Previous to the solo cello sonata, kodaly had composed his sonata for cello and piano op 4 in 190910. Gunta abele performs on a cello by bela szepessy, london 1885. Duo for violin and cello cello sonatas adagio for cello bi 0172. I have begun to add a piano part but it is not yet finished. Though this was originally a work in three movements, he was dissatisfied with the first of them and allowed the sonata to be performed, as it has been to this day, as a twomovement diptych. In 1900, he entered the franz liszt music academy in. The hungarian composer zoltan kodaly wrote his sonata in b minor for solo cello, op. He left home to read hungarian and german at budapest university, and also to study composition and pedagogy at the academy of music. A cello sonata is usually a sonata written for solo cello with piano accompaniment. There may be more sonatas in the list than any other title.
Some of the earliest cello sonatas were written in the 18th century by francesco geminiani and antonio vivaldi the following list contains cello sonatas with or without accompanying instruments. Zoltan kodaly sonata for solo cello opus 8 harmonic classics. Kodaly solo sonata 3rd movement, iii, allegro molto vivace. Title sonata for cello and piano composer bridge, frank. Scordatura was presented in 2015 in a solo concert tour around the united states and canada. Power, celeste, zoltan kodalys sonata for unaccompanied cello, op. It is among the most significant works for solo cello written since johann sebastian bachs cello suites.
Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Kodaly wrote his sonata for solo cello during world war i, significantly one of the first compositions for solo cello since bach. Sonata in g minor originally for viola da gamba see sonata in g barber sonata, op. Kodalys early sonata for cello and piano dates from 1909, and is a rather more accessible work than the solo sonata. But above all towers the amazing, ardent, pugnacious sonata for solo cello 1915, the greatest. Recorded during 3 concerts in january 2010, stockholm. The sonata for cello and piano by shostakovich also comes to mind, although. Dissertation prepared for the degree of doctor of musical arts university of north texas may 2009 approved. A performers analysis of leon kirchners for cello solo by aaron ludwig a doctoral essay submitted to the faculty of the university of miami in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of musical arts coral gables, florida may 2011. Kodaly cello sonata download free sheet music and scores.
It is released in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the work. David denton compares 15 diverse recordings of the. 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. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Sonata, op 8 cello solo universal edition shar music. Stravinskys musical score is equally traditional, using melodies from. This valuable delos release assembles 3 different recordings by master cellist janos starker done in the 1970s. His friends sonata had nothing to do with what was old and german, but rather it was contemporary and hungarian. Instrumentation cello, piano extra information originally intended as a movement of the cello sonata, op.
The company has pioneered the idea of the series and proudly includes series of such composers as prokofiev, tchaikovsky, parry, walton, grainger, berkeley and bridge. 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. This is not a mere imitation of bachs polyphonic style. The bars separating the measures in the score are not apparent to the. Zoltan kodaly free sheet music to download in pdf, mp3. Kodaly made a decision to concentrate on instrumental and chamber music in his composing. Throughout the solo cello sonata, kodaly draws on characteristics of. It contains influences of debussy and bartok, as well as the inflections and nuances of hungarian folk music. All notes played on the 3rd or 4th strings will actually show not the actual sound but the. To view the first page of bartok sonata for solo violin click the music sheet image.
I propose that list of solo cello pieces be merged into cello sonata. Pdf sheet music for viola, violin, cello and other strings. 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. The compelling reason for acquiring this disc,which does not attempt to be a complete survey of kodalys cello music is cleins magnificent account of the solo sonata,op. This musical work impresses everybody by the welllistened dialog between intonations of cello player and piano and different character musical features. Pdf scanned by unknown daphnis 20071011 editor first edition reprint pub lisher. It was first performed in 1918 and published in 1921. All these works show a great originality of form and content, a very interesting blend of highly. He began touring the hungarian countryside collecting folk music in 1905 in his early 20s. Cello sonata scores at sheet music plus musicbrainz. Like the two previous movements kodaly continues to merge classical. In the late 18th century sonatas for cello and piano were grossly lopsided affairs.
He taught himself how to play it when he was a student. Allegro ben moderato adagio ma non troppo molto allegro agitato yeardate of composition yd of comp. Kodaly played the violin, the viola and the piano, but his favourite instrument was. Matthew zalkind, cello recorded live january 28th, 2016 university of denver. In harmonies he often renounced the advantage of combining chords in. Those pieces that are for a solo cello can be noted as such within the main sonata list coal town guy 16. This fabulous recording is meaningfully rounded out with alfred schnittkes sonata for cello and piano, the very piece that followed shostakovich, and two pieces by schnittke for solo cello, including a wonderful palemoonlight madrigal with a static melodic pattern, and then, finally, arrangements of some shostakovich bagatelles. The piece is in the key of f major and in four movements, and it was originally dedicated to robert hausmann, who premiered it. About a decade later, he fashioned a new first movement, but. It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the eu, or in. Cello johannes brahms composed his cello sonata no. The influence of debussy shows in the piano part, and in the use of short motifs and rather elliptical phrasing, particularly in the second movement.
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