Occupation(s) Cellist Genres Classical music Role Cellist | Name Julius Klengel Instruments Cello
Piano Siblings Paul Klengel | |
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Died October 27, 1933, Leipzig, Germany Books Technical Studies: String - Cello Collection Similar People The 12 cellists of the Berlin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Goltermann, David Popper, Emanuel Feuermann | ||
Julius klengel cello concerto no 1 in a minor op 4
Julius Klengel (24 September 1859 – 27 October 1933) was a German cellist who is most famous for his etudes and solo pieces written for the instrument. He was the brother of Paul Klengel. A member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra at fifteen, he toured extensively throughout Europe as cellist and soloist of the Gewandhaus Quartet. His pupils include Emanuel Feuermann, Gregor Piatigorsky and Alexandre Barjansky. See: List of music students by teacher: K to M#Julius Klengel.
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- Julius klengel cello concerto no 1 in a minor op 4
- Julius klengel cello concerto no 4 in b minor op 37
- Biography
- Musical works
- Works without Opus number
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Julius klengel cello concerto no 4 in b minor op 37
Biography
Klengel was born in Leipzig, and studied with Emil Hegar in his youth. His father was a lawyer and an amateur musician, and was friend of Mendelssohn. After his 15th birthday, Klengel joined the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra where Klengel played first cello, and began touring in Europe and Russia. Klengel also became a soloist at that point, frequently giving solo performances.
Klengel rose to become principal cellist of the orchestra, aged 22, in 1881. There he remained for over four decades: to celebrate his fifty years of service, Wilhelm Furtwängler conducted a jubilee concert, in which Klengel played the cello part in a double concerto he composed for the occasion. During that time period, Klengel became professor at the Leipzig Conservatory, where he was briefly a member of Adolph Brodsky's string quartet, and began composing. He ultimately composed hundreds of pieces for the cello, including four violoncello concertos, two double cello concertos, cello quartets, a cello sonata, as well as numerous caprices, etudes and other technical pieces. Of his music, the two volumes of etudes ("Technical Studies") for cello remain in the repertory; three concertos were recently recorded by Christoph Richter and NDR Radiophilharmonie under Bjarte Engeset.
His students were Emanuel Feuermann, Guilhermina Suggia, Paul Grümmer, William Pleeth. and Gregor Piatigorsky. He died in October 1933 in his hometown of Leipzig.