Cello Greats
The cellist with the most Grammy awards.
Who is Yo-Yo Ma?
Yo-Yo has won 19 Grammys to date.
The material used on the earliest cello strings.
What is treated sheep/goat gut strings?
Metal wound strings were invented as early as the 17th century, but it wasn't until after WWI that they became increasingly standard.
The Elgar Enigmatic pet that is Professor Tetel's favorite dog breed.
What is the American Bulldog?
The composer and title of recording 1.
What is Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor (1st movement)?
The complete phrase:
"Stay _____!"
What is "stay sober"?
Two classical composers of any era who also played cello.
Who are Luigi Boccherini, Jacques Offenbach, Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenburg, Gregor Piatigorsky, David Popper, Jean-Baptiste Breval...?
The European country credited as the birthplace of the violoncello.
Where is Italy?
The first cello was crafted in the 16th century.
One of Professor Tetel's greatest baking achievements.
What is bread, bagels or baguettes?
The composer and title of recording 2.
What is Ludwig Van Beethoven's Sonata No.3 for Cello and Piano in A major (1st movement)?
The complete phrase:
"A new world ______".
What is "a new world premier"?
Soviet cellist whose musical studies were interrupted by 4 months imprisonment and 14 months of forced labor in a gulag.
Who is Misha Maisky?
Misha was redeeming questionable coupons for a replacement recording device for his lessons with Rostropovich.
The century that the cello endpin “peg leg” was introduced.
What is the 18th century?
The earliest endpins were made of wood, hence the name "peg leg".
The continent from which Professor Tetel’s favorite food is from.
Where is Africa?
Professor Tetel's favorite cuisine is Ethiopian.
The composer and title of recording 3.
What is Franz Joseph Haydn's Cello Concerto No.1 C major (3rd movement)?
The complete phrase:
"I _____ use an iPad."
What is "I would never use an iPad"?
The piece that Jacqueline Du Pre performed in NYC 1973 with Pinchas Zuckerman and Leonard Bernstein as her last cello performance.
What is Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello?
Jacqueline performed 4 shows of the Brahms, despite the sensory numbness she was experiencing with her MS.
The translation of the cello’s full name “violoncello” in Italian.
What is 'Little Big Viola'?
Violone "Big Viola" Was the early name for the double bass. The suffix -one means "big", and the suffix -ello means "little". Seeing as the cello was smaller than the bass/big viola, the diminutive was added to make it the little big viola.
The number of photos on Professor Tetel’s 'wall of shame' in his studio.
What is 180 photos?
The composer and title of recording 4.
What is J.S. Bach's Suite No. 6 in D major for Unaccompanied Cello (Movement V. Gavotte No. 1)?
The complete phrase:
"If not practicing, I'd rather be _____."
What is "If not practicing, I'd rather be fishing"?
The cellist of the "Million Dollar Trio" alongside Rubinstein and Heifetz.
Who is Gregor Piatigorsky?
Gregor and his wife also loved chess, and together in 1963 they organized an international chess tournament in Los Angeles.
The first known cello maker of the 16th century.
Who is Andrea Amati?
Between 3-5 cellos made by Andrea Amati (1505-1577) still exist. The oldest known surviving cello made 1538 and 1560 is currently on display at the National Music Museum in South Dakota and is known as ‘The King’.
The composer of 9 COMPLETED symphonies who wrote the Adagietto of Symphony No.5 that is one of Professor Tetel’s favorite pieces of music.
Who is Gustav Mahler?
The composer and title of recording 5.
What is Zoltan Kodaly's Sonata for Solo Cello (Movement 1)?
The complete phrase:
"If I wasn't a cellist, I would be ______."
What is "If I wasn't a cellist, I would be in finance/investing"?