Antonio Tusa

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Antonio Tusa (born April 26, 1900 in Zurich ; † January 21, 1982 in Winterthur ) was a Swiss cellist and composer .

biography

Antonio Tusa began playing the cello at the age of 12 and was a student of Joachim Stutschewsky from 1914 . From 1918 he studied the cello in Fritz Reitz's class at the Zurich Conservatory and had theory and composition lessons with Lothar Kempter. After graduating, he took private lessons with Hugo Becker and Emanuel Feuermann .

In 1926 Tusa took up a position as second cellist in the Winterthur city orchestra and was elected solo cellist and the Winterthur string quartet in 1927. He held these positions for 46 years. From 1938 to 1967 he was also a member of the Swiss Festival Orchestra Lucerne and played in the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana in 1977/78 .

Tusa was a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. On April 13, 1934, he played the cello solo part in his symphonic poem Don Quixote in Winterthur under the direction of Richard Strauss .

Pablo Casals said this about Tusa: Il est diablement doué ("He is devilishly gifted").

The compositional estate of Antonio Tusa is in the Winterthur Collection of the Winterthur Libraries and in the estate collections of the Music Department of the Zurich Central Library .

Works (selection)

Violoncello and orchestra

  • Ave Maria for cello solo and small orchestra (1930)
  • Ballad über BACH for violoncello and orchestra (1960)
  • Berceuse in E major for cello solo and small orchestra (1929)

Violoncello and piano

  • 7 variations on a special theme for cello and piano (1932)

Violoncello and organ

  • Aria nello stile religioso, op. 4 for cello and organ or piano
  • Sacred song in C minor for violoncello and organ or piano (1965); in memoriam of John F. Kennedy

Chamber music

duo

  • Ballata espagnola, duet for 2 cellos (1981)

quintet

  • Scherzo for string quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos (1970)

Edits

  • David Popper : Polonaise de concert op. 14 for violoncello and piano; orchestrated for solo cello and large orchestra (1946)
  • Franz Schubert : Arpeggione Sonata for violoncello and piano; orchestrated for solo cello and chamber orchestra;  Dedicated to Hermann Scherchen (1935)

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZBcollections: Kempter, Friedrich Alexander Lothar (1873-1948)
personal data
SURNAME Tusa, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and cellist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1982
Place of death Winterthur