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KLENGEL, Julius – Andante and Variations in G Major, Op.28 – CELLO QUARTET

PDF 1 – the General Score and All Individual Cello Parts

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Julius Klengel, one of the most important German cellists and famous teachers of the Romantic age and beyond, was born in the musically active city of Leipzig. At the turn of the twentieth century Germany had consolidated itself as the foremost cello school of the world. This was especially due to the historic line of the ‘Dresden’ cello school – founded by Dotzauer, then taken over by Kummer, and through to Grutzmacher – all in Dresden. Grutzmacher died in 1905, leaving the mantle, as it were, to two younger eminent German cellists: Julius Klengel (born 1859 in Leipzig) and Hugo Becker (born 1864 in Alsace).  They were both linked by their school’s certain common features – both were known representatives of the school and thus “children” of Grutzmacher. compilation of teaching aids and editions.

Julius Klengel, born in 1859, was the son of a lawyer, who also happened to be a fine amateur musician. There were already several generations of musicians in his family, and his father had even been a close friend of Mendelssohn.

At only 15 he became a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. At 17 he made his solo concerto debut playing the first concerto of Davidov. Then aged only 22 (in 1881) he became solo cellist there (which would have corresponded to one of the two principal cellists). This gave him the impulse to shortly afterwards begin his solo concert career, first in Germany and from 1878 on, in other countries including Russia. In 1880 he premiered his own first Cello Concerto successfully. From that point he had opportunities to perform as soloist with the Gewandhaus orchestra once or twice every season, until about 1906 when his solo appearances became a little less frequent.

He wrote many compositions for the cello, though few of them are in the standard performing repertoire anymore; at least speaking of the general programming of orchestral and chamber concerts. However, pieces for cello solo, cello and piano, and multi-cello pieces fare much better.

As a composer, and competing against the giant romantics of the day, one has to be fair and say that his creative invention was limited, but he was astute and clever in never going beyond what he felt his compositional abilities could comfortably do. Therefore, his work displays a polished craftsmanship, and are scholarly but yet melodically warm to the listener. This is certainly true for the Andante and Variations, Op.28, set in G Major – ALL parts are wonderful. It was first published in 1892, and probably composed very shortly before that.

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