A SPECIAL performance (with brief introduction to the music):

Friedrich Kummer

Cello Duet No.1 in C major

--all three movements

Here is some music that might already be known in the cellist's world. Regardless of its status it still only gets played by students and then only occasionally. It falls in the category of "Forgotten Cello Music" to my mind. Moreover, it is a pleasant piece of music that could be used in quite a number of different scenarios. 1) Receptions, 2) Soirees, 3), special music in Church, 4) to impress your non-music friends, et al.

Upon further exploration, I have found, discovered is probably too generous since someone has uploaded the scores to IMSLP, a number of women composers who have written a few pieces for cello. This Louise Farrenc wrote a charming sonata in B flat major in the mid 1800's. Listen in and share your own thoughts about women composers and neglected music in general.

Three quotes.

My thoughts about the advice given, how it has been interpreted, and the negative impact those strict beliefs have had on the expansion of our musical experience. In this journey along the path of "Forgotten Cello Music" I want to get into some things that have had a lasting, bad impression on me since at least undergrad. I hope that it doesn't come across as a diatribe but rather my take on and attempting to understand the why's and wherefore's of the beliefs staunch adherents have had when adamantly objecting to any music they consider second-rate or worse.

Come along with me. Send comments and join the conversation. Maybe you, too, wish to expand the experience we collectively have in Classical music. Maybe you also enjoy the "Great" music but at the same time grow a little weary and would like to branch out into some new, undiscovered world of music. 

While I admire Schumann and his works, some of the points are somewhat startling and even off-putting. I attempt to work through the tough points and make sense of what he was getting at. Although I do not work through it in methodical detail, I do try to bring a broad sense of understanding and ideas to rectify the situation.

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listen in.

Two more women cellists. One, Elsa Ruegger, who managed to achieve wide recognition and a post in a conservatory.

There were some women cellists featured in Violoncellisten der Gegenwart: In Wort und Bild. Those bios are read in German and English in this Episode. 

The music playing in the background is that of women composers. There is Melonie Bonis, Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach, and Louise Farrenc. There are still others which I could not fit into this episode. Be on the look out for more featuring the works (in full) of some of this fantastic works by master composers.

Advice to Young Musicians.  -- (Musikalische Haus- und Lebens Regeln)

by: Robert Schumann

Here you will find simply the reading, in English, of the entire pamphlet known as Advice to Young Musicians.

Discussion about some of the advice--principles--will be left to another episode. For now, listen to and digest what Schumann is saying. It is interesting to view the words for yourself as well. Here is the link to download your own copy, for free:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/269161/gjgnb

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Happy Fourth of July!

It is Independence Day in America. There is little not done by immigrants and Anton Hegner is no different. He immigrated to America in the late 1800's and wrote two collections of works for Easy Cello. Each of them contain many arrangements and Fantasias using American Melodies popular at that time.

I wish all a happy Fourth of July and continued Freedom.

Oscar Brückner (1857-1930)

A short biographical sketch from "Cellists of the Present: In Word and Picture", Hamburg 1903.

Hear about his life and appointments as cellist. He wrote a little bit of music. I've recorded Nocturne Op. 37 for Cello and Piano, and 20 Short Studies for Cello, Op. 30. The Nocturne is certainly worth the effort to learn. Charming and full of neat surprises. The Studies are worthy to be included in a student's satchel of Etudes. 

Thanks for listening and for more information, more action, more "Forgotten Cello Music", check out other podcast episodes and my other Social Media as well.

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The Violoncello and Its History by J. Wasielewski:

--published in the late 1800's

This 200 page book provides an excellent look into the history of the cello. The two centuries, the 1700 and 1800's, dealt with break the information down by Country and in special cases by individuals. This was the case with Bernhard Romberg--Episode 15 https://anchor.fm/forgottencellomusic/episodes/Episode-15-Forgotten-Cello-Music-Bernhard-ROMBERG-German-School-of-Cello-e11rbsn.

In this episode, I mainly focus on the reading directly from Wasielewski's book: CONCLUSION pages 210-213. It is a good overview of the two centuries past and a look at the then current role of the solo cellist and some of the impediments they faced. 

At the end, I make a few comments and mention plans for a future episode. 

Thanks for listening.

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Violoncellisten der Gegenwart: In Wort und Bild (Cellists of the Present: In Word and Picture)

Joseph Hollman was a Dutch cellist. He wrote many little works for cello. All of which seem to have a graceful style. So far, I have only had time to play and record "Four Easy Pieces" by Hollman. They are delightful and mood-inducing little ditties. Listen to them in full here or on my Social Media.

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To read about the projects in more depth and get some of my thoughts about these compositions see my blog in Wordpress:

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