aspar Cassad i Moreu (30 September 1897

24 December 1966) was a Spanish cellist a

nd composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musi
cian father and began taking cello lessons at age seven. When he was nine, he pl
ayed in a recital where Pablo Casals was in the audience; Casals immediately off
ered to teach him. The city of Barcelona awarded him a scholarship so that he co
uld study with Casals in Paris.
He was also the author of several notable musical hoaxes.
The personal papers of Cassad family are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya
.
Gaspar Cassado during first of three acclaimed tours of Southern Africa, organis
ed by Hans Adler [1]
Contents
1 Compositions
1.1 Original works
1.1.1 Concertos
1.1.2 Solo cello works
1.1.3 Solo guitar works
1.1.4 Works for cello and piano
1.1.5 Chamber works
1.2 Transcriptions
1.2.1 Concerto transcriptions
1.2.2 Transcriptions for solo cello
1.2.3 Transcriptions for cello and piano
2 References
3 External links
Compositions
Original works
Cassad's many transcriptions are listed below his original works.
Concertos
Cello Concerto in D minor (1926)
This piece, like the Suite for Cello Solo, is influenced by Spanish and Orie
ntal folk music, and Impressionism. Cassado studied composition with Maurice Rav
el, and a Ravel-influenced "carnival music" appears in the second theme of the f
irst movement. The second movement is a theme and variations which leads directl
y to a pentatonic Rondo.
Solo cello works
Suite for Cello Solo
The Suite, like the Cello Concerto and the Piano Trio, came from one Cassad's
most prolific periods, in the mid-1920s. It consists of three dance movements:
Preludio-Fantasia (a Zarabanda); Sardana; and Intermezzo e Danza Finale (a Jota)
. The first movement includes quotations from Zoltn Kodly's Sonata for Cello Solo,
Op. 8, and the famous flute solo from Maurice Ravel's ballet Daphnis et Chlo. Th
e sardana of the second movement is a traditional dance from Catalonia.
Fugue in the Style of Handel
Solo guitar works
Cancin de Leonardo

Catalanesca
Dos Cantos Populares Finlandeses (Two Finnish Folk Songs)
Leyenda Catalana
Prambulo y Sardana
Sardana Chigiana
Works for cello and piano
Allegretto Grazioso "After Schubert"
Archares 1954
Danse du diable vert (Dance of the Green Devil) for violin or cello 1926
La Pendule, la Fileuse et le Galant 1925
Lamento de Boabdil 1931
Minuetto "After Paderewski"
Morgenlied 1957
Partita 1935
Pastorale "After Couperin"
Rapsodia del Sur
Requiebros 1934
Serenade 1925
Sonata in A minor 1925
Sonata nello stile antico spagnuolo (Sonata in an "Old Spanish Style") 1925
Toccata "After Frescobaldi" 1925
Chamber works
Piano Trio in C major 1926/1929
String Quartet No. 1 in F minor 1929
String Quartet No. 2 in G major 1930
String Quartet No. 3 in C minor 1933
Transcriptions
Concerto transcriptions
Cello Concerto
Wq.172
Cello Concerto
ajor, K.447
Cello Concerto
Cello Concerto
)

in F major, based on C.P.E. Bach's Concerto No. 3 in A major,

in D major, based on Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat m
in A minor, based on Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, D.821
in E major, based on Tchaikovsky's Piano Pieces, Op. 72 (1940

Cassad transformed nine of Tchaikovsky's pieces into a concerto. He used No.

18 Scene dansante (Invitation au trepak), No. 3 Tendres Reproches and No. 14 Cha
nt Elegiaque in the first movement; No. 5 Meditation and No. 8 Dialogue in the s
econd and No. 4 Danse Caracteristique, No. 2 Berceuse, No. 17 Passe Lointain and
No. 1 Impromptu in the third. This concerto was a favorite of Cassad's. It was p
ublished in 1940 by Edition Schott No.3743.
Cello Concerto in D major, based on Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-fla
t major, Op.74
Cello Concerto in E minor, based on Vivaldi's Cello Sonata No. 5, RV.40
Guitar Concerto in E major, based on Boccherini's Concerto No. 2 in D major,
G.479
Cassad completely rewrote the Concerto for his colleague Andrs Segovia. The tr
anscription features a solo string quartet, and trumpet fanfares make it reminis
cent of Rodrigo.
Transcriptions for solo cello

J.S. Bach - Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010

Cassad transposed the suite to F major from its original key of E-flat major.
Frdric Chopin - tude, Op. 25, No. 1
George Frideric Handel - The Harmonious Blacksmith (from the Harpsichord Sui
tes Vol.1 No.5 "Air and Variations")
Transcriptions for cello and piano
Isaac Albniz:
Cadiz (Serenata espaola)
Malaguea, Op. 165, No. 3
Martin Berteau - Studio
Luigi Boccherini - Minuetto
Alexander Borodin - Serenata all spagnola (from String Quartet B-La-F)
Jean-Baptiste Brval - Sonata in G major (realization of figured bass)
Frdric Chopin - Minute Waltz, Op. 64, No .1
Constantino de Crescenzo - Prima Carezza
Claude Debussy:
Clair de lune
Golliwog's Cakewalk
Minstrels
Antonn Dvork - Sonatina in G major, Op. 100 (Indian Lament)
Gabriel Faur - Nocturne No. 4
Enrique Granados - Intermezzo (from the opera Goyescas)
Ernesto Halffter - Canzone e Pastorella
Blas de Laserna - Tonadilla
Franz Liszt - Liebestraum (Notturno) No. 3
Benedetto Marcello:
Sonata No. 1 in C major
Sonata No. 4 in A minor
Federico Mompou - Chanson et Danse
Federico Moreno Torroba - Fandanguillo
W.A. Mozart:
Rondo alla turca (from Piano Sonata K.331)
Serenata de Don Giovanni [Deh vieni alla finestra]
Sonata K. 358 (from Sonata for Piano Four Hands)
Georg Muffat - Arioso
Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Minuet in G
Manuel Ponce - Estrellita (Little Star)
David Popper - Elfentanz
Johann Strauss II - An der schonen Blauen Donau