Gaspar Cassadó – Suite for cello solo (first movement). Arrangement, edition and recording for viola sola

Abstract

The following independent project is based on the first movement of the Suite for cello solo written by the Spanish composer Gaspar Cassadó. The thesis talks about the process of making an arrangement of the Suite’s first movement for viola sola. At the beginning, it provides a brief section about the composer and his context and gives information about the importance of transcription in the repertoire available for viola. Then it shows a detailed process of transcription, following three different steps in the process each of them based in one different arrangement. At the end, it contains a small evaluation section talking about the result and the whole process.