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POPPER – Tarantella, Op.33 – TWO CELLOS

Other Identification:
Prague-born cellist David Popper (1843-1913) was a leading virtuoso, chamber musician, and pedagogue of the cello of the nineteenth century.
He was also a prolific writer of music for the cello; the Tarantella, Op.33, for cello and piano is one of his most popular salon pieces. Despite its velocity it conveys an energetic charm when well performed!
The piece first seems orchestrated in 1902 – not by Popper but by Paul Gilson.

Movements or sections:
Dance – the tempo indication is – ‘Allegro vivace’

Instrumentation:
DUO OF TWO CELLOS, arranged by David Johnstone
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1 PDF, of the parts for both cellists

Approximate difficulty:
Both parts quite difficult!
The second cello cannot cover absolutely everything from the piano part, but sufficient to give a good idea of the music.

Dedicatee of this presentation (if applicable):
Popper dedicated the original music to Jan Seifert – a cellist, teacher, professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and director of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society (b. 1833 in Prague; d. after 1914); known in Russia as Ivan Ivanovich Zeyfert.
Born into a Czech family, from 1853 Seifert played the cello in the orchestra of the Imperial Theatres in Saint Petersburg. He was an instructor at the city’s conservatory from its foundation in 1862, while Tchaikovsky was a student there. Seifert also gave tuition to amateur musicians, including the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich. He also composed small pieces for cello. He was a good friend of Tchaikovsky.

Johnstone’s two cello version was written for Spanish cellist Brian Fasla

Links (Audio – Visual), and known performances given by:
First performed as a cello solo by Brian Fasla, accompanied by David Johnstone, in the ‘English Cello Play-in’ (Pamplona, 2014)

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