The Adventures of a Cello : : Revised Edition, with a New Epilogue / / Carlos Prieto.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Prieto, Carlos,
• TeilnehmendeR: Murray, Elena C.; Mutis, Álvaro.
• MitwirkendeR: Mutis, Álvaro,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (386 p.)

In 1720, Antonio Stradivari crafted an exquisite work of art—a cello known as the Piatti. Over the next three centuries of its life, the Piatti cello left its birthplace of Cremona, Italy, and resided in Spain, Ireland, England, Italy, Germany, and the United States. In 1978, the Piatti became the musical soul mate of world-renowned cellist Carlos Prieto, with whom it has given concerts around the world. In this delightful book, Mr. Prieto recounts the adventurous life of his beloved "Cello Prieto," tracing its history through each of its previous owners from Stradivari in 1720 to himself. He then describes his noteworthy experiences of playing the Piatti cello, with which he has premiered some eighty compositions. In this part of their mutual story, Prieto gives a concise summary of his own remarkable career and his relationships with many illustrious personalities, including Igor Stravinsky, Dmitry Shostakovich, Pablo Casals, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gabriel García Márquez. A new epilogue, in which he describes recent concert tours in Moscow, Siberia, and China and briefer visits to South Korea, Taiwan, and Venezuela, as well as recent recitals with Yo-Yo Ma, brings the story up to 2009. To make the story of his cello complete, Mr. Prieto also provides a brief history of violin making and a succinct review of cello music from Stradivari to the present. He highlights the work of composers from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, for whose music he has long been an advocate and principal performer. The print edition of this book includes a CD of fourteen recordings by Carlos Prieto, including works by J. S. Bach, Dmitry Shostakovich, Astor Piazzolla, and Eugenio Toussaint.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- foreword Th e Adventures of a Cello and the Stories and Memories of Its Happy Owner -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- introduction Th e Origin and Purpose of Th is Book -- part one A Brief History of Violin Making -- chapter 1 Observations on the Origin of Violins and Cellos -- chapter 2 Amati, Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesù, and the Great Italian Violin Makers -- part two The Adventures of a Stradivari Cello from 1720 to the Present -- chapter 3 Th e Adventures of a Stradivari Cello: From Cremona in 1720 to New York in 1979 -- chapter 4 A Brief Autobiographical Note -- chapter 5 Around the World with the Piatti -- chapter 6 My Relationship with the Music and Musicians of Latin America, Spain, and Portugal -- part three A Brief History of Music for the Cello from the Time of Stradivari to the Present -- chapter 7 Th e Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- Chapter 8 From Beethoven to the End of the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 9 The Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries: The Cello Comes of Age -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 Some Principal Works for Cello from the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries (Excluding Ibero-America) -- Appendix 2 Some Principal Works for Cello from the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries (Spain, Portugal, and Latin America) -- Appendix 3 Carlos Prieto’s Discography -- Appendix 4 Reviews of Concerts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index