Classical Sheet Music for Cello

In 1839 Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879) wrote Violoncelloschule für den ersten Unterricht (Violoncello School for Preliminary Instruction), Op. 60. The method has remained a staple of teaching lit...

for cello and piano This piece draws inspiration from the book City of Falling Angels which gives a rich portrayal of Venice. The use of extended melodies that contrast with fragmented phrases portray...

This Sonata was initially conceived (in 1995) for solo cello. It rapidly proved unplayable in this form. In 1996 it was entirely recast for two cellos. This was not simply a matter of transcribing it,...

Learning at a very early age the piano and the violin and surrounded by brothers and sisters playing the piano and string instruments, Jean Cras quickly came to compose chamber music. First a piano tr...

The stylistically very classic Variations en forme de chaconne were first performed on 23rd February 1902 by Gaston Courras, a cellist at the Paris Opera, and the composer at the piano. This piece bel...

Mikko Heiniö's Mot natten (Towards night), three nocturnes and two interludes for cello and guitar was composed in 2018. This suite found its inspiration and name in Finnish poet Bo Carpelan's (1926-2...

This volume includes works for cello and piano – Alwyn’s Three Negro Spirituals and Carwithen’s Sonatina. These recreational pieces are suitable for players at an intermediate level while the Sonatina...

Ten dreams, ten work pieces inspired by different places around the world, introducing the violoncello player to a variety of contemporary techniques, with the imaginative notation offered by David Gr...

The Sonatina was written in 1975 at the request of the cellist Christopher Salmon and is in three succinct movements. The first has an angular main theme and a broad, lyrical second theme, contrasted...

Written in 1976 for the New Zealand cellist Christopher Salmon, these four Inventions for solo cello are for ambitious students at college level. The first piece is dramatic and declamatory, working t...

Adventures & Accolades: Cello is a lyrical and imaginative collection that celebrates the expressive range and colour of the cello. Adapted from James Welburn’s popular piano series, these pieces invi...

Year of composition: 2013.