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	Alfred Stelzner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two instruments of his invention were the violotta and cellone.
		The violotta is tuned an octave below the violin, and possesses a timbre between that of the viola and cello.
		The cellone, a large cello, is tuned between the cello and string bass.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_Stelzner (161 words)

	Felix Draeseke Quintet in A major for 2 Violins, Viola, Violotta and Cello, WoO 25, with original Stelzner instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Why Draeseke became interested in the Stelzner's violotta is explained partially by the fact that in May, 1896 the Dresden Conservatory sponsored a prize competition with the intent of giving Stelzner's instruments, particularly the violotta and cellone, some validity.
		It was played a number of times after Draeseke's death, but usually with normal instruments and a second cello being substituted for the violotta, a tradition based on the fact that Draeseke uses the tenor clef in his notation of the violotta in his manuscript score and parts.
		Felix Draeseke hatte seine drei Streichquartette hinter sich, als er 1897 innerhalb von drei Wochen sein Streichquintett in A-dur, WoO 25 für zwei Violinen, Bratsche, Violotta und Cello – eigentlich sein erster Versuch in der Gattung Streichquintett – komponierte.
	www.draeseke.org /akcoburg/dr10stelzner5tet.htm (3313 words)

	Draeske Acantus DR0004 DR0010 [RB]: Classical CD Reviews- June 2006 MusicWeb-International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It includes a part for violotta although in this case it is played by a second cello.
		The violotta was one of a range of re-engineered string instruments produced by Dr Alfred Stelzner (1852-1906).
		The violotta is a sort of tenor viola 42cm long.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /classrev/2006/Jun06/Draeske_Acantus_DR0004.htm (1354 words)

	ARNOLD KRUG: Sextet in D Major for Two Violins, Viola, Violotta, Cello and Cellone, Op. 68
		While it seems reasonable that Felix Draeseke, as a member of the conservatory faculty, had some role in final decisions about prize winners, his work was neither written for nor submitted to the competition.
		The only other known work published with Stelzner instruments in mind, is a Sextet in F major excluding the cellone in favor of a contrabass though otherwise for the same combination as that by Behm and Krug, written for the competition and submitted by the Austrian composer Theodor Streicher (1874-1940).
		It is also evident in this instance that he appreciated the sound of the instruments for which he was writing, for there are moments in the sextet of almost eerie contrivance, unimaginable without the singular timbres of violotta and cellone (and, one must conclude, lost without them).
	www.draeseke.org /akcoburg/dr10krug.htm (1564 words)

	James Christensen
		He also invented two new instruments: the violotta, tuned between viola and cello, and the cellone, tuned between the cello and string bass.
		Last summer, the Christensens bought a Stelzner violin and violotta, and had another violin and viola made to Stelzner's specifications.
		Stelzner's instruments were well enough received in the 1890s that German composer Felix Draeseke, at the Dresden Conservatory, wrote a quintet specifically for them.
	findusat309.com /articles/2004/James_Christensen.html (591 words)

	CD, Homage to Stelzner, available from the National Music Museum
		He also invented two unique members of the family: the violotta, played on the arm like a viola but tuned a fourth below the viola; and the cellone, played on the knee like a cello but tuned a fourth below the cello.
		Felix Draeseke (1835-1913) was attracted to the new design and composed his String Quintet in A for Stelzner instruments, including the violotta.
		In 1896, the Dresden Conservatory organized a competition intended to stimulate interest for the newly designed and developed members of the string family by Stelzner.
	www.usd.edu /smm/GiftShop/CDs/StelznerCD.html (190 words)

	University of Wyoming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The concert will feature two quintets (quartet with additional viola/violotta), written by Mozart and Draeseke.
		The players are UW faculty members Javier Pinell and Naomi Gjevre, violins; Jim Przygocki, viola; and Barbara Thiem, cello; and guest artist John Thomson, viola and violotta.
		"In the 19th century, Alfred Stelzner redesigned the traditional string quartet instruments according to scientific principles and invented other instruments such as the violotta to fill in the voices between them," says Pinell.
	www.uwyo.edu /news/showrelease.asp?id=4097 (428 words)

	A little quiz for chamber experts
		The Violotta piece is by Draeseke: I happened to be investigating this the other day, when I was looking up stuff on the violotta (mainly, could I play one, and could I buy one
		Okay, a violotta is an instrument held like a viola, but larger and tuned a fourth lower.
		I would have thought getting a violotta, making strings for it ect.
	www.good-music-guide.com /forum/index.php?topic=8447.15 (887 words)

	Calendar of Events at the National Music Museum
		Brown bag lunch program, Chaskinakuy: Andean Village Music, Edmond Badoux and Francy Vidal, with Daniel Zamalloa, play compelling melodies and spirited rhythms from high mountain festivities in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and Argentina.
		Brown bag lunch program, Music by Felix Draeseke (Dresden, 1835-1913) and Instruments by Alfred Stelzner (1852-1906), Summit Chamber Players, University of Wyoming, with John Thomson, violotta, and Richard Rognstad, cellone.
		Violotta attributed to August Paulus, Dresden, December 1896.
	www.usd.edu /smm/Calendar/calendar05.html (1444 words)

	Summit Chamber Players to perform April 7
		The ensemble will also present a sextet by Arnold Krug (1849-1904), also made for Stelzner’s instruments.
		Stelzner’s two instrumental creations, the violotta and the cellone, bridge the space between other stringed instruments and are on loan from collector Jim Christensen.
		The violetta falls into the gap of the viola and the cello, while the cellone is between the cello and the base.
	www.dordt.edu /cgi-bin/news/get_news.pl?id=1359 (571 words)

	A violotta is a tenor viola viola or tenor violin violin... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A violotta is a tenor viola viola or tenor violin violin...
		A "violotta" is a tenor viola viola (or tenor violin violin) invented by the German German luthier luthier Alfred Stelzner Alfred Stelzner and patented in 1891.
		Bill Viola: Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House - Writings 1973-1994
	www.biodatabase.de /Violotta (126 words)

	Records International Catalogue January 2002
		FELIX DRAESEKE (1835-1913): Quintet in A for 2 Violins, Viola, Violotta and Cello, WoO 25 Stelzner, Quintet in F for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos.
		This fourth release under the auspices of the International Draeseke Society brings two late string quintets (the violotta was an invention of a Prof.
		Stelzner and did not survive the beginning of the 20th century - a cello takes its part in the A major quintet).
	www.recordsinternational.com /RICatalogJan02.html (10359 words)

	Definition of violotta - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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	Classical CD Review Archive - June 2006 part 3 C-L:Classical MusicWeb (UK] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Nevertheless a disc to take a few tracks at a time unless full-throated tenors are your thing.
		(1835-1913) Quintet in A major for two violins, viola, violotta (here played cello II) and cello Stelzner WoO 25 (1896) [28:53] Quintet in F major for two violins, viola and two cellos op.
		(1835-1913) Quintet in A major for two violins, viola, violotta and cello Stelzner WoO 25 (1896) [26:52]
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2006/Jun06/1aJune06-3.htm (3604 words)

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