Episode 5 brings me back to the little book about living cellists circa 1903. 

Violoncellisten der Gegenwart: In Wort und Bild

"Cellists of the Present: In Word and Picture"

Published in Hamburg 1903

Here, I present the Foreword of the book in my own translation into English and the original in German. There are some disclaimers about the translation and reading in German. 

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The music of Goltermann's for cello encompasses quite a large quantity. He wrote works with 135 opus numbers and most of them are for cello. In this episode I talk in more detail about his Sonatinas, Nocturnes, Tonbilder, and a bit about the concertos. They are fabulous works. It is my hope that more cellists and students play his music.

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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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Some background about me and why I began on a project of unknown music.

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How many composers are there? How many cellist/composers?

More than you might think.

Julius Klengel was was of many (especially during the Romantic Period) who performed, taught, and composed. He wrote dozens of pieces specially for cello and many of those were targeted at students. 

It is worth our while to explore, discover, and learn old works that have been forgotten by most of the population of cellists.

If you wish to enjoy the fruits of another's labor and continue listening to more cellist/composers' works than you ever thought possible please keep reading and click on one of the links to make a donation:

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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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Your feedback is welcome and it'd be great to hear from you!

Recently, the book, in German, "Violoncellisten der Gegewart: In Wort und Bild" came to my attention. I had been searching for books about cello and this is one of the great discoveries that popped up. The title can be translated to the effect, "Cellists of the Present: In Word and Picture".

It is great to come across historical volumes such as this when involved in precisely this era. Currently, I am recording music from Julius Klengel and it happens that Klengel is one of the features therein. Great source material. I hope you will join me as I introduce the book about cellists from the turn of the 20th Century. Here, I also speak about the fact that there are many more pieces for cello than I had ever dreamt there were when I was a student in the 90's and 2000's.

If you wish to be a proponent of spreading the word about all this cello music and help more people to hear more selections of "Forgotten Cello Music" consider donating to this cause.

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My first podcast, EVER! Thanks to the platform for the chance to produce and upload my own podcast, free of charge. Let's learn about "Forgotten Cello Music".

This is a project I began many years ago when I was a student. Sight-reading was always very interesting to me and the more I sight-read the more music I needed to get my hands on. Soon, I began discovering and reading works by composers I knew little about and even by some I never had heard of. Now, I am going about it via IMSLP and dowloading lots of scores by Goltermann, Klengel, Nölck, Schlemüller, Lee, Dotzauer, Kummer, Romberg, Hegner, and sometimes neglected music by well-known composers. 

My goal is really simple--PLAY MORE FORGOTTEN CELLO MUSIC.

That's it. I have only one basic rule. --> Play an ENTIRE opus number. I will never choose one number from an opus, rather I will learn all 6 of the "Tonbilder" Op. 129 by Goltermann, or all 3 Sonatinas Op. 47 (and each movement, of course) by Klengel. Just to name two.

Although I have a deep appreciation for the great music by those great composers--Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, etc.--these forgotten pieces of music are interesting and fun to play. Many of them lie in the Beginner to Intermediate levels. This doesn't reduce their intrigue to me. It does open of more possibilities for teaching material however! 

There is so much music out there, perhaps you, too, would find some neglected music that holds your interest. Just give a chance by playing it more than once or twice. It may turn out to be very interesting music.