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WERNER – Elegie, Op.21 – QUARTET OF THREE CELLOS AND ONE VIOLA

Other Identification:
Josef/Joseph Werner (25th June 1837 in Würzburg – 14th November 1922 in Munich ) was a German composer, cellist and cello teacher.
He was a student of Joseph Menter (1808—1856) and then with Hyppolit Müller (1834–1876). Curiously, although a clear first study cellist, he took violin lessons from Joseph Moralt and Franz Joseph Fröhlich, and on top of this, from 1867 onwards he also studied composition with Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden .
He became principal cellist from 1856 of the Munich Hofkapelle, the predecessor orchestra to the Bayerisches Staatsorchester.
He was the teacher of the cellists Christian Döbereiner (1874—1961) and Marie Geist (1859-1915), and of the operetta and film composer Toni Thoms (1881-1941). From 1857 he taught at the Royal Academy of Music in Munich with the title of professor; however, he seems to have been terminated in this position in 1904.
As an instrumentalist and composer, Werner wrote a practical cello method, studies, etudes, caprices, solo pieces, and numerous arrangements.

Movements or sections:
A one-movement work composed (or at least published) in 1889 – unusually for an Elegy, after the initial slow introduction comes the main part is in an Allegro!

Instrumentation:
QUARTET OF THREE CELLOS AND VIOLA
The alternative version for quartet of four cellos is also available separately in Johnstone-Music
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1 PDF, with both score and individual parts

Approximate difficulty:
Medium to difficult
Please note that here the viola plays the second part, so curiously reading in order:
CELLO 1
VIOLA
CELLO 2
CELLO 3

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
Ludwig Stürtz

Links (Audio – Visual), and known performances given by:
The following recording is suggested of the version with four cellos:
RADIX Cello Quartet – Josef Werner: Elegie for four cellos, Op. 21

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