1st Edition

Gaspar Cassadó Cellist, Composer and Transcriber

By Gabrielle Kaufman Copyright 2017
346 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

Barcelonian Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966) was one of the greatest cello virtuosi of the twentieth century and a notable composer and arranger, leaving a vast and heterogeneous legacy. In this book, Gabrielle Kaufman provides the first full-length scholarly work dedicated to Cassadó, containing the results of seven years of research into his life and legacy, after following the cellist’s steps... Read more
Preface

1. A Biographical Introduction to Gaspar Cassadó

2. Cassadó, the Performer: The Catalan Lineage of Cellists

3. Cassadó, the Performer: Cello Performance in the Early Twentieth Century

4. Cassadó, the Composer

5. Cassadó, the Transcriber

6. Cassadó, the Performer of his own works

Conclusions and Implications for Future Studies.

Appendix I: Original compositions by Cassadó

Appendix II: Transcriptions by Cassadó

Appendix III: Recordings by Cassadó

Bibliography

Discography

Index

Biography

Gabrielle Kaufman is a Freelance Cellist, Pedagogue and Musical Researcher based in Barcelona, Spain.