cellone
A cellone is a large cello invented in 1882 by the German luthier Alfred Stelzner. It is held like a cello but tuned (high-to-low) to E 3 A 2 D 2 G 1, a fourth below the cello and two octaves below the violin. Its music is written in the bass clef.
Also recorded as sous-basse
cellone
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- string instrument
- Period
- 1882
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A cellone is a large cello invented in 1882 by the German luthier Alfred Stelzner. It is held like a cello but tuned (high-to-low) to E 3 A 2 D 2 G 1, a fourth below the cello and two octaves below the violin. Its music is written in the bass clef.
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1882
cellone first recorded.
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Its body length and its breadth slightly exceeds those of a normal cello, but it sounds much deeper than a normal cello. It is rarely used by composers. One of the few works where it is used is the Sextet in D major for violino piccolo, violin, viola, violotta, cello, and cellone, Op. 68, by Arnold Krug.
• 2005: Homage to Stelzner. CD. AK Coburg DR 0010. (Contains music by Felix Draeseke and Arnold Krug)
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- “Cellone”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1206370017, Cellone.
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