Margaret Campbell

The instrument we know today developed from the 'bass violin' and came into general use in the seventeenth century. Through her research of performers and teachers, from Boccherini and Romberg to Casala and Jacqueline du Pre, author Margaret Campbell presents a rich picture of traditions handed down the generations and developed internationally, and recreates the magic of the greatest cellists in history.

The Great Cellists

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"The most unfailing herald, companion, or follower of the awakening of a great people to work a beneficial change in opinion or institution, is poetry." Percy Bysshe Shelley When initiating Lehigh Valley Vanguard, the desire to incorporate poets into the fold was at the fore. Of all the folks I know, I find poets to be some of the most conscientious people vying for critical social shifts. If politicians are permitted to use ornate language to convince the public they are for the people, certainly poets, divinely called whistleblowers, are allowed to be equally obscure. The poet's work is a habit of attention, making events which seem mundane extraordinary. Conversely, poets have trouble living in ways which are rote and uninspiring; this makes for a fascinating life path. The poems in this volume reflect the role of poets in political protest. Their sharp insights on everything from implicit racism, die-ins, authority, labor rights, and the news are included here. Additionally, you'll find lines on burgers, Jif, gardening, and conveyor belts. But that's what the poet does. They expose the commonplace as not-so-dull. Actually, these prosaic objects, feelings, actions are the same ingredients to social change. That's what poets can show us. All of our actions, when done over a period of time, form a life of choices. Understanding these habitual choices as significant...that's revolutionary. Poems by Matt Wolf Deirdre Johnson Paul Walsh Margaret Campbell Sandy Feinstein & Keysha Whitaker Ann E. Michael Ben Anderson Wesley R. Bishop

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The Great Cellists is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the lives and work of the cello's great performers and teachers, from the emergence of the solo instrument in the seventeenth century to the present day. In its early history, the cello was a genuine 'bass' violin that came in three sizes and from the thirteenth century was played side by side with viols and later violins. The instrument we know today came into general use by the time the great makers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - such as Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri - brought their craft to perfection and made numerous of the instruments most sought after by today's virtuosi. Many of the earliest known professional cellists were employed as court musicians, but their names have not been widely known. The most familiar names belong to those early cellists who were also composers: Boccherini, Romberg, Piatti and Popper. In more recent times, the great Europeans Becker, Klengel and Salmond led to Feuermann, Piatogorsky, Fournier, Rostropovich, and above all to Casals; and they, in turn, have greatly influenced contemporary musicians such as the late Jacqueline du Pr and the manifold brilliant players from Russia, Japan and the USA. The Great Cellists reveals a splendid range of personalities from the conventional to the eccentric. Included also are the numerous less well-known cellists who were important as founders of the various national 'schools'. Margaret Campbell has interviewed many eminent musicians and had rich access to letters and private documents in her coverage of the last hundred years. Her absorbing book presents to the reader a rich vision of skills and traditions that have been handed down nationally through the generations, and developed internationally since the twentieth century. It is a book for string players, students, concertgoers and CD buffs - indeed, anyone who enjoys the sound of the cello.

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