Essential Exercises

'About the wide variety of piano sounds' - this is how the content of this volume could be summarised. For Czerny's 'School of Legato and Staccato' provides much more than technical exercises for the...

The interpretation of contrapuntal music makes particular demands on the pianist. Surprisingly there are very few collections which deal systematically with this important theme. In these two books Fr...

The introduction to the upper registers opens the door to advanced double-bass literature and expressive solo playing. With the volume Daumenlage [Thumb position], learning is easy and fun. Using many...

Maurits Frank (1892-1959) from Rotterdam was one of the leading cellists in the early 20th century. He studied with Pablo Casals among others and was a partner of Paul Hindemith in the Rebner and Amar...

Studies play an important role in musical instrument training. Gerhard Mantel's new edition 'Etüden üben' [Practising studies] (3 volumes) complements his previous successful book 'Cello üben' (ED 871...

Studies play an important role in musical instrument training. Gerhard Mantel's new edition 'Etüden üben' [Practising studies] (3 volumes) complements his previous successful book 'Cello üben' (ED 871...

Studies play an important role in musical instrument training. Gerhard Mantel's new edition 'Etüden üben' [Practising studies] (3 volumes) complements his previous successful book 'Cello üben' (ED 871...

Studies play an important role in musical instrument training. Gerhard Mantel's new edition 'Etüden üben' [Practising studies] (3 volumes) complements his previous successful book 'Cello üben' (ED 871...

This collection of etudes by the virtuoso Sebastian Lee was used as a standard work for cello lessons at the Paris Conservatoire back in the 19th century. For thorough technical training and education...

This collection of etudes by the virtuoso Sebastian Lee was used as a standard work for cello lessons at the Paris Conservatoire back in the 19th century. For thorough technical training and education...

The studies by Friedrich August Kummer are perfect for music lessons, particularly because of their accompaniment of a second violoncello. They are characterized by a very systematic arrangement, clev...

Die Etüden von Friedrich August Kummer eignen sich bestens für den Unterricht, insbesondere wegen der Begleitung durch ein 2. Cello. Sie zeichnen sich durch eine sehr systematische Gliederung aus, füh...

Dotzauer's études have been part of the standard repertoire in cello lessons for generations. Our new edition of the 12 Études Op. 107 follows the original sources and contains the original text. Whil...

Dotzauer études have been part of the standard repertoire in cello lessons for generations. Johann Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860) was among the major cellists and cello pedagogues of the 19th century...

Dotzauer études have been part of the standard repertoire in cello lessons for generations. Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860) was among the major cellists and cello pedagogues of the 19th century and kne...

Virtuoso and expressive, Sebastian Lee's masterpiece for cello! Etudes for advanced cellists Expressive romantic miniatures With piano accompaniment ad lib. Lee, one of the outstanding cellists and ce...

The Violoncello Studies by Bernhard Cossmann (1822-1910) provide specific exercises for the development of the left hand such as double stop trill studies, finger dexterity exercises, chord, scale and...

Garth Knox is one of the most prominent violists of his generation, and as former long-time member of the Arditti Quartet he has developed and maintained a fondness of contemporary music. In the mean...

Franz Anton Hoffmeister sicherte sich als Musikverleger in Wien einen wichtigen Platz in der Musikgeschichte. Er war aber auch ein überaus fruchtbarer und geschätzter Komponist der Wiener Klassik. Sei...

'The Austrian violinist Jacob Dont (1815-1888) was also a highly esteemed teacher and composer. He wrote mainly major educational works, over 50 of which have become quite well-known. Dont's 'Etüden u...

Charles Dancla (1817-1907) is considered to be the last great representative of the French Violin School. He knew, in a special way, how to implement the principle 'no music without technique, no tech...

The Italian flute virtuoso Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833-1905) wrote numerous studies for the flute which are among today's standard teaching literature. Starting with easy melodic tonal studies, the 'Firs...

The Petites Etudes are of similar melodic charm as Gariboldi's Études mignonnes Op.131 (Schott, ED 20354). A bit more virtuoso with regard to the fingering technique and articulation (and with the add...

The Petites Etudes are of similar melodic charm as Gariboldi's Études mignonnes Op.131 (Schott, ED 20354). A bit more virtuoso with regard to the fingering technique and articulation (and with the add...

With their technique clothed in imaginative music, Gariboldi's études are an excellent addition to the classical scale and triad studies for the intermediate flautist at the threshold of the advanced...