On this cello day

** 1799 - birth of Siegfrid Wilhelm Dehn (Altona, Germany) d.1858
cellist, librarian of the music department of the Royal Library of Berlin, author of theoretical works and a teacher of counterpoint and composition (among his students were Glinka and Rubinstein!)

** 1811 - birth of Carl Schuberth (Germany) d.1863
cellist, solo cellist to the ‘Czar’, conductor, professor & composer {based Russia}

** 1860 - birth of Robert Emil Hansen (Denmark) d.1926 {brother of pianist Agnes Adler}
composer and cellist {works include a cello concerto}

** 1865 - birth of Flavie van den Hende (Renaix, Belgium) d.1925
important woman cellist, later based in North America

 ** 1875 - birth of Francis Touche (Toulouse, France)
cellist, conductor of the ‘Concerts Rouge’ (France)

** 1882 - at the Crystal Palace Saturday Orchestral Concerts (South London) the featured invited soloists on this day were Madame Patey (vocal) and Robert Hausmann (cello).

** 1887 - on 25th August, Tchaikovsky noted in his diary: "Worked on a cello piece" (Pezzo Capriccioso). On 26th August he noted: "Finished the cello piece in rough"

** 1891 - in the Princes’ Hall, Piccadilly (London) the second performance of three ‘Master Jean Gerardy’s Violoncello Recitals’ was heard, accompanied by Mr Waddington Cooke.

** 1892 - a London Symphony Concert was given at St. James Hall (London) featuring Hugo Becker (cello).

** 1892 - English cellist Maud Fletcher performed on this day the Sonata in A minor Op.36 by Grieg

** 1919 - birth of Frederick “Fred” Katz (New York City) d.2013
jazz cellist & composer

** 1937 - cellist Emanuel Feuermann performed as soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, in both C.P.E. – Cello Concerto in A major and Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations, Op.33. Two concerts, in Amsterdam (25th February) and Den Haag (27th February), conducted by Bruno Walter

** 1937 - birth of Frances Steiner (USA)
cellist, conductor & professor

** 1962 - in the National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C., a performance was given by cellist Gaspar Cassado, with Chieko Hara /piano

** 1962 - cellist Frank Miller made a live recording on this day of Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto in A minor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (he was their longtime principal cello), conducted by Walter Hendl

** 1970 – the premiere of Dietrich Erdmann’s Dialoghi for cello and piano (written in 1969) took place in Berlin.

** 1970 - first performance of Wuorinen - Adapring to the Times, for cello and piano
?/cello with the composer at piano (Bowker Auditorium, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA)

** 1990 - birth of Alpesh Chauhan
conductor & cellist