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Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky

            1904 — 1987

            Composer, Pianist

 

       Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kabalevsky became composition professor at the Moscow Conservatory,  cooperating with artistic decrees of Stalin.  In response to the Communist party decree on music of 1948,  Kabalevsky  produced the very lyric Cello Concerto, Op. 49.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Kabalevsky

Two Pieces, Op. 2

vc pf

1927

Kabalevsky

Quartet #1, Op. 8

string quartet

1928

Kabalevsky

Improvisation, Op. 21

vn pf

1934

Kabalevsky

Quartet #2, Op. 44

string quartet

1945

Kabalevsky

Violin Concerto, Op. 48

vn w/ orch

1948

Kabalevsky

Cello Concerto #1, Op. 49

vc w/ orch

1949

Kabalevsky

Rondo, Op. 69

vn pf

1961

Kabalevsky

Cello Sonata, Op. 71

vc pf

1962

Kabalevsky

Cello Concerto #2, Op. 77

vc w/ orch

1964

 

 

 

 

 

Jean Wenceslas Kalliwoda

            1801 — 1866

            Violinist, Composer

 

 

Kalliwoda studied violin with Pixis.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Kalliwoda

Violin Concerto, Op. 9

vn w/ orch

1821

Kalliwoda

Variations brillantes, Op. 14

2vn w/ orch

1829

Kalliwoda

Concertino #1, Op. 15

vn pf w/ orch

1830

Kalliwoda

Concertante, Op. 20

2vn w/ orch

1832

Kalliwoda

Piano Trio #1, Op. 61

piano trio

1835

Kalliwoda

Duet, Op. 111

vn pf

1842

Kalliwoda

Piano Trio #2, Op. 130

piano trio

1845

Kalliwoda

Concertino #6, Op. 151

vn w/ orch

1848

Kalliwoda

3 Duos Concertants, Op. 178

2vn

1850 ca

Kalliwoda

Piano Trio #3, Op. 200

piano trio

1854

Kalliwoda

Duets, Op. 208

vn va

1855 ca

 

 

 

 

 

Heinrich Ernst Kayser

            1815 — 1888

            Violinist

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Kayser

36 Studies, Op. 20

vn

 

Kayser

16 Studies, Op. 28

vn

 

Kayser

16 Studies, Op. 30

vn

 

Kayser

Studies with a 2nd vn ad lib., Op. 67

vn w/ vn

 

 

Writings:

Neuste Méthode des Violinspiels, Op. 32

 

 

 

 

 

Aram Il’yich Khachaturian

            1903 — 1978

            Composer

 

         Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Khachaturian, Aram

Double Fugue revised as Recitative and Fugue

string quartet

1923 rv1967

Khachaturian, Aram

Elegy

vc pf

1925

Khachaturian, Aram

The Song of the Wandering Ashugh

vc pf

1925

Khachaturian, Aram

Chamber Tants

vn pf

1926

Khachaturian, Aram

The Dream

vc pf

1926

Khachaturian, Aram

Piece

vc pf

1926

Khachaturian, Aram

Pesnya-poema

vn pf

1929

Khachaturian, Aram

Allegretto

vn pf

1929

Khachaturian, Aram

Clarinet Trio

clr vn pf

1932

Khachaturian, Aram

Violin Sonata

vn pf

1932

Khachaturian, Aram

Violin Concerto

vn w/ orch

1940

Khachaturian, Aram

Nocturne

vn pf

1941

Khachaturian, Aram

Cello Concerto

vc w/ orch

1946

Khachaturian, Aram

Concert Rhapsody

vn w/ orch

1962

Khachaturian, Aram

Concerto-Rhapsody

vc w/ orch

1963

Khachaturian, Aram

Sonata-Fantasia

vc

1974

Khachaturian, Aram

Sonata-Monologue

vn

1975

Khachaturian, Aram

Sonata-Song

va

1977

 

 

 

 

 

Karen Khachaturian

            born 1920

            Composer

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Khachaturian, Karen

Sonata

vn pf

1947

Khachaturian, Karen

Sonata

vc pf

1966

Khachaturian, Karen

String Quartet

string quartet

1969

Khachaturian, Karen

Trio

hrn vn pf

1981

Khachaturian, Karen

String Trio

string trio

1984

Khachaturian, Karen

Cello Concerto

vc w/ orch

1984

 

 

 

 

 

Johann Philipp Kirnberger

            1721 — 1783

            Theorist, Composer, Organist, Violinist

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Kirnberger studied composition with Bach.  Kirnberger's treatise presumably gives one of the most detailed expositions of the theory conveyed in Bach's private teaching.  

 

Writings:

Die Kunst des reinen Satzes in der Musik, 4 vols. 1771-79

 

 

 

 

 

Nikolaus Kittel

                Bow maker

 

 

 

 

 

Julius Klengel

            1859 — 1935

            Cellist, Composer

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Klengel's cello playing is considered a continuation of the Dresden School from Grützmacher'.  Klengel became cello professor at the Leipzig Conservatory, teaching Emanuel Feuermann , Paul Grümmer, Guilhermina Suggia, Edmund Kurtz, William Pleeth, and Piatigorsky.  

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Klengel

Hymn for Twelve Cellos

12vc

 

Klengel

Cello Concertino, Op. 7

vc w/orch

 

Klengel

Cello Concerto, Op. 10

vc w/orch

 

Klengel

Cello Concerto, Op. 20

vc w/orch

 

Klengel

Cello Concerto, Op. 31

vc w/orch

 

Klengel

Cello Concerto, Op. 37

vc w/orch

 

Klengel

Cello Concerto, Op. 41

vc w/orch

 

Klengel

Caprice in the form of a chaconne, Op. 43

vc

 

Klengel

Double Cello Concerto, Op. 45

2vc w/orch

 

Klengel

Cello Concertino, Op. 46

vc w/orch

 

Klengel

Suite, Op. 56

vc

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johannes Klingenberg

            1852 — 1905

            Cellist

 

 

Klingenberg studied cello with Grützmacher.  Later, he wrote the Dotzauer - Klingenberg Tutor, combining Dotzauer exercises with his own contributions, plus material from Duport and other sources.

 

Writings:

Dotzauer - Klingenberg Tutor

 

 

 

 

 

Klingenfeld

           Violist

 

 

Writings:

Viola School for Violin-Players, 1897

 

 

 

 

 

Mathais Klotz

            1653 — 1743

            Maker — Mittenwald

 

 

The first Mittenwald maker.

 

 

 

 

 

Sebastian Klotz

            1696 — 1775

            Maker — Mittenwald

 

 

Son of Mathais Klotz.

 

 

 

 

 

Franz Kneisel

            Violinist

 

 

 

 

 

Heinrich Christoph Koch

            1749 — 1816

            Theorist, Violinist

 

 

Koch wrote what is probably the most comprehensive composition treatise from the classical era, containing detailed treatment of form.

 

Writings:

  Musikalisches Lexicon, 1802

 

 Versuch einer Anleitung zur Composition, 1793

 

 

 

 

 

Zoltan Kodaly

            1882 — 1967

            Composer — Hungarian

 

        Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collaborating with Bartok, his friend and fellow composition student under Koessler at the Budapest Academy, Kodaly collected and transcribed folksongs. 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Kodaly

Menuetto

string quartet

1897

Kodaly

Romance Lyrique

vc pf

1898

Kodaly

String Quartet

string quartet

1899

Kodaly

Trio in E flat

2vn va

1899

Kodaly

Adagio

vn pf

1905

Kodaly

Intermezzo

string trio

1905