Rudolf von Tobel

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Rudolf von Tobel (born August 20, 1903 in Bern ; † February 24, 1995 there ) was a Swiss cellist and musicologist .

life and work

Rudolf von Tobel studied at the University of Bern and received his doctorate there in 1931 on a musicological topic ( the world of forms of classical instrumental music ). In the 1930s he was a cellist with the Bern Symphony Orchestra . The encounter with the Catalan cellist Pau Casals led to a complete reorientation of his musical thinking. He studied again with Casals and from the mid-1930s became his assistant in his Zermatt masterclasses. In 1941 he wrote a biography of Casals, which he supplemented and revised in a series of new editions over more than half a century.

From 1953 Rudolf von Tobel taught at the Trossingen University of Music .

Von Tobel edited the sheet music for the "Peace Sensoratorium " El Pessebre , composed by Casals between 1943 and 1960 , and also arranged for a new edition of the musical text of Johann Sebastian Bach's 6 Suites for Solo Cello ; this did not appear posthumously until 2004 because it does not focus on the original text but on the interpretation of the Casals school.

A Swiss study foundation based in Bern is named after Rudolf von Tobel . It was founded on December 16, 1998 and serves to promote young cellists.

Publications (selection)

  • The world of forms of classical instrumental music. Dissertation. University of Bern, 1931 (= Bern publications on music research, issue 6. Bern 1935.)
  • Pablo Casals. Biography. Erlenbach-Zürich 1941 (published in 22 editions by 1947).
  • Making music, practicing and educating. Gstaad 1969.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf von Tobel. In: Autographs of Switzerland. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  2. ↑ El pessebre: oratori; per a soprano, contralt, tenor, baríton, baix, cor i orquestra; for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra. Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart 1997.
  3. ^ Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Suites for Solo Cello BWV 1007-1012 based on interpretations by Pablo Casals. Edited and commented by Rudolf von Tobel. Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-89948-060-0
  4. ^ Rudolf von Tobel - Studienstiftung. In: StiftungSchweiz. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Tobel, Rudolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cellist and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1995
Place of death Bern