Foreword. The Adventures of a Cello and the Stories and Memories of Its Happy Owner Alvaro Mutis Acknowledgments Introduction. The Origin and Purpose of This Book Part One. A Brief History of Violin Making Chapter 1. Observations on the Origin of Violins and Cellos Chapter 2. Amati, Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesu, and the Great Italian Violin Makers Part Two. The Adventures of a Stradivari Cello from 1720 to the Present Chapter 3. The Adventures of a Stradivari Cello: From Cremona in 1720 to New York in 1979 Chapter 4. A Brief Autobiographical Note Chapter 5. Around the World with the Piatti Chapter 6. My Relationship with the Music and Musicians of Latin America, Spain, and Portugal Part Three. A Brief History of Music for Cello from the Time of Stradivari to the Present Chapter 7. The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Chapter 8. From Beethoven to the End of the Nineteenth Century Chapter 9. The Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries: The Cello Comes of Age Epilogue Appendix 1. Some Principal Works for Cello from the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries (Excluding Ibero-America) Appendix 2. Some Principal Works for Cello from the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries (Spain, Portugal, and Latin America) Appendix 3. Carlos Prieto's Discography Appendix 4. Reviews of Concerts Notes Bibliography Index
Now updated through 2009, here is a delightful biography of a celebrated Stradivarius cello and an inviting overview of cello music and its preeminent composers and performers by world-famous concert cellist Carlos Prieto.
CARLOS PRIETO is an internationally acclaimed concert cellist who is considered one of Latin America’s premier cellists. He has performed throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, Russia, China, India, and other countries. His many honors include the National Award for the Arts of Mexico, the French Order of Arts and Letters, the Order of Civil Merit awarded by the King of Spain, the Pushkin Medal from the President of Russia, the Eva Janzer Award (“Chevalier du Violoncelle”) from the University of Indiana, the Cultural Leadership Citation from the Yale University School of Music, and the Achievement Award of the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York. He has recorded over eighty works, including the complete Bach suites for solo cello, and is the author of seven books.
"Music as a great adventure of mind and body: this is what Carlos Prieto gives us in this spirited book." Carlos Fuentes "Like Rostropovich, Carlos Prieto is a true champion of the cello. A creative artist, scholar, and storyteller, Carlos has been a prolific contributor to the flow of music throughout the western hemisphere, premiering compositions of some of the greatest contemporary composers and helping to nurture and develop an entire generation of Latin America's most talented musicians. I am privileged to know him as a colleague and honored to call him my friend." Yo-Yo Ma
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