Hans Dressel

              HANS DRESSEL SOLO VIOLON CELLIST
Hans Dressel, the eminent violoncellist, was born in London, where his father was an esteemed professor of the piano.  He lost his mother when he was twelve years old.  Both parents were good musicians.

He soon mastered the rudiments of music and appeared at an early age as Pianist at both public and private recitals.  Having also taken lessons on the Violin from an Hungarian Virtuoso, he successfully practised both instruments, already playing difficult pieces by Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, etc., and on the Violin, Rode's Air Varie and Beethoven's Romance in F.

Not wishing him to miss a sound general education he was sent to St. Paul's School, and after the death of his mother he continued his studies abroad, going to Weimar, where he eventually made the Violoncello his principal instrument, with the world-renowned Grutzmacher for his master.  Making great progress, he soon came to London to join his father, who placed him under the Chevalier de Munck at the Guildhall School of Music, where he became First Winner of the Libotton Prize for Violoncello, upon which he was highly complimented by the principal professors and the press.

Soon afterwards he became first professor of his instrument at the Charterhouse School.  During his appointment he was often asked by the Headmaster to arrange concerts for the benefit of the boys, at which concerts some of the most eminent artists in Europe assisted.

His services as Virtuoso were in such demand that he had to resign this honored post and devote his time to the concert platform.  In Wales and at Oxford his playing so took the audience that by special request he arranged Ensemble Classes in Concerted Music, which are a special feature of his tuition.  His method for the Violoncello is simplicity itself.

Herr Dressel has played at Goodwood Castle, Stafford House, and at the late Duke of Richmond's, the Royal Albert Hall, St. James Hall, the Queens' Hall, and all the principal London and provincial concerts.

Herr Dressel has had most flattering notices in most of the leading contemporaries in Germany and in England, Canada, East and Northwest of this country.  His recent performances have proved that he has every right to rank among the foremost Virtuosi of the day.  He has also attracted some notice as a Composer, and has been elected on the Faculty of the Miss Wolcott School and the Western Institute of Music and Dramatic Art, where he can be interviewed by appointment.

Private address:  4045 Vallejo Street.  Phone Main 3465.



VIOLONCELLO RECITAL. I

I


(a)
Sonata in A major
Boccherini


(b)
Gavotte
Haendel


(c)
Aria
Tenaglia





II


Concerto, op. 101
Haydn





III


(a)
Siciliano
Pergolese


(b)
Romance
Vieuxtemps-de Munck


(c)
Kol Nidrei
Bruch


(d)
Olde Englishe Ayre
van der Straeten


(e)
Am Springbrunnen
Davidoff





IV


(a)
Elegy
Dressel


(b)
Canzone
Goltermann


(c)
Sur le lac
Godard


(d)
Elfentanz
Popper






II

I


Sonata in D
Locatelli





II


(a)
Sarabande in G
Bach


(b)
Allegro in D
Bach


(c)
Melodie in B minor
Gluck


(d)
Largo e Allegro
Valentini





III


Concerto in A minor
Saint-Saens





IV


(a)
Largo
Chopin


(b)
Larghetto
Mozart


(c)
Minuetto
Becker


(d)
Vivo
Tschaikowsky





V


(a)
Morceau de Concert
Servais


(b)
Romanze
MacDowell


(c)
Polonaise
de Munck






III

I


Sonata in C
Saint-Saens





II


(a)
Elegie
Liszt


(b)
Liebeswerbung
Becker


(c)
Rondo
Boccherini


(d)
Abendlied
Schumann


(e)
Papillon
Popper





III


Concerto A minor
Goltermann





IV


(a)
Berceuse
Cui


(b)
Andante
Wilhelmj


(c)
Etude
Chopin


(d)
Spinnlied
Popper





V


(a)
Le Cynge
Saint-Saens


(b)
Allegro from Concerto
Piatti






IV

I


(a)
Variations Concertantes
Mendelssohn


(b)
Romanze
Sinding


(c)
Ritornell
Sinding





II


Concerto op. 129
Schumann





III


(a)
Berceuse
Godard


(b)
Scherzo
Klengel


(c)
Chanson napolitaine
Casella





IV


Sonata in A major
Beethoven





V


(a)
Elegie
Massenet


(b)
La Fileuse
Dunkler


(c)
Cantilene
Davidoff


(d)
Tarantella
Piatti