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Johann Pachelbel

            1653 — 1706

            Composer, Organist — Nuremberg

 

     Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A friend of the Bach family and a teacher of Johann Christoph Bach who subsequently taught J. S. Bach.  The famous Canon was published originally as a Canon and Gigue for three violins and basso continuo.

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolò Paganini

            1782 — 1840

            Violinist, Violist, Guitarist, Composer

 

    Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paganini studied violin with Costa, Antonio Cervetto, and possibly Rolla.  Paganini was further influenced by hearing Duranowski play, and by studying Locatelli's L'arte del violino.  Paganini's only known student is Sivori.

 

Paganini commissioned Harold in Italy from Berlioz, part of a general tendency to be financially generous.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Paganini

3 Duetti

bsn vn

1800 by

Paganini

3 Ritornelli

2vn vc

1800 by

Paganini

3 Duetti

vn vc

1802

Paganini

Sonata a violino scordato

vn w/ vn

1802

Paganini

Grande Sonata

vn gtr

1803

Paganini

24 Caprices, Op. 1

vn

1805

Paganini

6 Sonatas for Violin and Guitar, Op. 2

vn gtr

1805

Paganini

6 Sonatas for Violin and Guitar, Op. 3

vn gtr

1805

Paganini

3 Guitar Quartets, Op. 4

vn va gtr vc

1806

Paganini

3 Guitar Quartets, Op. 5

vn va gtr vc

1806

Paganini

Napoleon Sonata

vn w/ orch

1807

Paganini

Due merveille

vn

1808

Paganini

Serenata

va vc gtr

1808

Paganini

Polacca con variazioni

vn w/ orch

1810

Paganini

Sonata 'Maria Luisa'

vn w/ orch

1813

Paganini

La Streghe, Op. 8

vn w/ orch

1813

Paganini

Concerto in e

vn w/ orch

1815

Paganini

3 String Quartets

string quartets

1815

Paganini

Violin Concerto #1 in Eb, Op. 6

vn w/ orch

1816

Paganini

9 Guitar Quartets

vn va gtr vc

1818

Paganini

Variations on Non piu mesta, Op. 12

vn w/ orch

1819

Paganini

I palpiti, Variations, Op. 13

vn w/ orch

1819

Paganini

Variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio

vn w/ orch

1819 ca

Paganini

Cantabile

vn pf

1824

Paganini

Nel cor piu non mi sento

vn

1821

Paganini

Sonata Militare, Variations on Mozart  (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1825

Paganini

Violin Concerto #2 in b, Op. 7  ( La Campanella )

vn w/ orch

1826

Paganini

Violin Concerto #3 in E

vn w/ orch

1826

Paganini

Capriccio on a theme from Le nozze de Figaro  (lost)

vn w/ orch

1828

Paganini

La tempesta

vn w/ orch

1828

Paganini

Maestisa suonata sentimentale

vn w/ orch

1828

Paganini

Suonata con variazioni

vn w/ orch

1828

Paganini

Le couvent du Mont Saint Bernard

vn w/ orch and voice

1828

Paganini

Tema napolitano

vn pf

1829

Paganini

Variations on God Save the King, Op. 9

vn w/ orch

1829

Paganini

Variations on O mamma, mamma cara, Op. 10

vn w/ orch

1829

Paganini

Sonata Varasavia

vn w/ orch

1829

Paganini

Sonata appasionata  (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1829

Paganini

Sonata a violino principale

vn w/ vn vc

1830 ca

Paganini

Violin Concerto #4 in d

vn w/ orch

1830

Paganini

Violin Concerto #5 in a

vn w/ orch

1830

Paganini

Sonata amorosa galante (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1831

Paganini

Rondò

vn pf

1831

Paganini

Les charmes de Padoue

vn pf

1831

Paganini

Caprice d'adieux

vn pf

1831

Paganini

Potpourri (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1831

Paganini

St. Patrick's Day Variations (violin part lost)

vn w/ orch

1831

Paganini

Sonatina e polacchetta

vn w/ orch

1831

Paganini

Motto Perpetuo

vn w/ orch

1832

Paganini

Terzetto concertante

va gtr vc

1833

Paganini

Sonata per la grand viola

va w/ orch

1834

Paganini

Allegro vivace a movemento perpetuo, Op. 11

vn w/ orch

1835

Paganini

Balletto campestre

vn w/ orch

1838

 

 

Writings About Paganini:

            Guhr: Ueber Paganinis Kunst die Violone zu spielen

 

 

 

 

 

Siegfried Palm

            1925 — 2005

            Cellist

 

 

A champion of contemporary cello music, Siegfried Palm first studied with his father, a student of Julius Klengel.  Many composers, including Penderecki, Xenakis, and Ligeti, wrote works specifically for Palm.

 

 

 

 

 

Arvo Pärt

            Born 1935

            Composer

 

    Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Pärt

Pro et contra, Concerto

vc w/ orch

1966

Pärt

Tabula Rasa, Double Concerto

vn vn/va w/ strings and prepared pf

1977

Pärt

Fratres

string quartet and db fl ob clr hrn bsn perc pf

1977

Pärt

Fratres

vn pf

1980

Pärt

Fratres

12vc

1983

Pärt

Fratres

string quartet

1985

Pärt

Summa

vn 2va vc

1990

Pärt

Summa

string quartet

1991

Pärt

Spiegl et Spiegl

va pf

1991

Pärt

Spiegl et Spiegl

vc pf

1991

Pärt

Psalom

string quartet

1991

Pärt

Fratres

vn w/ strings perc

1992

 

 

 

 

 

Dominique Peccatte

            1810 — 1874

            Bow maker

 

 

Peccatte worked for Vuillaume until 1837.  The successor to Tourte, Peccatte made rounded sticks but with accented egg shape for lateral strength.

 

 

 

 

 

Krzysztof Penderecki

            born 1933

            Composer

 

   Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Penderecki

Sonata

vn pf

1953

Penderecki

3 Minituary

vn pf

1959

Penderecki

Concerto Breve

vc w/ orch

1959

Penderecki

Quartet #1

string quartet

1960

Penderecki

Violin Concerto (withdrawn)

vn w/ orch

1963

Penderecki

Sonata

vc w/ orch

1964

Penderecki

Capriccio

vn w/ orch

1967

Penderecki

Concerto per violino grande (became Cello Con. #1)

violone w/ orch

1967

Penderecki

Quartet #2

string quartet

1968

Penderecki

Capriccio per Siegfried Palm

vc

1968

Penderecki

Cello Concerto #1

vc/violone w/ orch

1972

Penderecki

Violin Concerto #1

vn w/ orch

1976

Penderecki

Cello Concerto #2

vc w/ orch

1982

Penderecki

Viola Concerto

va/clr w/ orch

1983

Penderecki

Cadenza

vn /vc

1984

Penderecki

Per Slava

vc

1985

Penderecki

Die unterbrochene Gedanke

string quartet

1988

Penderecki

String Trio

string trio

1988

Penderecki

Quartet

clr vn va vc

1993

Penderecki

Divertimento

vc

1994

Penderecki

Violin Concerto #2

vn w/ orch

1995

 

 

 

 

 

 Johann Christoph Pepusch

            1667 — 1752

            Composer, Organist, Violist

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Added base lines and an overture to The Beggar's Opera.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Pepusch

16 Sonatas, Op. 2

vn bc

1707 Amsterdam

Pepusch

12 Sonatas, Op. 3

2(vn/ob/fl) bc

1710 London

Pepusch

12 Sonatas, Op. 4 (lost?)

vn bc

1711 ca

Pepusch

10 Sonatas, Op. 5

vn bc

1711 Amsterdam

Pepusch

10 Sonatas, Op. 6

vn bc

1712 Amsterdam

Pepusch

10 Sonatas, Op. 7

2trebles bc

1717 Amsterdam

Pepusch

6 Concerts, Op. 8

2rec 2(fl/ob/vn) bc

1718 Amsterdam

 

Writings:

            Treatise on Harmony, 1730 London

 

 

 

 

 

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

            1710 — 1736

            Composer, Violinist

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Pergolesi

Violin Concerto

vn w/ orch

 

Pergolesi

Sinfonia

vc bc

 

Pergolesi

Violin Sonata

vn bc

 

Pergolesi

Trio

2vn bc

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Perle

            born 1915

            Composer, Theorist

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Perle studied composition with Krenek

 

Writings:

Twelve-Tone Tonality, 1977 Berkeley

 

Serial Composition and Atonality, 1962

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Perle

Sonata

va

1942

Perle

Quartet #2

string quartet

1942

Perle

Hebrew Melodies

vc

1945

Perle

Lyric Piece

vc pf

1946

Perle

Sonata

vc

1947

Perle

Quintet for Strings

viola quintet

1958

Perle

Sonata #1

vn

1959

Perle

Quartet #5

string quartet

1960

Perle

Monody II

db

1962

Perle

Serenade #1

va w/ orch

1962

Perle

Sonata #2

vn

1963

Perle

Solo Partita

vn vc

1965

Perle

Cello Concerto

vc w/ orch

1966

Perle

Quartet #7

string quartet

1973

Perle

Sonata a Quattro

fl clr vn vc

1982

Perle

Sonata

vc pf

1985

Perle

Sonata a Cinque

trbn clr vn vc pf

1987

Perle

Quartet #8, Windows of Order

string quartet

1988

Perle

Duos

string quartet and hrn

1995

Perle

Critcal Moments

fl clr vn vc pf perc

1996

Perle

Quartet #9, Brief Encounters

string quartet

1998

 

 

 

 

 

Itzhak Perlman

            born 1945

            Violinist

 

       Wikipedia Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vincent Persichetti

            1915 — 1987

            Composer, Writer

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Persichetti

String Quartet #1, Op. 7

string quartet

1939

Persichetti

Suite, Op. 9

vn vc

1940

Persichetti

Sonata, Op. 10

vn

1940

Persichetti

Concertato, Op. 12

piano quintet

1940

Persichetti

Serenade #3, Op. 17

piano trio

1941

Persichetti

String Quartet #2, Op. 24

string quartet

1944

Persichetti

Vocalise, Op. 27

vc pf

1945

Persichetti

Serenade #4, Op. 28

vn pf

1945

Persichetti

Serenade #6, Op. 44

trbn va vc

1950

Persichetti

Sonata for solo cello, Op. 54

vc

1952

Persichetti

Piano Quintet, Op. 66

piano quintet

1954

Persichetti

String Quartet #3, Op. 81

string quartet

1959

Persichetti

Infanta marina, Op. 83

va pf

1960

Persichetti

Masques, Op. 99

vn pf

1965

Persichetti

String Quartet #4, Op. 122 (Parable X)

string quartet

1972

Persichetti

Parable XVI, Op. 130

va

1974

Persichetti

Parable XVII, Op. 131

db

1974

Persichetti

Parable XIII, Op. 150

string trio

1981

 

Writings:

Twentieth-Century Harmony

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Persinger

            1887 — 1966

            Violinist, Pianist

 

 

Persinger studied violin with Ysaÿe and Thibaud.  Persinger's students include Stern and Menuhin.

 

 

 

 

 

Petri

            Violinist

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Petri

Studies, Op. 9

vn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Francois-André Philidor

            1726 — 1795

            Composer, Chess Master

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Philidor, the composer of 11 operas, is one and the same as the great 18th century chess master.

 

 

 

 

 

Gregor Piatigorsky

            1903 — 1976

            Cellist

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Piatigorsky studied cello at the Moscow Conservatory.  Piatigorsky played in famous trios with Schnabel and Flesch, and with Heifetz and Rubinstein.   Piatigorsky premiered concertos for Hindemith and Walton.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Piatigorsky

Variations on a Theme of Paganini

vc w/ pf/orch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfredo Piatti

            1822 — 1901

            Cellist, Composer

 

 

Piatti studied with Merighi at the Milan Conservatoire, settling  in London.  Piatti toured extensively, and played in a quartet with Ernst as first, Joachim as second, and Henryk Wieniawski on viola!

 

Piatti's students include William Whitehouse, Hugo Becker, and Robert Hausmann.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Piatti

Concertino, Op. 18

vc w/ orch

1863

Piatti

Tarantella, Op. 23

vc w/ pf?orch

1874 ca

Piatti

Concerto, Op. 24

vc w/ orch

1874 Berlin

Piatti

12 Caprices, Op. 25

vc

1875

Piatti

Concerto, Op. 26

vc w/ orch

1877 Leipzig

Piatti

Sonata, Op. 28

vc pf

1894

Piatti

Sonata, Op. 29

vc pf

1895 ca

Piatti

Sonata, Op. 30

vc pf

1895 ca

Piatti

Sonata, Op. 31

vc pf

1896

 

Writings:

Cello Method

 

 

 

 

Francois Pique

            1758 — 1822

            Maker — Paris

 

 

Pique made his violins after a Stradivari model.

 

 

 

 

 

Johann Georg Pisendel

            1687 — 1755

            Violinist, Composer

 

 

Pisendel studied violin with Torelli and Vivaldi.  Touring widely, Pisendel's students include J. G. Graun.  Famous and highly respected as a violinist, Pisendel received dedications from great composers including Albinoni, Telemann, and Vivaldi.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Pisendel

Solo Sonata

vn

 

Pisendel

Sonata in e

vn bc

 

Pisendel

Sonata in a

vn bc

 

Pisendel

Concerto in g (#1)

vn w/ orch

 

Pisendel

Concerto in Eb (#2)

vn w/ orch

 

Pisendel

Concerto in Eb  (#3)

vn w/ orch

 

Pisendel

Concerto in G (#4)

vn w/ orch

 

Pisendel

Concerto in D (#5)

vn w/ orch

 

Pisendel

Concerto in G (#6)

vn w/ orch

 

Pisendel

Concerto in D (#7)

vn w/ orch

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walter Piston

            1894 — 1976

            Composer, Theorist, Teacher — American

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Walter Piston studied composition at Harvard, then in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Dukas.  Settling back in America, Piston taught at Harvard.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Piston

Minuetto in stile vecchio

string quartet

1927

Piston

Quartet #1

string quartet

1933

Piston

Piano Trio #1

piano trio

1935

Piston

Quartet #2

string quartet

1935

Piston

Sonata for Violin and Piano

vn pf

1939

Piston

Violin Concerto #1

vn w/ orch

1939

Piston

Interlude

va pf

1942

Piston

Quintet

string quartet and fl

1942

Piston

Partita

vn va org

1944

Piston

Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord

vn hpd

1946

Piston

Divertimento

string quartet and db fl ob clr bsn

1946

Piston

Quartet #3

string quartet

1947

Piston

Duo

va vc

1949

Piston

Piano Quintet

piano quintet

1949

Piston

Quartet #4

string quartet

1951

Piston

Viola Concerto

va w/ orch

1957

Piston

Violin Concerto #2

vn w/ orch

1960

Piston

Quartet #5

string quartet

1962

Piston

Piano Quartet

piano quartet

1964

Piston

String Sextet

string sextet

1964

Piston

Piano Trio #2

piano trio

1966

Piston

Variations

vc w/ orch

1966

Piston

Souvenir

fl va harp

1967

Piston

Fantasia

vn w/ orch

1970

Piston

Duo

vc pf

1972

Piston

3 Counterpoints

string trio

1973

Piston

Concerto

string quartet w/ winds perc

1976

 

Writings:

Principles of Harmonic Analysis, 1933

 

Harmony, 1941

 

Counterpoint, 1947

 

Orchestration, 1955

 

 

 

 

 

Friedrich Wilhelm Pixis

            1785 — 1842

            Violinist

 

 

Pixis studied violin with Viotti.  Pixis became violin professor at the Prague Conservatoire.  His students include Kalliwoda and Mildner.  Mildner in turn became professor and taught the important teacher Bennewitz.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Pixis

Violin Sonata

vn bc

1874

 

 

 

 

 

Johann Peter Pixis

            1788 — 1874

            Composer, Pianist

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Pixis, Johann

Piano Quartet, Op. 4

piano quartet

1812

Pixis, Johann

3 Quartets, Op. 7

string quartet

1814

Pixis, Johann

Sovenir de Paris , Op. 12

vn pf

1815 ca

Pixis, Johann

Sonata, Op. 14

vn pf

1815 ca

Pixis, Johann

Sonata, Op. 17

vn/fl pf

1815 ca

Pixis, Johann

String Quintet, Op. 24

string quintet

1817

Pixis, Johann

Grande Concertante, Op. 62

vn pf

1825

Pixis, Johann

3 Quartets, Op. 69

string quartet

1824

Pixis, Johann

Piano Trio #1, Op. 75

piano trio

1825 ca

Pixis, Johann

Piano Trio #2, Op. 76

piano trio

1825 ca

Pixis, Johann

Piano Trio #3, Op. 86

piano trio

1825 ca

Pixis, Johann

Piano Trio #4, Op. 95

piano trio

1825 ca

Pixis, Johann

Quintet, Op. 99

vn va vc db pf

1827

Pixis, Johann

Piano Trio #5, Op. 118

piano trio

1830 ca

Pixis, Johann

Piano Trio #6, Op. 129

piano trio

1830 ca

Pixis, Johann

Piano Trio #7, Op. 139

piano trio

1830 ca

Pixis, Johann

Piano Trio #8, Op. 147

piano trio

1830 ca

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolas-Joseph Platel

            1777 — 1835

            Cellist, Belgium

 

 

Platel studied cello with Jean-Louis Duport.  Platel's students include Servais.

 

 

 

 

 

John Playford

            1623 — 1686

            Theorist, Publisher

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Writings:

A Brief Introduction to the Skill of Musick

        revised edition 1658 (added a chapter, 'Playing on the Treble Violin')

 

The Division Violin, 1684

 

 

 

 

 

Ignace Pleyel

            1757 — 1831

            Composer, Publisher, Piano Maker

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Pleyel studied composition with Haydn at Eisenstadt.  Works have sometimes been misattributed between the two composers.  Pleyel also worked as a music publisher, producing a 'complete' Haydn Quartets in 1801.  As a publisher, Pleyel introduced the 'miniature' score format.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Pleyel

6 Quartets, Op. 1  (in C, Eb, A, Bb, G, D)

string quartet

1782

Pleyel

Cello Concerto in C

vc w/ orch

1782

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in A, C, g, Eb, Bb, D)

string quartet

1784

Pleyel

Violin Concerto in D

vn w/ orch

1785

Pleyel

3 Trios (in C, F, G)

piano trio

1785

Pleyel

2 String Quintets (in Eb, g)

viola quintet

1785

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in Bb, A, e, C, Eb, D)

string quartet

1785

Pleyel

2 String Quintets (in C, a)

viola quintet

1786

Pleyel

String Quintet in f

viola quintet

1786

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in C, G, F, A Bb, D)

string quartet

1786

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in Eb, Bb, A, C, G, F)

string quartet

1786

Pleyel

3 Quartets  (in Bb, G, d), King of Prussia

string quartet

1786

Pleyel

3 Quartets  (in C, A, Eb), King of Prussia

string quartet

1786

Pleyel

3 Quartets  (in D, F, g), King of Prussia

string quartet

1786

Pleyel

3 Quartets  (in G, c, D), King of Prussia

string quartet

1786

Pleyel

Septet in Eb

string quartet and 2hrn db

1787

Pleyel

2 Duos (in Bb, G)

vn kbd

1787

Pleyel

3 String Trios (in Eb, D, F)

string trio

1787

Pleyel

2 String Quintets (in D, Bb)

viola quintet

1787

Pleyel

Duo in Bb

vn kbd

1788

Pleyel

6 Duos (in C, D, F, G, A, Bb)

vn vc

1788

Pleyel

6 Duos (in Bb, F, C, G, D, A)

2(vn/fl)

1788

Pleyel

3 Quintets (in G, C, Eb)

fl ob vn va vc

1788

Pleyel

2 String Quintets (in F, D)

viola quintet

1788

Pleyel

Violin Concerto in D

vn w/ orch

1788

Pleyel

Cello Concerto in C

vc w/ orch

1788

Pleyel

3 Quartets  (in F, A, F)

string quartet

1788

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in C, F, Eb, G, Bb, A), Prince of Wales

string quartet

1788

Pleyel

Quartet in Eb

vn 2va vc

1788

Pleyel

6 Trios (in C, G, Bb, A, e, D), Queen of Great Britain

piano trio

1788

Pleyel

6 Duos (in Bb, D, A, F, C, e)

2vn

1789

Pleyel

6 Duos (in C, g, A, Bb, G, d)

2vn

1789

Pleyel

6 String Trios (in C, Eb, D, e, Bb, G)

2vn vc

1789

Pleyel

2 String Quintets (in Bb, G)

viola quintet

1789

Pleyel

String Quintet in F

viola quintet

1789

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in D, F, A, G, Bb, C)

fl/vn vn va vc

1789

Pleyel

Nocturne

vn vc w/ 2hrn vn va bc

1790

Pleyel

3 Trios (in F, G, Eb)

piano trio

1790

Pleyel

3 Trios (in Bb, C, f)

piano trio

1791

Pleyel

Sextet in F

2vn 2va vc db

1791

Pleyel

Symphonie Concertante in Eb

vn ob va vc w/ orch

1791

Pleyel

Symphonie Concertante in Bb

vn va w/ orch

1791

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in C, Bb, e, G, A, f), King of Naples

string quartet

1791

Pleyel

Symphonie Concertante in F

string quartet and fl ob bsn w/ orch

1792

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in F, Bb, D, Eb, G, E)

string quartet

1792

Pleyel

Duo in C

va vc

1792

Pleyel

3 Trios (in C, F, D)

piano trio

1793

Pleyel

3 Trios (in G, Bb, A)

piano trio

1794

Pleyel

Scottish Airs, book 1

piano trio

1794

Pleyel

3 Duos (in C, F, Eb)

2vn

1795

Pleyel

Scottish Airs, book 2

piano trio

1795

Pleyel

3 Duos (in G, Bb, c)

vn/va vn

1796

Pleyel

Scottish Airs, book 3

piano trio

1796

Pleyel

Trio in D

piano trio

1796

Pleyel

3 Trios (in F, D, Bb)

piano trio

1796

Pleyel

3 Trios (in F, C, Eb)

piano trio

1796

Pleyel

6 Quartets  (in D, F, A, C, G, A)

fl vn va vc

1797

Pleyel

3 Trios (in Bb, A, C)

piano trio

1797

Pleyel

6 String Trios (in D, F, G, Bb, G, A)

string trio

1797

Pleyel

Scottish Airs, book 4

piano trio

1798

Pleyel

3 Trios (in Bb, D, Eb)

piano trio

1798

Pleyel

2 Quartets  (in D, G)

fl vn va vc

1799

Pleyel

3 Duos (in C, g, D)

2vc

1799

Pleyel

6 Duos (in C, g, Eb, G, Bb, D)

2vn

1799

Pleyel

3 Quartets  (in C, Bb, f), to Boccherini

string quartet

1803

Pleyel

3 Trios (in F, Bb, Eb), Empress of Russia

piano trio

1803

Pleyel

Symphonie Concertante in F

vn pf w/ orch

1804 ca

Pleyel

6 Duos (in C, G, a, F, D, e)

2vn

1806

Pleyel

2 Quartets  (in Eb, D), to Viotti

string quartet

1810

Pleyel

6 Duos (in D, Eb, C, Bb, f, G)

vn va

1812

 

 

 

 

 

David Popper

            1843 — 1913

            Cellist, Composer, Teacher

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Popper studied cello at the Prague Conservatoire with Julius Goltermann (a student of Kummer).

 

Popper performed widely, as both soloist and chamber player. At times, Popper played with the Hellmesberger Quartet.  In 1886, Popper became the first cello professor at the new Royal Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest.  With violinist Jenö Hubay, Popper founded the Budapest Quartet.

 

Writings:

Hochschule des Violoncellspiels, 4 volumes from 1901 to 1905.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Popper

Cello Concerto #1, Op. 8

vc w/ orch

1871

Popper

Mazurka, Op. 11

vc pf

1875 ca

Popper

Polonaise de concert, Op. 14

vc pf

1875 ca

Popper

Suite, Op. 16

2vc

1876

Popper

Cello Concerto #2, Op. 24

vc w/ orch

1880 Leipzig

Popper

Andante serioso, Op. 27

vc

1880

Popper

Tarantelle, Op. 33

vc pf

1881 ca

Popper

Elfentanz, Op. 39

vc pf

1881

Popper

Devotion

vc pf

1881 ca

Popper

Suite Im Walde, Op. 50

vc w/ orch

1882 Hamburg

Popper

Serenade

vc pf

1882 ca

Popper

Spanish Dances, Op. 54

vc pf

1882 ca

Popper

Concert Etudes, Op. 55 ( #1 is the Spinning Song)

vc pf

1882 ca

Popper

Cello Concerto #3, Op. 59

vc w/ orch

1880 Hamburg

Popper

Requiem, Op. 66

3vc w/ orch

1891 Leipzig

Popper

Ungarischer Rhapsodie, Op. 68

vc w/ orch

1894 Leipzig

Popper

Cello Concerto #4, Op. 72

vc w/ orch

1900 Leipzig

Popper

String Quartet, Op. 74

string quartet

1905

 

 

 

 

 

Nicola Porpora

            1686 — 1768

            Composer, Singing Teacher

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Porpora studied in Naples, attaining great success.  Porpora taught composition to Haydn, who served Porpora's Valet and keyboard accompanist as payment for the education.

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Porpora

6 Sonatas

2vn 2vc bc

1745 London

Porpora

Cello Concerto in G

vc w/ strings

1750 ca

Porpora

Sonata in F

vc bc

1750 ca

Porpora

12 Sonatas

vn bc

1754 Vienna

 

 

 

 

 

Francis Poulenc

            1899 — 1963

            Composer — Paris

            ‘Les Six’

                  Wikipedia Bio

 

 

Music for Strings:

Composer

Music

Scoring

Dates

Poulenc

Sonata (lost?)