CELLO REPERTOIRE and CELLO TECHNIQUE REPERTOIRE

Susan Moses Co-Director
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music String Academy

Preface
This is just a short compilation of some of the music that I enrich my students’ lives with.  I firmly believe in utilizing the works of the great cello masters of the 19th and 20th centuries as a foundation of my students’ DNA.  The cello has evolved from these great men and we must know their works intimately.  I have arranged things in conjunction with the Suzuki books to help guide teachers.  Editors have been marked when possible.  (EMB stands for Edito Musica Budapest)

 

CELLO REPERTOIRE

 

Book 1

First Book of Study-Pieces for Violoncello Ed. Schirmer

Tunes and Exercises for the String Player by Paul Rolland Ed. Boosey & Hawkes

Bach for the Cello Charles Krane (useful from book 1 and up)

 

Book 2
           
Breval 3 Easy Sonatas Opus 40 1-3  (Books 2-5)

 

Performance Pieces for the Cello Ed. EMB
            Several volumes to use (Book 2 up)

Rudolf Matz
            All etudes, duets, etc. Ed. Dominis Music (Book 2 up)
           
Sebastian Lee First Steps in Violoncello Playing Op 101 Ed. Stainer & Bell

Performance Pieces for Cello Vol II Ed. EMB Z.4480

 

Book 3

4th Concertino in C Major Breval – Ruyssen Ed. Delrieu

Pejtsik Violoncello Gordonka Volume 3 Ed. EMB (Books 3-7)

 

Book 4

Julius Klengel Sonatina for Cello and Piano in C Major Op. 47/1 Ed. Breitkopf 3481

Bazelaire Suite Francaise

B. Romberg Sonatas
E Minor Op. 38 #1 (Book 4-7)
B Flat Major Op. 43 (Book 4-8)

Album Skladieb for Cello and Piano Ed. Supraphon Prague (Books 4-8)

 

Book 5

Hindemith Three Easy Pieces Ed. Schott

Cello and Piano Ed. EMB Compiled by Arpad Pejtsik 2 volumes (Book 5 and up)

Forgotten Melodies Twelve Pieces by Old Masters for ‘cello and piano Ed. Joachim Stutchevsky Associated Music Publishers
 
B. Romberg Sonatas
C Major Op. 43 (Book 5-8) Ed. International

 

Book 6

7 Sonatinen for Cello and Piano Ed. EMB

Offenbach Musette Ed. EMB

Tchaikovsky Nocturne

 

Duport Sonata/Feuillard Ed. Delrieu

Couperin
Pieces en Concert Couperin Ed. Leduc Paris (Book 6 and up)

Goltermann
            Etude-Caprice Op. 54 No. 4

B. Romberg Sonatas
G Major Op. 43 (Book 6-8)

Popper Popular Concert Pieces Ed. EMB Volumes 1 and 2 (Book 6 and up)

 

Book 7

LeClair LeTambourin Ed. EMB

Kodaly
            Romance Lyrique

Haydn/Piatigorsky Divertimento in D Major (from Book 7 up)

Klengel Concertini
            Concertino in C Major, G Major, A Minor (Book 7 and up)
            Concert Piece in D Minor Op. 10

Mendelssohn
            Song Without Words in D Major Op. 109

Corelli
            Sonata in D Minor

Goltermann
Capriccio Ed. EMB
Concerto in D Minor Op. 76 Ed. International

Popper Chanson Villageoise Ed. International

Cellists Favorite Concert Album (Franklin Collier) Ed. Carl Fischer (Book 7 and up)
           

 

Book 8

Max Bruch Kol Nidre

Glazunov
            Chant Du Menestrel Op. 71 Ed. International

Goltermann
            Capriccio Ed. EMB
            Concerto No. 3 in B Minor (After Book 8) Ed. International

Goens
            Tarantelle Ed. EMB

Tchaikovsky
            Andante Cantabile Op. 11 Ed. International

JC Bach
            Concerto in C Minor

Vivaldi
Concerto in C Minor

 

Book 9

Boellmann
            Symphonic Variations Op. 23
Dohnanyi
            Concert Piece in D Major Op. 12

Bruch Canzone (Wonderful either with piano or orchestra!) Ed. International

Popper
Serenade Op. 54
Concert Polonaise Ed. International
Hungarian Rhapsody

Goltermann
            Concerto in A Minor Op. 14 Ed. International

Saint-Saens
            Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 33

Frescobaldi-Cassado Toccata

Boccherini G Major Concerto (Gendron) Ed. Delrieu

Cassado Requiebros Ed. Schott

Bach/ Piatigorsky Concerto in G Major after Vivaldi Ed. International

 

Book 10 and up

Popper Concerto in E Minor Op. 24

Victor Herbert Cello Concerto No. 2 in E Minor Ed. International

Ginastera Pampeana No. 2
Davidov, Carl
            At the Fountain Op. 20 No 2
            Concerto 1 in B Minor Op. 5
            Concerto No 2 in A Major Op. 14
            Concerto No 4 in E Minor Op. 31
            Concerto No 3 in D Major Op. 18

Romberg
            Concerto No 2 in D Major Op. 3 Ed. International

 

Note: Canadian Curriculum Ed Frederick Harris Music Company
These volumes start at the beginning and comprise all levels. I find them very useful although I do not recommend the fingerings.

 

 

CELLO TECHNIQUE REPERTOIRE

Feuillard Daily Exercises for the Cello Ed. Schott

Practice for Performance for Cello and Related String Instruments by Daniel Morganstern Ed. Mel Bay

Flesch Scale system for cello Ed. Carl Fischer

F Dotzauer 113 Studies in 4 volumes (From book 4)

Popper 15 easy studies (After book 4) Ed. International

Klengel Scales Volume 2 Daily Exercises for the Cello (From book 5)

Lee 40 Melodic Studies Op. 31 Book 1 for Cello (Book 5)

Kreutzer Etudes for Cello (Use from book 7)

Popper Studies Opus 76 (After book 7)

Franchomme 12 Caprices Op. 7
12 Studies Op. 35 (From book 8)

Popper High School of Cello Playing Op. 73 (Book 9)

Duport 21 Studies (From book 9)

Merk Op. 11 (From book 9)

Gruetzmacher Daily Studies Op. 67
                        Technology of cello playing Op. 38
                        Volume I (From book 7)
                        Studies with Thumb position (Advanced students)

Double Stops for Cello Rick Mooney Ed. Sumy-Birchard Inc.

Jensen-Galamian Scale System for Cello
 
Jensen Fun in Thumb Position

 

Rudolph Matz
All etudes, duets, etc Ed. Dominis Music
The Complete Cellist Volumes 1 and 2 Editor Tetra Music Corp. (For all levels)
(I consider these volumes to be the most complete cello technique books available)

Canadian Curriculum Ed. Frederick Harris Music Company
These volumes start at the beginning and comprise all levels. I find them very useful although I do not recommend the fingerings.