Sigfrid Karg-Elert

18 January 2023

(21 November 1877 – 9 April 1933)

German composer

Here is the first movement of his Cello Sonata No. 1 in A Major, recorded by cellist Walter Grimmer and pianist Stefan Fahrni:

21 November 23

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Curator, Brenda Neece Author

Cello Museum founder and curator, Dr. Brenda Neece is a cellist and a researcher specializing in the history of the cello. Before starting The Cello Museum in 2019, she worked as a freelancer and served for just over a decade as a musical instrument museum curator. Her major cello teachers were Rochelle Kidd, Fred Raimi, Martha Gerschefski, and William Pleeth. Her academic mentors were Jon Finson, Marilyn Gombosi, Hélène La Rue, Ferdinand J. de Hen, and Jeremy Montagu.