffat forgotten 18 cello literature.
Special friendships: Ysaÿe
Jenö Kerpely
1885 – 1954
Hungary (later USA)
Waldbauer String Quartet. Professor Academy of Music, Budapest.
Premieres:
Bartok – String Quartet No. 1
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Popper.
* Conservatoire teacher between 1913-18 and between 1928-48.
* lived in USA from 1948.
Camillo Oblach
1895 – 1954
Italy
Trio Pesarese. Professor Liceo Musicale of Bologna. Professorship at the Liceo
Paganini of Genoa. Nuovo Quartetto Bolognese. Member of the Accademia
Filarmonica (Teatro Comunale) of Bologna.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Cuccoli in Padua (Padova).
* teacher of Amedeo Baldovino
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Flonzaley String Quartet
Iwan d’Archambeau
1879 – 1955
Belgium (later USA).
Flonzaley Quartet.
Premieres:
American premieres of the following works: Wolf – Italian Serenade, Schoenberg –
D Minor Quartet, Stravinsky – 3 Pieces, and Milhaud etc. (?).
Anecdotes:
* pupil of father, Alfred Massau, Hugo Becker.
Karol Skarzynski
1873 – 1957
Poland
Principal cello Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Professor Cracow Conservatoire.
Music: own original works.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Klengel.
Ladislav Zelenka
1881 – 1957
Czech
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Sevcik Quartet. Czech Quartet. Professor Prague Conservatoire. Initial coorganizer and Professor Academy of Music Arts.
Anecdotes: Studied with Wihan, Burian and Becker.
Hanns Pick
1883 – 1957
Germany (later USA)
Principal cello Philadelphia Orchestra. Professor University of Michigan.
Anecdotes:
* only one season in the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Béla Csuka
1893 – 1957
Hungarian Trio of Berlin. Principal cello Budapest National Opera (from 1913).
Anecdotes:
* pupil of A. Schiffer and David Popper in Budapest Music Academy.
Henryk Waghalter
1869 – 1958
Poland
Principal cello Warsaw Opera theatre Orchestra.
Anedotes:
* pupil of Becker and Klengel.
* also cello professor, composer, and orchestral conductor.
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Paul Bazelaire
1886 – 1958
France
Professor Paris Conservatoire. Founder of Ensemble of 50 cellists.
Premieres:
Maurice Emmanuel – Cello Sonata (1921).
Music:
Many own original pieces and arrangements, plus several cello methods.
Friendships: Pau Casals
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Jules Delsart.
* teacher of Pierre Fournier.
* was largely considered to be the finest exponent of the Saint-Saens Cello sonatas.
1926 Paris, France. Left-to-right: Marguerite, Alexander
Barjansky, Suzy Bloch, Lucienne. (Photo by Ernest Bloch)
Alexander Barjansky
1883 – 1961
Russia
Soloist.
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Premieres:
Delius – Cello Concerto (perf. 1923),
Bloch – Suite for Cello and Piano (trans. from viola)
Dedications:
Bloch – Schelomo
Special friendships: Ernest Bloch
Semyon Kozolupov
1884 – 1961
Russia
Professor Moscow Conservatoire
Produced high level of students, including Rostropovich.
(Joseph Charles) Rosario Bourdon
1885 - 1961
Canada, later U.S.A.
Conductor, cellist, arranger, composer, record company executive. Member 1901-3 of
the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (1901-03). Member Philadelphia Orchestra
(1904-08). Member St Paul Symphony Orchestra (Minnesota) as cellist and
assistant conductor. Victor Talking Machine Co (the company’s house cellist).
Music director for Victor, sharing the position with Joseph Pasternak. Conductor
Victor Concert Band, the Victor Salon and Symphony Orchestras, Sousa's Band.
Music/Publications:
Own works, generally of lighter style, but including a ‘Poeme Elegiaque’ for cello
and orchestra (premiered in 1943).
Anecdotes:
* At nine he began to study the cello with J-B. Dubois (later to become his stepfather).
* played cello obbligatos on records made by such singers as Frances Alda, Enrico Caruso
(1917, Sancta Maria by Jean-Baptiste Faure), Mabel Garrison, John McCormack, and Alma
Gluck
* performed piano accompaniments for many Victor artists including his fellow cellist
Victor Herbert.
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* a pioneering conductor for the cinema, and participated in the production of Mickey
Mouse and Laurel and Hardy films.
Miklos Zsámboki
1890 – 1961
Hungary
Member of the Jenö Hubay String Quartet. Professor National Music School,
Hungary. Professor Music Academy of Budapest.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Adolf Schuffer and David Popper.
* member of Hubay’s quartet between 1920-30.
* teacher at Budapest Music Academy for nearly 40 years, from 1921.
Dezsó Mahalek
c.1890 – 1961
Hungary, later Canada
Important Canadian professor. Member (at during a time principal cello)
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Member CBC Orchestras. Trios and quartets
with de ridder, Koldofsky and Arthur Benjamin.
Friendships:
Emanuel Feuermann, Joseph Malkin
Anecdotes:
* was a child prodigy in native land, and studied with Popper (Budapest), Klengel (Leipzig)
* taught Isaac Mamott, Lorne Munroe, Zara Nelsova and Malcolm Tait.
Luigi Silva
1903 – 1961 (some sources give 1963)
Italy
Principal cello Rome Opera Orchestra.
Professor Venice and Florence
conservatoires. Quartetto di Roma, the Mannes-Gimpel-Silva Trio. Professor
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Eastman School of Music.
Professor Juilliard School of Music (New York).
Professor at the Peabody Conservatory. Professor Yale University.
Anecdotes:
* Student of Serra and Bonucci.
* Transcribed the entire Paganini Caprices for cello !
Paul Hahn
1875 – 1962
Canada (of a German family)
Member College Trio (with Klingenfeld and Browne) during 1890s. Hambourg
Trio (c.1910-12). Professor Toronto College of Music. Formed own business ‘Paul
Hahn Pianos’ (Toronto).
Anecdotes:
* teachers included Rudolph Tuth (Toronto), and Alwin Schroeder (Boston).
* his son continued the successful family business.
Raoul Duquette
1879 – 1962
Canada
Member Covent Garden Orchestra, London. Professor McGill University
(Canada). Founder member Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Member (c.1935-50)
CSM Orchestra. Founder member César Franck Trio (1917). Member Chamberland
String Quartet (1920-25).
Anecdotes:
* studied with Gustave Labelle, Edouard Jacobs (Ghent Conservatoire).
* recorded a cello transcription of song ‘Annie Laurie’ for label HMV.
Isadore Gusikoff
1900 – 1962
USA
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Principal cello Philadelphia Orchestra. Helper of Stokowski’s All-American
Youth Orchestra.
Anecdotes: Brother of violinist Mishel (also Philadelphia Orchestra). Isadore was
principal of Philadelphia during 4 years, but did not get on with conductor Eugene
Ormandy, who fired him !
William Henry Squire (W.H.Squire)
1871 – 1963
Great Britain
Principal cello Covent Garden Orchestra (London9, Principal cello Queen’s Hall
Orchestra (London), Professor Royal College of Music (London), Professor
Guildhall School (London), management team of Performing Rights Society of
Great Britain.
Premieres:
first recording of Brahms – Clarinet Trio.
Dedications:
Fauré – Sicilienne, for cello and piano, Op.78.
Music/Publications:
many own original works, especially suitable for young cellists.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Edward Howell (Royal College of Music, London). Also lessons from Piatti.
May Mukle
1880 – 1963
Great Britain
Trio with sister and Maud Powell
Premieres:
Vaughan Williams – Six Studies in English Folk Song,
Holst – Invocation.
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Kodaly – Duo (British premiere),
Ravel – Duo (British premiere).
Dedications:
Thomas F. Dunhill – Variations on an original theme, for cello and piano, Op.18.
William Hurlstone – Cello Sonata (1909)
Ivor James
1882 – 1963
Britain
English string Quartet. Professor Royal College of Music (London). Teacher
Westminster College Music courses (Cambridge) – the first of their kind ever in
Britain.
Friendships: Frank Bridge.
Anecdotes:
* Pupil of William Whitehouse.
* James married the cellist Helen Just (a former pupil).
* Ivor James gave lectures on his specialty – the late-Beethoven string Quartets.
Cornelius Van Vliet
1889 – 1963
Holland
Member Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam). Principal cello Leipzig and
Prague orchestras. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Principal cello York
Philharmonic and the Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra. New York Trio. Professor
University of Colorado.
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Svyatoslav Knushevitzky
1907 – 1963
Russia
Principal cello Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Principal cello Moscow Radio
Orchestra. Professor Moscow Conservatoire. Trio (with Oistrakh and Oborin).
Duo with Oborin. Oistrakh String Quartet.
Dedications:
Khachaturian – Cello Concerto in E minor (1946).
Myaskovsky – Cello concertoin C minor (1944)
Vasilenko – Cello Concerto.
Goedicke – Cello Sonata.
Gliere – Cello Concerto in D minor, Op.87 (1946)
Premieres:
Presumerably some of the afore- mentioned dedicated works (but not
Khachaturian – concerto).
Was the first to record the ‘original version’ of Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations.
Anecdotes:
* maintained a close long association with David Oistrakh.
* pupil of Semyon Kozolupov (Moscow Conservatoire).
* amongst students number Mikhail Khomitzer.
Umberto (Giuseppe Giovanni) Benedetti
1886 – 1964
Italy
Principal cello Monte Carlo Orchestra.
* was awarded first cello prize at Paris conservatoire in 1906.
Joaquim Marés
1888 – 1964
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Spain (Catalonia)
Trio of Barcelona (founder-member). Professor Granados and Marshall Music
Academy.
Anecdotes:
* teachers unknown, but conducted his advanced studies in Belgium and Berlin.
Castro on the right
José María Castro
1892 - 1964
Argentina
Member Orchestra of Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires. String Quartet of the Sociedad
Argentina de Música de Cámara. Principal cello Orquesta de Cámara de la
Asociación del Profesorado Orquestal (A.P.O.). Trio and Quartet of the Wagner
Association of Buenos Aires. Member Orquesta de Cámara Renacimiento
(Argentina).
Principal Conductor Orquesta de Cámara de la Asociación del Profesorado
Orquestal (A.P.O.). Conductor Municipal Band of Buenos Aires. Invited
conductor Orquesta Sinfónica de Rosario (Argentina). Professor Santa Cecilia
Conservatoire, and of Manuel de Falla Municipal Conservatoire. Founder of
‘Grupo Renovación’. General Secretary of the Argentine Composers League.
Music/Publications:
Own original works, including ballet music, concerto for cello and 17 instruments,
concerto for orchestra, a Cello sonata, and 3 string quartets.
Anecdotes:
* with a solid cello career he turned his direction to conducting, and music organization.
* a modest, introverted, even austere man who was an important figure in the
modernization of the musical scene in Argentina.
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Maurice Maréchal
1892 – 1964
France
Lamoureux Orchestra (Sub-principal cello, later Principal) … (military service).
Professor Paris Conservatoire. Casadeus Trio. Piano quartet (with Févrer, Astruc
and Vieux). Examiner Paris Conservatoire.
Premieres:
Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Cello,
Andre Caplett – Épiphanie (1923)
Ibert – Cello concerto (1925),
Honegger Cello Concerto (also dedicatee),
Gaubert – Poeme,
Guy-Ropartz – Trio (1921),
Tansman – Cello sonata,
Durey – Fantasie concertante.
Friendships: Ravel, Saint-Saens, Durosoir, Tansmann, Ropartz
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Guellet, Feuillard, J.L. Loeb (Paris Conservatoire; also studied conducting with
Duklas!)
* his students included Christine Walevska. He was cello professor in Paris conservatoire
from 1941-63.
Arturo Bonucci
1894 – 1964
Italy
Professor Bologna Conservatoire. Professor Academia Chigiana d Sienna.
Professor Santa Cecila Academy, Rome.
Solo work in Italy and abroad. Active chamber music artist.
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Anecdotes:
* pupil of Serato in Bologna.
Nicolai Graudan
1896 – 1964
Russia (later Britain, USA).
Principal cello Berlin Philharmonic. Principal cello Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra. Professor Aspen Festival and Music Academy of the West in Santa
Barbara. Member Festival Quartet (with William Primrose).
Isaac Mamott
1907 – 1964
Canada (of Ukranian family)
Quartet with Shadwick, Sutter and Hudson. Founder Tudor String Quartet.
Member (1941-43) and Principal cello (1943-50) Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Cellist Parlow string Quartet. Principal cello CBC Symphony Orchestra (1952-64).
Member of York Concert Society Orchestra. Professor Winnipeg, and at the
RCMI.
Premieres:
Weinzweig – Sonata ‘Israel’ (with pianist Leo Berkin).
Anecdotes:
* Began cello at 10 with Dezsó Mahalek, and made radio debut aged 15.
* Students included William Findlay, James Hunter and Rowland Pack.
Rowland (Sterling) Pack
1927 – 1964
Canada
Toronto Symphony Orchestra 1948-57 (member, then principal cello). Assistant
principal cello CBC Symphony Orchestra. Founder Pack Trio and Quartet (of
unusual instruments). Conductor and choirmaster specializing in early music.
Anecdotes:
* dual organ and cello studies. Organist-choirmaster at 15 years old.
* studied cello with Isaac Mamott
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Paul Grummer
1879 – 1965
Germany
Kubelík Quartet, Busch Quartet, Principal cello Vienna Konzertverein (Opera
Orchestra). Professor Vienna Music Academy, Professor in both Cologne and
Berlin Hochschule. Played with Busch Quartet. Member Stross Quartet. Duos
with harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. Visiting professor at Lisbon and
Salzburg.
Dedications:
Reger – Suite for solo cello No.3.
Bortkiewicz – Three Pieces, Op.25 (1922) (vlc and piano)
Works by Wolf-Ferrari and Tcherepnin.
Music/Publications:
Own teaching pieces and methods. Edited Beethoven trios (with Carl
Herrman). Published a ‘Viola da Gamba’ School (method book) in 1928. Also an
autobiography ‘Encounters’ in 1963.
Anecdotes:
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* Helped enormously the Viola da gamba revival in the 20 century.
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(Beatrice Harrison with sister May)
(Harrison with Elgar – rehearsing concerto)
Beatrice Harrison
1892 – 1965
Great Britain
Frankfurt Group, life-time violin-cello duo with sister Margaret. Cello duets with
Joseph Salmon.
Premieres:
Delius – Cello Sonata,
Delius – Double Concerto,
Delius – Caprice and Elegy,
Delius – Serenade.
Gave 1st performance of Elgar – Cello Concerto outside of London and the first
recording of the work (conducted by Elgar).
John Ireland – Cello Sonata.
Herbert Hughes – Irish Melodies.
Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Cello (British premiere).
Kodaly – Solo Sonata (British premiere).
Honegger – Cello Sonata (British premiere).
Cyril Scott: four works for cello.
Dedications:
Bax – Cello Sonata (also first performance?),
Bax – Rhapsodic Ballad, for cello solo.
Grainger – a cello work.
Quiltier – cello work.
Bowen – cello work.
Henschel – cello work.
Anecdotes:
* Was first female cellist to play as soloist at the New York Carnegie Hall, and the first
lady to play a concerto appearance with the Boston and Chicago orchestras !
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* famous recordings in the 1930’s of her playing in her garden, accompanied by the song of
nightingales (many years later questioned as to authenticity).
Jean Nelland
1895 – 1965
France, later Canada
Professor Constantinople Music Conservatoire. Principal cello Association des
concerts ‘Spirituals’ of the Sorbonne. Cellist Pelletier String Quartet. Professor
McGill University, Montreal. Cellist of 1st McGill Quartet (c.1930) and 2nd quartet
(1939-42). Principal cello Montreal orchestra (1930-41), the CSM (1936-40), and the
Little Symphony of Montreal (1939-46). Professor at the CMM (1946-69).
Anecdotes:
* pupil at Conservatoire du Mans, Paris Conservatoire (with Louis R. Feuillard)
* amomgst his pupils were his son Ary, Jean Charbonneau, Raymonde Martin, André
Mignault, Suzanne Perrault and Brahm Sand.
Nerio Brunelli
1898 – 1965
Italy
Professor Fiume and Pesaro Conservatoires. Professor (chamber music) in Rome
Conservatoire. Chamber music groups.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Francesco Serato and Bonucci in Bologna
Eugenio Albini
1881 – 1966
Italy
Cellist, viola de gamba player and composer.
Anecdotes:
* Important student of Francesco Serato
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Herman Sandby
1883 – 1966 (1965?)
Denmark (briefly Britain, then later USA)
Principal cello Philadelphia Orchestra.
Music: Own original compositions for cello – his cello concerto was premiered by the
Philadelphia Orchestra and Stokowski.
Friendships:
Percy Grainger(Sandby had an Australian wife). Grainger’s Scandinavian Suite
(1902) was written with him in mind, though officially dedicated to Hugo Becker.
Anecdotes:
* Pupil of Becker at Frankfurt Conservatory.
* At aged 15 played for Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace.
* Sandby was a life-long vegetarian.
* Lived last forty years of life back in Denmark.
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Gaspar Cassadó
1897 - 1966
Spain (later Italy; brief spells France and Britain)
New Trio Ensemble (with d’Aranyi and Hess), recitals with Rubinstein, Zecchi,
Iturbi, von Mendelssohn, Hara. Masterclasses Siena Accademia Chigiana,
Professor Cologne Musik Hochschule
Premieres:
Rodrigo – Concierto Galante /and dedicatee),
Morera – Cello Concerto,
Joaquín Cassadó (father) – Cello Concerto,
Beethoven – Triple concerto (first ever Barcelona performance),
Bacewicz – Cello Concerto No.2 (written and fp 1963).
Pujol Pons – ‘Una maravilloso fábula’ (A marvellous Tale) – 1922.
Dedications:
Dallapiccola – Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio, for solo cello.
Pfitzner – Cello Concerto No.2 in G Major, Op.42 (1935).
Tomás Buxó Pujadas – Alegro Appassionato, Op.10.
Turina - ‘El Jueves Santo a medianoche’ (Holy Thursday at Midnight) – 1924.
Friendships: Pau Casals (whom he considered his true ‘master’), the Japanese pianist Hara
later became his wife, Dallapiccol, Yehudi Menuhin.
Music/Publications: Own original works and numerous cello arrangements
Arnold Trowell
1887 – 1966
New Zealand (later Great Britain)
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Professor Guildhall School (London), Professor Royal College of Music (London)
Music/Publications: Own original works and studies
Ernst (Peter) Friedlander
1906 – 1966
Austria, later Canada
Principal cello Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and also at Indianapolis, New
Orleans, Kansas City, and Chicago Symphony Orchestras. Member Pro Arte
Quartet (1943-55). Professor Wisconsin and Oklahama universities. Principal
cello Vancouver chamber Orchestra and Vancouver symphony Orchestra (195866). Cellist Vanncouver string Quartet (1960-66). Professor University of British
Columbia.
Premieres:
Milhaud – Sonata for cello (with pianist wife Marie Werbner – 1959).
Music/Publications:
Sonata for solo cello (1963), Cello concerto (1959), other cello pieces, music for
string quartet, brass sextet and chamber orchestra.
Anecdotes:
* studied with Anton Walter (Vienna)
* after a career in Europe he went to the U.S.A. in 1937.
Walter Schulz
1893 – 1967
Germany
Co-principal cello (with Piatigorsky!) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (under
Furtwangler). Professor Staatlich Hochschule fur Musik, Leipzig
Student of Dechert
Ludwig Lebell
1872 – 1968
Hungary (later Britain)
London Trio. Professor Trinity College of Music, London.
Friendships:
A close friend of Ernst Von Dohnanyi (made music together and played billiards!).
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Popper.
* took over from Whitehouse in London Trio.
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* his students included Maurice Zimbler, Angelo Piccioni, Paul Marinari and Reginald
Kilbey.
Bobuš Eran (or Heran)
1907 – 1968
Czech
Member Municipal Symphony Orchestra in Winterthur, Switzerland. Principal
cello Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Professor Janáček Academy of
Performing Arts, Brno (also Vice Chancellor). Professor Prague Conservatoire.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Hans Wihan and J. Buriana. Also Gerrard Hekking (Paris conservatoire).
* has undertaken research work mainly in the field of old Czech music
* wrote a Cello method. Frequently performed ‘Don Quixote’, ‘Schelomo’, and the Debussy Sonata
in his country.
Joseph Malkin
1879 – 1969
Russia
Principal cello Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Brussels Quartet. Principal cello
Boston Symphony Orchestra, principal cello Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Trio
(with brothers). Joint-founder Malkin Conservatory (later director). New York
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Willem van den Berg
1886 – 1970 (? dates unsure)
Holland (later USA)
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Principal cello Philadelphia Orchestra. Principal cello San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra. Principal cello Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. American
Chamber Players (with Ingolf Dahl, Milton Thomas, and his wife Doroithy
Wade). Guarnerius Quartet.
Music/Publications: wrote cello training pieces – “67 etudes on the Beethoven Quartets” !
Anecdotes:
* for 9 years principal cello in Philadelphia.
Gilberto Crepax
1890 - 1970
Italy
Professor Parma conservatoire. Professor Milan Conservatoire. Principal cello
La Scala Opera Orchestra, Milan. Principal cello Orchestra Toscanini.
Music: Wrote educational works. Edited Boccherini sonatas.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of E. Dini and P. Montecchi in Venice.
* Students included Antonio Janigro, M. Anfitheatroff, M. Gusella, B. Vitale, I.N. Albertelli
and L. Rossi.
Horace Britt in the Letz Quartet
Horace Britt
1881 – 1971
Belgium (later France, U.S.A.)
Principal cello Lamoureux Orchestra (1897), Cologne Orchestra (1898). Principal
cello Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Principal cello Philadelphia Orchestra.
Principal cello Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Principal cello Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra. Cellist of Letz Quartet. Cellist of Elman String Quartet. He
formed the Britt Trio in the 40s..
Professor Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Professor Emeritus at the University of
Texas, Austin
Anecdotes:
* studied in Antwerp with Gustav Faes, with Jules Delsart at the Paris Conservatoire
Oscar Nicastro
1894 – 1971
Uruguay
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Soloist. Founder Gorin-Nicastro Conservatoire, Buenos Aires.
Anecdotes:
* lived in Naples as a boy, giving first concert as concerto soloist at age 10.
* Passed to Berlin, at only 12 entering the Berlin Hochschule, studying with Hausmann and
Becker.
* once based back in Uruguay, he made many professional tours as soloist to the USA and
Europe. Possessed a solid technique.
* his most important students were Oliver Ibani, Addiego, and Lyllian del Puerto.
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Karel Pravoslav Sádlo
1898 – 1971
Czech
Profesor Academy of Performing Arts, Prague.
Music/Publications: a Cello technique book.
Anecdotes:
* Very important Czech teacher – students numbered . Milos Sadlo, Josef Chuchro,
František Smetana,Frantisek Sláma and Antonín Kohout
* Owned his own music publishing firm – Edition Sádlo (since 1928).
* was a regular jury member in international cello competitions.
* An incredible story: the famous MILOS Sádlo (1912-2003) was no relation at all. In fact, Milos
changed his name twice. Born in Prague as Milos Blaha, when his mother married, he became
Milos Zatvrzsky. When Milos was 13, his stepfather abandoned the family and went off to
Argentina. At 15, Milos himself took up the cello and had the good fortune to meet Karel
Pravoslav Sadlo, a truly inspirational teacher. "For me, K.P. Sadlo was really my father. After
two years, I took his name as a stage name, and in 1929 I took it altogether." !!
Hans Münch-Holland
1899 – 1971
Germany (born Switzerland)
Principal cello Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and Gewandhaus Quartet
(succeeding Klengel). Trio (with Claudio Arrau).
Juan Ruiz Casaux
1889 – 1972
Spain
Professor Madrid Conservatoire. Musical Chief of National Patrimony (Spain).
Founder of ‘Agrupación Nacional’ of Chamber Music.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Mirecki (Madrid), Cros Saint-Ange and André Hekking (Paris).
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* once played Strauss – Don Quixote, with the composer conducting.
* Professor in Madrid Conservatoire between 1920-60 – amongst his pupils were the
Spanish cellists Enrique Correa, Carlos Baena and Ricardo Vivó.
Vilmos Palotai
1904 – 1972
Hungary
Principal cello Bremen Orchestra. Professor Prague Academy. New Hungarian
Quartet (with Sandor Vegh), becoming quartet in residence at University of
Siuthern California. Hungarian Trio (with Solchany and Gerecz).
Premieres:
Bartok – String Quartet No. 5. Kodaly – Quartet No. 2.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Achiffer (Budapest Academy) and Becker (Berlin Hochschule).
Maurice Eisenberg
1900 – 1972
Poland (Königsberg) later U.S.A.
Member Philadelphia Orchestra, Principal cello New York Symphony Orchestra
(aged 18). Menuhin Trio. Founder/Artistic director of the London International
Violoncello Centre, Professor Ecole Normale de Musique (Paris), Professor the
Longy School of Music in Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA),
Professor
International Summer Courses in Cascais (Portugal). Recitalist and Lecturer for
the Association of American Colleges, and also at Harvard, Princeton, MIT,
Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, Nottingham, Queen's, the Royal Academy of
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Music in London, McGill, the Franklin Institute, and other institutions of higher
education.
Premieres:
Glazounov – Concerto Ballata, Op. 108 (with composer conducting – 1935)
Music/Publications:
Own important treatise “Cello Playing of Today”
Friendships: Pau Casals
Casals at 16
Pau (Pablo) Casals
the ‘Monarch of the Bow’
1876- 1973
Spain (later France, Puerto Rico)
Sub-principal cello Rheatre orchestra of the Folies Marigny (Paris). Principal
cellist Orchestra of Liceu (Barcelona). Founder of The Ecole Normale de Musique
Paris (with Alfred Cortot, August Mangeot, and Thibaud) - for many years Pablo
Casals gave consultations at the cello class of this school. Founder and chief
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conductor Orquesta Pau Casals Barcelona. Trio Thibaud-Casals-Cortot.
Conductor-cellist-organizer Prades festival (France). Master classes in
Switzerland, Italy, Berkeley, California and Marlboro, Vermont.
Pau (Pablo) Casals
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Dedications:
Glazounov – Concerto Balata, Op. 108.
Herbert Murrill –Cello Concerto No.2 (1951).
Rodrigo – Sonata a la Breve (dedication in memoriam).
Vierne – Cello Sonata in B Minor.
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes, for cello and orchestra
(and he gave the premiere in 1930).
Granados – Elisenda (unfinished small suite) for cello and piano.
Granados – Madrigal, for cello and piano.
Emanuel Moor – Double Cello Concerto.
E. Moor – Suite, Op.117 (vlc and piano)
E. Moor – Prelude, for cello and piano, Op.123.
Various works of Donald Tovey, including Sonata for Two Cellos.
István Járay-Janetschek – Pavanne Lente (1930).
Casella – Cello Sonata in C minor, Op.8
Manuel Castillo Navarro-Aguilera – ‘Ricercare’ a Pau Casals (1967).
Montsalvatge - Microrapsòdia (A la memoria de Pau Casals – 1976).
Joaquín Rodrigo – Sonata a la breve (1976-1978 – composed in honour of Casals).
Enric Casals – Solo Suite in D Major (1973) and the early work ‘Heroica’ (1919).
Music/Publications:
Own original works. Auto-biography ‘Joys and Sorrows; Reflections’ (1973).
Friendships:
Gaspar Cassadó, Grieg (played Grieg’s Cello Sonata with the composer), Kreisler
(who called him the ‘Monarch of the Bow’), Yehudi Menuhin, Diran Elexanian.
Bedetti in 1923.
Jean Bedetti
1883 – 1973
France, later U.S.A.
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Principal cello Boston Symphony Orchestra (from 1919 – c.1945),
Anecdotes:
* described by his students as an emotional player.
* had a couple of bad encounters with conductor Koussevitsky …
Romero Mejías, sat at piano, with
Joan Gisbert (left) and Ernesto Halffter (right)
Segismundo Romero Mejías
1886 – 1974
Spain
Famous Spanish cellist of his time. He is considered founder of the Orquesta
Bética Filarmónica. Conservatoire professor in Seville.
Music/Publications:
Compositor of popular pieces – famous for song ‘Yo me subí a un pino verde’,
identified with ¡Anda jaleo!', performed and staged many times, including
recording by Federico García Lorca and La Argentinita en 1931.
Friendships:
Manuel de Falla (close colleague and collaborator)
Anecdotes:
* Born in Granada, died in Seville.
* His descendents have endured difficulties in receiving the rightful performing rights
monies for the above mentioned song from the Spanish Performing Rights Society S.G.A.E.!
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Photo is of the Kolisch Quartet (with Benar Heifetz).
Benar Heifetz
1899 – 1974
Russia
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Kolisch String Quartet. Principal cello Philadelphia Orchestra. Co-principal cello
NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Anecdotes:
* Played in NBC Symphony Orchestra under Toscanini.
Rudolf Hindemith (later used name Hans Lofer)
1900 – 1974
Germany
Principal cello Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Novák String Quartet.
Anecdotes:
* younger brother of composer and violist Paul Hindemith (found it difficult to accept
orders from his composing brother!)
* teacher of Jascha Silberstein (in Munich).
Hideo Saito
1902-1974
Japan
Principal cello Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Founder Toho-Gakuen Music School
for children.
Anecdotes:
* Pupil of Klengel and Feuermann.
* Also a gifted conductor.
Douglas Cameron
1903 – 1974
Great Britain
Principal cello – National Symphony Orchestra (London), Kutcher Quartet. Blech
String Quartet, London String Quartet, New London String Quartet, Professor
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Royal Academy of Music (London), Cello tutor National Youth Orchestra of Great
Britain
Stephen De’ak
1897 – 1975
Hungary (later USA)
Professor Curtis Institute Philadelphia, Professor Peabody Conservatory
(Baltimore). Professor University of Southern California. Cellist Philadelphia
Musical fund Quartet. Founder/Conductor Hagerstown (Maryland) Symphony
orchestra, and of the Baltimore Women’s String Symphony Orchestra.
Music/Publications:
Own Cello method and studies. Biography on David Popper (his former teacher).
Hermann Busch
1897 – 1975
Germany (later Switzerland, USA)
Member Brussels Symphony Orchestra. Principal cello Bochum Orchestra.
Principal cello Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Professor Essen Conservatory. Trio
(with brothers Fritz and Adolf). Trio Busch-Serkin. Busch String Quartet
(successor to Paul Grümmer). Member Adolf Busch Chamber Orchestra. Cofounder Marlboro School of Music. Professor Miami University.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Fr. Grutzmacher (Cologne Music Conservatoire).
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Vera Canning
???? - ????
Great Britain
Soloist.
Premieres:
Hubert Murrill Cello concerto, No.2, 1951 (but dedicated to Casals)
Anecdotes:
* she was the second wife of the composer Herbert Murrill (1909-1952)
* perhaps the highlight of her career was playing the Dvoral concerto with the Royal
Scottish Orchestra conducted by George Szell.
?. Centola
1894 - ????
Italy
A noteworthy Naples cellist
Luigi Chiarappa
1890 - ????
Italy
Principal cello Augusteo Orchestra. Principal cello Santa Cecilia Orchestra,
Rome. Italian Quartet. Chamber music profesor Santa Cecilia Conservatoire,
Rome.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of G. Magrini in Milan, and Hugo Becker in Berlin.
Alison Dalrymple
???? - ????
Britain
Professor Royal Academy of Music, London. Professor London Violoncello
School.
Anecdotes:
* first cello teacher of Jacqueline du Pre.
Marthe Delcellier
1904 - ????
France, later Canada
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Member of CSM (MSO) Orchestra (from 1937, more than 30 years service).
Principal cello Montreal Women’s Symphony Orchestra.
Anecdotes:
* wife of violinist Pierre Iösch, and the mother of harpist Marie Iösch-Lorcini
Jozef Drohomirecki
1897 - ???
Poland
Principal cello Katowice Symphony Orchestra.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of A. Sládek
* is honoured in memoriam by the ‘Jesef Drohomirecki Solo Cello Competition’.
(Charles) Warwick Evans
(???? - ????)
Britain (later USA)
Founder-member London String Quartet. Principal cello Queen’s Orchestra.
Premieres:
Ireland – Piano Trio No.2.
Special friendships: William Primrose
Important British teacher.
Fritz Gaillard
1875 - ????
Principal cello Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam). Member Los Angeles
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Premieres: D’Albert – Cello Concerto (Americam premiere).
Marcel Hubert
???? - ????
Belgium, later Canada
Soloist. Duos with pianist Shura Cherkassy, and with sister Yvonne Hubert (major
tours of Europe and North America).
Premieres:
First world recording of Rachmanonov – Cello Sonata with pianist Shura Cherkassy
(c.1934-35), which was highly praised by the composer.
Anecdotes:
* very active as a recitalist in the 1930s and referred to as a ‘distinguished’ performer. In
North America he was managed by the Laberge concert agency.
* also played in a variety of chamber music, including basso continuo work.
John Moore
???? - ????
Great Britain
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Cellist Aeolian String Quartet (before Derek Simpson succeeded him in 1956).
Chamber music with JohnFrancis, A. Hedges and Gerald Moore.
Anecdotes:
* there exists a fine 1942 recording accompanying the singer Isobel Baillie.
Harvey Phillips
???? - ????
Great Britain
Respected English cello professor.
Anecdotes:
* teacher of Anna Shuttleworth, Charles Tunnell, Elizabeth Angel, Jennifer Ward Clarke.
* played cello duos with the English cellist Antonia Butler
* organized his own free-lance orchestra at one point(?!)
Beatrice Reichart
1903 - ????
France (of German parents)
Weiss Quartet.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Antoni Sala (Paris) and Fr. Buxbaum (Vienna).
Haydn Rogerson
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Great Britain
Principal cello Halle orchestra
Anecdotes:
* lived most (all) of professional in north England
* his cellist son Paul was a close colleague of Benjamin Britten at one point.
* made a historical disc as cellist alongside Elizabeth Scharzkopf and the Philharmonia
Orchestra
Dante Serra
1891 - ????
Italy
Professor Cesana Musical Institute. Professor Bologna Liceo Musical. Heasd
professor quartets/chamber music Florence Conservatoire. Cellist of chamber
music groups.
Anecdotes:
* pupil of Serato
* worked in Cesena 1919-44, Bologna 1920-25 and Florence 1940-1961.
* teacher of Luigi Silva and Franco Rossi (Italian Quartet).
Percy Such
1878 - ????
Great Britain
Extra cellist with Joachim Quartet, Professor in New York
Dedications: Donald Francis Tovey – Sonata for solo cello in D Major, Op.38.
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Music/Publications:
Own original works, and many editions of cello repertoire.
Special friendships: Joseph Joachim, Robert Hausmann
Anecdotes: one of last players never to use a cello end-pin.
Bedrik Vaska
1879 - ????
Czech (later USA)
Czech Trio, Sevcik Quartet.
Anecdotes:
* Studied with Becker and Cossman
CURIOSITIES! / LOS CURIOSOS!
Arnold Schoenberg
1874 – 1951
Austria
A self-taught cellist !
Arturo Toscanini
1867 – 1957
Italy
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Great Italian conductor, who began professional life as a cellist. He even played in the
world premiere of Verdi’s Otello.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
1887 – 1959
Brazil (later France)
Apart from well-known composer was also a most competent cellist!
He developed the notion that the purity of Bach’s music blended splendidly with the native
rhythms of the Amazon peoples.
SEIBER, Mátyás György
1905 – 1960
Hungary – Great Britain
Born in Budapest, but considered a British composer and teacher. The cello was his
principal instrument before dedicating himself to composition - born into a musical
family, he started to learn the cello at the age of ten, and from 1919 to 1924 studied at the
Budapest Academy of Music with Adolf Shiffer (cello) and Kodály (composition).
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Ernest (Miller) Hemingway
1899 – 1961
U.S.A.
An important American author and journalist with a distinctive writing style. He
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influenced 20 century fiction writing, and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
He played the cello as a youngster, and his mother even decided to keep him out of school
for a whole year to allow him to dedicate himselfmore fully to the cello, chamber music and
counterpoint/theory. She thought he had ability, but he himself confided that he didn’t
think that he had any talent !!
George Georgescu
1887 – 1964
Rumania
Cellist and conductor.
* at first a serious cellist, and a pupil of Hugo Becker (Berlin). He soon after replaced
Becker as cellist of the Marteau Quartet.
* After early professional promise a hand injury (from a railway carriage door) led him to
seek a conducting career. Both R. Strauss and A. Nikisch befriended him, giving him
chances with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He became conductor
of the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra, and regular invitations abroad.
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Georgio Frederico Ghedini
1892 – 1965
Italy
Composer and conductor. Composition and academic Professor at Turin Conservatory,
Parma Conservatoire and Milan Conservatory. Second study cellist!
John Adaskin
1908 – 1964
Canada
Canadian conductor, radio producer, administrator – and cellist …
Hendrik Altink
1888 – 1966
Holland
Multi-musician: pianist, singer, hornist, conductor, composer – and cellist …
Zoltan Kodaly
1882 – 1967
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Hungary
Kodaly was very interested in cello playing in his youth – indeed it is said that his major
youthful work – the Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 8, was an attempt to write down in notation all
the things he physically could not do on the cello !
Paul and Gertrud Hindemith
Gertrud Hindemith
1900 – 1967
Germany (later U.S.A.)
The wife of the famous composer Paul Hindemith, she was an enthusiastic amateur cello
player. Indeed the composer dedicated to her a little-known duo for 2 cellos (of the
‘Gebrauchsmusik’ or ‘Utility Music’ style). This was probably written in 1942-43, but only
discovered amongst Hindemith’s papers after his death. His name is now still name for the
creation of the Hindemith Foundation – this was already outlined in her will (December,
1966).
Vivian Leigh ‘English Southern Belle’
1913 – 1967
Great Britain (infancy in India)
She won 2 Best Actress Awards playing American Southern Belles and immortalized two of
the greatest women's roles the silver screen has ever seen- Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With
the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Along the way she
married, and divorced, one of the greatest actors of the century - Sir Laurence Olivier. She
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struggled with personal problems (alcoholism and mental illness) most of her life, and
only made 20 films.
However, as a youngster she studied ballet, piano, and played the cello in school/youth
orchestras !
Sir John Barbirolli (born Giovanni Battista Barbirolli)
1899 – 1970
Italy (later Britain, USA)
First came to London to study as a cellist (Trinity College of Music and Royal Academy of
Music). He then played cello in the London Symphony Orchestra – indeed present at the
premiere of Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Later he developed an amazing conducting career –
Covent Garden Opera, Hallé Orchestra, Manchester (for nearly 30 years), New York
Philharmonic, Houston symphony Orchestra etc.
Gabriel Cusson
1903 – 1972
Canada
A generally all-round musician – he studied cello with Gustave Labelle, but also voice,
piano and organ. As a result of winning the Prix d’Europe for cello playing in 1924, he
studied with Alexanian (cello) and N. Boulanger (composition) in Paris . Once again in
Canada, he taught advanced counterpoint, music theory, and composed orchestral and
vocal music.
Bertus van Lier
1906-1972
Holland
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Born in Utrecht. He studied the cello with Max Orobio da Castro at the Amsterdam
Conservatory and later on studied composition with Willem Pijper and conducting with
Hermann Scherchen. He worked as a conductor in Holland and abroad and held teaching
positions at the Utrecht Conservatory, the Rotterdam Conservatory and the Amsterdam
Muzieklyceum. He composed a ballet, incidental music and orchestral (incl.. 3
symphonies) , chamber and vocal music. Also a Cello Concertino among his orchestral
works.
VISIT!
johnstone-music is a most interesting and very active web page of the British
born, now Spanish-based composer, arranger and cellist DAVID JOHNSTONE –
a Web page very highly regarded by English-speaking musicians of many nations.
- Almost everything is also offered in Spanish -
What can the web page www.johnstone-music.com offer you?
FREE downloads of many original and interesting compositions – these
scores, not commercially published, include pieces for bowed string instruments
(violin, viola, cello and double bass), woodwind (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon),
brass, piano and accordion. Chamber music is well represented, and not just by
duos, trios or quartets, but also for larger groupings right up to pieces for string
orchestra (suitable in scope both for youth orchestras and professionals).
FREE downloads of transcriptions for Cellists (classical and popular music)
with solos, and pieces for ensembles of varying sizes from duos up to cello
orchestras. A substantial section …
A colourful PDF catalogue of all the many important published works (from the
editor CREIGHTON’S COLLECTION) is also available from the home page of
johnstone-music, as a FREE DOWNLOAD.
FREE downloads of ARTICLES – in two main sections; one of general
musical themes, and the other relating specifically to matters of the
Violoncello – written by a wide range of professional musicians. Also a
Directory/Library with information about Famous Historical Cellists
(some 600 cellists are included), and exhaustive chronological lists of
general cello recital repertoire.
Biographies, performances, audio extracts (some 50 or so), images, links,
recordings, chamber music formations, current projects, composition list,
sales of CDs and published sheet music etc. –
Interactive sections: Diary, News, Contact, Suggestions, a quick survey,
comments etc. Also a section of useful tools for musicians. Leave your
opinions, and receive free publicity of any performance of a work or
arrangement of David Johnstone, with links to your web page (or that of
the organizers), if desired.
Worthwhile exploring !
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www.johnstone-music.com
¡VISITA!
johnstone-music
es una interesante y muy activa página Web del
violoncellista, compositor y arreglista DAVID JOHNSTONE – un sitio Web
altamente valorada entre los músicos hispano-parlantes de muchos países.
- Toda la información está también ofrecida en inglés -
¿Qué te puede ofrecer la web www.j-music.es ?
Hay muchas partituras ofrecidas para DESCARGA GRATUITA - estas
partituras, obras no publicadas por una editorial, incluyen piezas para los
instrumentos de cuerdas (violín, viola, violoncello y contrabajo), vientos (flauta,
oboe, clarinete, fagot), metales, piano y acordeón. La música de cámara está bien
presente, y no solo representada por dúos, tríos y cuartetos, sino también por
grupos más grandes hasta obras para orquesta de cuerdas (adecuadas ambas para
orquestas de jóvenes y profesionales).
Adicionalmente hay una gran sección de descargas gratuitas de
transcripciones para violoncellistas (música clásica y popular), con solos, y
piezas para los grupos de violoncellos desde dúos hasta orquestas de
violoncellos.
Al mismo tiempo, un buen número de las obras más importantes de Johnstone están
publicadas por ‘Creighton’s Collection’ y para ver estás un PDF especial está
disponible en la página principal, también de LIBRE DESCARGA.
Dos secciones inusuales de artículos (también con descargas gratuitas)
sobre temas musicales generales, y del mundo del violoncello, escritos por
un amplio abanico de músicos profesionales, los cuales son interesantes
colaboradores. También un Directorio/Biblioteca con información sobre
Violoncellistas Históricos Famosos (unos 600 cellistas presentes), y listas
cronológicas detalladas del repertorio general del violoncello para
recitales.
Los contenidos ‘normales’ – biografías, actuaciones, extractos de audio
(unos 50), imágenes, enlaces, grabaciones, formaciones de música de
cámara, proyectos actuales, lista de composiciones, ventas de CDs etc. La Web se completa con secciones interactivas: Agenda, Noticias,
Sugerencias, Encuesta breve, comentarios etc. También una sección de
herramientas útiles para músicos. Dejad vuestras opiniones, y añadir
publicidad gratuita de cualquier actuación vuestra de una obra o arreglo de
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David Johnstone, con enlaces a vuestras Webs, o la de los organizadores, si
lo deseáis.
¡¡ Merece la pena investigar !!
www.j-music.es
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