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    This 19-20th century composer, pedagogue, teacher, conductor and ethnologist, had left symphonic, opera and chamber works. Investigator on folk music, he wrote the greatest solo cello sonata since Bach's suites, only for really virtuoso cellists for the formidable technical demands. Who was he?

    Question #92136. Asked by Cem1942. (Feb 09 08 5:52 AM)


    BRY2K

    		Pau Casals i Defilló , best known during his professional career as Pablo Casals?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Casals

    Feb 09 08, 6:07 AM
    Cem1942

    		No relation at all between Pablo and the description I've
    done of this important musician. Try again.

    Feb 09 08, 6:12 AM
    22crows

    		Sounds like Zoltán Kodály , although I don't know that he did much conducting.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly

    Feb 09 08, 7:28 AM
    Cem1942

    		Yes, Kodaly. And he did conducting for a while. His solo cello sonata is absolutely extraordinary. There's an old recording by Starker in the 50s. which is deffinitive (he made 2 more, but the first was the best).

    Feb 09 08, 8:15 AM
    Arpeggionist

    		It is even more exciting to watch a cellist playing the Kodaly sonata, as I have done several times in my short years. I never could bring myself to get a recording, as I fear it won't match my memory of the performance.

    Feb 10 08, 6:43 PM

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