Gaspar Cassadó

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Gaspar Cassadó (September 30, 1897 - December 24, 1966), was an influential cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father and began taking cello lessons at age seven.

When he was nine, he played in a recital where Pablo Casals was in the audience. From that point on, he studied under Casals. The city of Barcelona awarded him a scholarship so that he could study with Casals in Paris.

Although he took an unorthodox approach to the instrument, his compositions such as the Sonata and Suite for Solo Cello are fairly well known in musicians' circles.

[edit] Compositions

Concerti
- Cello Concerto in D minor (1926)
- Cello Concerto in E Major, based on Tchaikovsky's Piano Pieces, Op.72, (1940)
- Cello Concerto in D Major, based on Weber's Clarinet Concerto No.2, in E flat Major, Op.74
- Cello Concerto in D Major, based on Mozart's Horn Concerto No.3 in E flat Major, K.447
- Cello Concerto in A Minor, based on Schubert's Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano, D.821
Solo Works
- Suite for Cello Solo
- Préambulo and Sardana, for Guitar Solo
Cello and Piano
- Allegretto Grazioso "After Schubert"
- Danse du diable vert
- La pendule, la fileuse et le galant
- Lamento de Boabdil
- Minuetto "After Paderewski"
- Pastoral "After Couperin"
- Requiebros
- Serenade
- Sonata
- Sonata nello stile antico spagnuolo (Sonata in an "Old Spanish Style")
- Toccata "After Frescobaldi"
Chamber Works
- Piano Trio in C major