Gaspar Cassadó

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Gaspar Cassadó y Moreu (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 nello stile antico spagnuolo and Suite for Cello Solo are fairly well known in musicians' circles.

[edit] Compositions

Concerti
- Cello Concerto in D minor (1926)

Concerto Transcriptions
- C.P.E. Bach - Cello Concerto No.3 in A major, Wq 172 (Transposed it to F major)
- Guitar Concerto in E Major, based on Boccherini's Cello Concerto No.2, G.479
- 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
- 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 Concert in E Minor, based on Antonio Vivaldi's Cello Sonata No.5, RV.40

Solo Cello Works
- Suite for Cello Solo
- Fugue in the Style of Handel

Solo Cello Transcriptions
- J.S. Bach - Cello Suite no.4, BWV 1010 (Transposed it to F major)
- Frederick Chopin - Etude op.25 no.1
- George Frideric Handel - Harmonious Blacksmith (from the Harpsichord Suites Vol.1 No.5 "Air and Variations")

Solo Guitar Works
- Canción de Leonardo
- Catalanesca
- Dos Cantos Populares Finlandeses, (Two Finnish Folk Songs)
- Leyenda Catalana
- Préambulo y Sardana
- Sardana Chigiana

Cello and Piano
- Allegretto Grazioso "After Schubert"
- Archares 1954
- Danse du diable vert (Dance of the Green Devil) for violin or cello 1926
- La Pendule, la Fileuse et le Galant 1925
- Lamento de Boabdil 1931
- Minuetto "After Paderewski"
- Morgenlied 1957
- Partita 1935
- Pastorale "After Couperin"
- Rapsodia del Sur
- Requiebros 1934
- Serenade 1925
- Sonata in a minor 1925
- Sonata nello stile antico spagnuolo (Sonata in an "Old Spanish Style") 1925
- Toccata "After Frescobaldi" 1925

Transcriptions for Cello and Piano
- Issac Albeniz -
  - Cadiz (Serenata española)
  - Malagueña Op. 165, No. 3
- Martin Berteau - Studio
- Luigi Boccherini - Minuetto
- Aleksandr Borodin - Serenata all spagnola (from String Quartet B-La-F)
- Jean-Baptiste Breval - Sonata in G major (figured bass realization)
- Frederick Chopin - Minute Waltz, Op.64 no.1
- Constantino de Crescenzo - Prima Carezza
- Claude Debussy
  - Clair de Lune
  - Golliwog's cakewalk
  - Minstrels
- Antonín Dvořák - Sonatine in G Major op.100 (Indian Lament)
- Gabriel Faure - Nocturne No.4
- Enrique Granados - Intermezzo (de opera Goyescas)
- Ernesto Halffter - Canzone e Pastorella
- Blas de Laserna - Tonadilla
- Franz Liszt - Liebestraum Notturno Nr.3
- Benedetto Marcello
  - Sonata No.1 C major
  - Sonata No.4　a minor
- Federico Mompou - Chanson et Danse
- W.A. Mozart
  - Rondo Alla Turca (from Piano Sonata K.331)
  - Serenata de Don Giovanni [Deh vieni alla finestra]
  - Sonata K.358 (from Sonata for Piano Four Hands)
- Georg Muffat - Arioso
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Menuett
- Manuel Ponce - Estrellita (Little Star)
- Johann Strauss II - An der schonen Blauen Donau
- Federico Moreno-Torroba - Fandanguillo

Chamber Works
- Piano Trio in C major 1926/1929
- String Quartet No. 1 in f minor 1929
- String Quartet No. 2 in G Major 1930
- String Quartet No. 3 in c minor 1933