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Sonata for Solo Cello (Kodály)

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first played the sonata for Kodály at the age of 15, in 1939, then again in 1967 shortly before the composer's death. Kodály told Starker: "If you correct the ritard in the third movement, it will be the Bible performance." Starker recorded it four times (1948, 1950, 1956 and 1970), the 1948 78-rpm
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Kodály himself predicted that "in 25 years no cellist will be accepted who has not played it". Indeed, less than 40 years later, in 1956, the sonata was a set piece for the
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used in the Sonata for Solo Cello. The upper two strings remain the same as in normal tuning, while the lower strings are tuned down one semitone. The piece wavers between
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in 1947 was the first American performance of the work for many years.
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It is among the most significant works for solo cello written since
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8, in 1915. It was first performed in 1918 and published in 1921.
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Competition in Mexico City. The performance of the sonata by
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Janos Starker, “King of Cellists”: The Making of an Artist
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was written in 1915 but its premiere was delayed due to
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Index

Zoltán Kodály
B minor
Op.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suites
Debussy
Bartók

Scordatura
B minor
B major
movements
sonata
World War I
Jenő Kerpely
hu
Universal Edition
Casals
George Neikrug
New York Town Hall
János Starker
Grand Prix du Disque


"Zoltán Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8"
"Zoltán Kodály's Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello, Op. 8: one cellist's path to performance"


Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8 (Kodály)
International Music Score Library Project

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