Dimitry Markevitch
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Dimitry Markevitch was a Russian concert cellist, researcher, teacher and musicologist. He studied under Gregor Piatigorsky
and founded the Institut de Hautes Etudes Musicales (IHEM) in Switzerland
. His brother, Igor Markevitch
, was an orchestral conductor.
Markevitch rediscovered several important manuscripts, including Westphal and Kellner transcriptions of several Bach
Suites, and published his own edition of the Suites, playing all six in recital at Carnegie Hall
in New York in 1964. He also unearthed two previously unknown pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven
: the Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Opus 64, and the Kreutzer
Sonata, transcribed for cello by Czerny
. He contributed to editions of pieces by Mussorgsky
, De Falla, Stravinsky, and Shostakovitch and wrote Cello Story, a book on the history and repertoire of the cello.
He was one of the first people to champion "authentic" instrumental techniques and played a baroque cello for pieces composed before the 19th century. He specialised in works for the solo cello and his book The Solo Cello is a comprehensive guide to the subject.
He was the first cellist to record the complete Kodály Opus 8 Solo Cello Sonata in addition to two sonatas for cello and piano by Louis Abbiate with Bernard Ringeissen
. He recorded the Bach Cello Suites in 1992 and made the first complete recording of the Seven Sonatas for Cello and Piano by Beethoven. Through his career he compiled an extensive, and now catalogued, library of over 3,000 cello scores. Dimitry Matkevitch died on January 29, 2002 at home in Clarens, Switzerland
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Gregor Piatigorsky
Gregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.-Early life:...
and founded the Institut de Hautes Etudes Musicales (IHEM) in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. His brother, Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch
Igor Markevitch was a Ukrainian, Italian, and French composer and conductor.- Origin :Igor Markevich was born in Kiev, to an old family of Ukrainian Cossack starshyna ennobled in the 18th century...
, was an orchestral conductor.
Markevitch rediscovered several important manuscripts, including Westphal and Kellner transcriptions of several Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
Suites, and published his own edition of the Suites, playing all six in recital at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in New York in 1964. He also unearthed two previously unknown pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
: the Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Opus 64, and the Kreutzer
Kreutzer
-People named Kreutzer:*Conradin Kreutzer - a German classical composer and conductor*Leonid Kreutzer - a German classical pianist*Idar Kreutzer - a Norwegian CEO*Rodolphe Kreutzer - a French classical violinist and composer*William Kreutzer, Jr...
Sonata, transcribed for cello by Czerny
Czerny
Czerny means black in several Slavic languages. There are several people with the last name Czerny:*Adalbert Czerny , German pediatrician, co-founder of modern pediatrics*Carl Czerny , Austrian pianist, composer and teacher...
. He contributed to editions of pieces by Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky can refer to:*The Mussorgsky family of Russian nobility;*Modest Mussorgsky, a Russian composer belonging to that family.*Mussorgsky , a 1950 Soviet film about the composer...
, De Falla, Stravinsky, and Shostakovitch and wrote Cello Story, a book on the history and repertoire of the cello.
He was one of the first people to champion "authentic" instrumental techniques and played a baroque cello for pieces composed before the 19th century. He specialised in works for the solo cello and his book The Solo Cello is a comprehensive guide to the subject.
He was the first cellist to record the complete Kodály Opus 8 Solo Cello Sonata in addition to two sonatas for cello and piano by Louis Abbiate with Bernard Ringeissen
Bernard Ringeissen
Bernard Ringeissen is a French classical pianist.He was born in Paris in 1934. His first teacher, at age 7, was Georges de Lausnay. He entered the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieure de Musique in 1947, aged 12, and won the Premier Prix when he was sixteen. He had further study with Marguerite...
. He recorded the Bach Cello Suites in 1992 and made the first complete recording of the Seven Sonatas for Cello and Piano by Beethoven. Through his career he compiled an extensive, and now catalogued, library of over 3,000 cello scores. Dimitry Matkevitch died on January 29, 2002 at home in Clarens, Switzerland
Clarens, Switzerland
Clarens is a small village in the municipality of Montreux, in the canton of Vaud, in Switzerland.Whilst in Clarens, the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballets The Rite of Spring and Pulcinella and in March 1878, Tchaikovsky wrote his Violin Concerto.Paul Kruger, hero of South African...
.