An Artistic Score Engraving update from December 2024 Dear all, Welcome back to the monthly update, the last one from 2024. It has been a wild year for me so far, with plenty of ups and downs, and unexpected turnarounds. How has this year been for you, both musically and otherwise? I used to jokeContinue reading “Ode to the Brave Ones!”
Tag Archives: cello
Arrangements — Episode 3
_Goyescas,_ an opera in one act and three tableaux by Spanish composer Enrique **Granados** (1867–1916), saw the light in 1915, based on the libretto by Fernando **Periquet** y Zuaznaba and based on melodies taken from the eponymous Suite for piano solo written by Granados himself four years before.
Viva l’Italia!—Episode 1 & 2
Announcing Pietro Mascagni’s Intermezzo Sinfonico in several versions! This article is an expanded version of the Editorial Notes that can be found in the published edition, available at this link. You can watch the promo video here; version for cello ensemble. EDITORIAL NOTES Back in 2010, while studying cello performance in Sion, Switzerland, with myContinue reading “Viva l’Italia!—Episode 1 & 2”
Dotzauer Project – Episode 9: announcing the “Three Easy Sonatas” for two cellos, Op. 103
This article is an expanded version of the _Editorial Notes_ that can be found in the published edition, available [at this link.] A promotional video of this score can be [watched here.]
Happy 241st Birthday, Dotzauer!
Happy Birthday, Justus Johann Friedrich **Dotzauer** (b otd 1783, 241 years ago!)
One of the crucial figures for the development of modern cello playing and possibly the most influential pedagogue of his time. Most of how we play cello today saw the light thanks to his research and inspiration.
