Marçal Cervera i Millet, an autobiographical study from a qualitative research framework

• Autor(a) principal: Hernández-Dionis, Paula
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Pérez-Jorge, David, Blanco-Novoa, Susana, Santos-Álvarez, Anthea Gara
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34620/eduser.v15i1.254
• topic: Massadó; Casals; Massiá; cellist; Viola da gamba; Massadó; Casais; Massia; Violoncelista; Viola da gamba

This article focuses on the life and work of Marçal Cervera i Millet (1928-2019). Marçal was a Catalan violoncello and viola da gamba player and teacher, with a prominent role in the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and several Spanish music conservatories. As a musician, he contributed to the international enhancement of the Spanish cello through his activity as a performer and teacher. This work gathers the unpublished testimony of Marçal, recorded in an interview in April 2006 in Begur (Girona, Spain). In an autobiographical style, he narrates much of his life as a student, soloist, and teacher. The analysis of this testimony allows us to evaluate his influence and that of some important musicians who accompanied him during his life. As a result, we collected his opinions and contributions to the violoncello performance: a set of basics for a good interpretation, study, and teaching practice of the instrument. The aim of this investigation is to show the living story of Marçal Cervera, about whom very little has been written, despite being one of the most outstanding contemporary musicians of the international violoncello scene.