The cello sonata is very classic kodaly many instrumental works a piece, the cello works not only in the cello music library, called the rare masterpiece, has become all played games and teaching practice of senior track. The sonata, in three movements totaling about half an hour, synthesizes many of the musical interests kodaly was exploring at this early time in his career. Which edition of the kodaly cello sonata should i buy. Kodaly wrote his sonata for solo cello during world war i, significantly one of the first compositions for solo cello since bach. Antonio meneses cello claudio cruz violin composer. It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu, or in.
She has also made a number of recordingsgenerally concentrating on the most popular cello repertoire. In 1950 cellist janos starker made a group of lp recordings for the period label, eventually reissued in 2007 as a pair of doublecd sets. Zoltan kodaly, prominent composer and authority on hungarian folk music. He received every accolade known to the world of music on the stage and as a recorded artist from the 1948 grand prix du disque france, for his recording of the kodaly sonata for solo cello, op. However, in 1989 philips also mined this material for a singlecd release featuring kodalys three major cello works, a recording that has long been out of print but now returns to the catalog courtesy of s ondemand reprint program. Instrumentation cello, piano extra information originally intended as a movement of the cello sonata, op. His friends sonata had nothing to do with what was old and german. Zoltan kodaly 16 december 1882 6 march 1967 performer. However, it is in the public domain in canada where imslp is hosted and other countries where the term is lifeplus50 years such as china, japan, korea and many.
Kodalys sonata for solo cello of 1915 is perhaps the first major work for unaccompanied cello after bachs six great suites of almost 200 years earlier. Kodaly cello sonata download free sheet music and scores. Previous to the solo cello sonata, kodaly had composed his sonata for cello and piano op 4 in 190910. In 1915, when kodaly wrote a substantial sonata for solo cello, bartok commented. The work features a lovely, romantic theme of strongly melancholic character. The most famous romanticera cello sonatas are those written by johannes brahms and ludwig van beethoven. He began touring the hungarian countryside collecting folk music in 1905 in his early 20s. He left home to read hungarian and german at budapest university, and also to study composition and pedagogy at the academy of music. Im really interested in shostakovich sonata for cello and piano op. It is among the most significant works for solo cello written since johann sebastian bachs cello suites.
Universal edition receives german music edition award best edition for gustav mahlers titan adieu a special event with composer david ianni in honour of the grand duke jean of luxembourg. This score is notated as if the bottom two strings were really cg. Scordatura was presented in 2015 in a solo concert tour around the united states and canada. Benjamin brittens sonata in c for cello and piano, op. The sonata for solo cello 1915 is one of the greatest utterances in this most demanding of genres since j s bachs solo cello suites.
His father was a stationmaster and keen amateur musician, and kod. May 27, 2010 rather than do the obvious and combine the solo sonata with kodalys earlier twomovement sonata op 4 for cello and piano, clein and julius drake complete the disc with a collection of the. When i had just started learning cello about 5 years ago, my cello teacher told me i needed to give my cello a name at some point. Doctor of musical arts performance, may 2009, 49 pp. In general usage as a work title, it designates a multimovement piece for solo or duo instruments with one of the instruments enjoying a feature role.
Rich with the folk atmosphere for which kodaly is known, friend and composer bela bartok championed the work, stating, here he is expressing, with the simplest possible technical means, ideas that are entirely. He was also important as an educator not only of composers but also of teachers, and, through his students, he contributed heavily to the spread of music education in hungary. Jul 20, 2014 cello sebastian baverstam sonata in b minor for solo cello, op. This is not a mere imitation of bachs polyphonic style. Since then, she has pursued a distinguished career performing with the most celebrated orchestras and conductors around the world. All notes played on the 3rd or 4th strings will actually show not the actual sound but the. Meneses tackles two peaks of the solo cello repertoire musicians. Bach was, needless to say, an inspiration to kodaly throughout his life. It is a remarkably innovative work in several respects. But he also wrote simple choral pieces for little children.
Allegro molto vivace, zoltan kodaly recording engineer feri bong mixing and mastering. Ironically, the piece is heard more often in the arrangement for cello rather than in its original viola scoring. A cello sonata is usually a sonata written for solo cello with piano accompaniment. Today, the world knows him as one of the great composers of the 20th century, who wrote such masterpieces as the psalmus hungaricus, the solo cello sonata and many more great works. The sonata zoltan kodaly is one of the most revered composers in the history of hungary. Some of the earliest cello sonatas were written in the 18th century by francesco geminiani and antonio vivaldi.
The hungarian composer zoltan kodaly wrote his sonata in b minor for solo cello, op. The young starkers seminal kodaly recordings classics today. Since becoming a professor of composition at budapests royal academy of music in. The wonderful young cellist natalie clein has been a familiar name since winning the bbc young musician of the year competition in 1994. All these works show a great originality of form and content, a very interesting blend of highly. In its dark but lovely lamentation, it is probably better suited to the viola and cello rather than to the sweeter violin. Cello, piano world free sheet music pdf, midi, mp3. Kodaly had composed throughout this time, producing two string quartets op.
He taught himself how to play it when he was a student. I dont know if you just uploaded the first page of the sonata or something like that. While not an explicitly nationalistic work title, programme, etc. This valuable delos release assembles 3 different recordings by master cellist janos starker done in the 1970s. March 6, 1967 was a hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist, and philosopher. The cello sonata is very classic kodaly many instrumental works a piece, the cello works not only in the cello music library, called the rare masterpiece, has become. Adagio for violin or viola or cello and piano 1905 intermezzo for string trio 1905 seven pieces for piano, op. It contains influences of debussy and bartok, as well as the inflections and nuances of hungarian folk music. Power, celeste, zoltan kodalys sonata for unaccompanied cello, op. Cello sebastian baverstam sonata in b minor for solo cello, op. He is depicted as a fragile old man, who walks almost. It was first performed in 1918 and published in 1921.
In some six chamber pieces, he achieved a striking synthesis of the principles developed by bach, the forms passed down by the masters of the viennese school, the harmonic experiments of the romantic period and the newly rediscovered lilt. Dear customers, we would like to inform you that due to the current situation concerning the novel corona virus, exit restrictions have been imposed in austria. Zoltan kodaly, sonata in b minor for solo cello, op. Suite i for cello solo mutopia project a4 pdf zipped. Sonata, op 8 kodaly from cda67829 hyperion records. Kodaly played the violin, the viola and the piano, but his favourite instrument was the violoncello.
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