The well-known Suite per Violoncello composed by Gaspar Cassadó in 1926, though "suite" titled, is physically and closely related to the traditional Spanish dance music. His work was fully infiltrated with the pure Catalonia folk songs in Spain, said his wife, a pianist, Chieko Hara by name.

The relationship between the work, the Six Suites for Violoncello by J.S. Bach and the dance music hosted this paper through the contemporary background, the Suite per Violoncello, the title of movement, and the content.

Subject to the influence in “Generacion del 98”, the work carried lots of the elements of the dance music, like beat and music form. The work was also similar to the Six Suites in the use of the suite for violoncello and the title of movement; besides, the work registered for the structural assemblance to the Six Suites. Furthermore, the movements of the work, except for the prelude, were titled using “dance”.

Into the work, the music form and elements of the Six Suites delicately got Cassadó coupled with the dance music in terms of rhythm, scale, accompaniment instruments ; and the dance music also got featured abundantly through the techniques including harmonic , double stops, string crossing, and pizzicato, etc.

Program

J. S. Bach: Six Suites for Violoncello Solo No.6 , BWV 1012

Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano in d minor

Gaspar Cassadó: Suite per Violoncello

Robert Schumann: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in A minor, op. 129