Classical Sheet Music

At the beginning of the 1870s, Saint-Saëns displayed a particular partiality for the violoncello. He composed his first cello sonata in December 1872, immediately after having completed the first cell...

Aside from the Piano Quartet op. 13 and the Violin Sonata op. 18, the Cello Sonata op. 6 numbers among the most mature works of chamber music from Strauss' early œuvre. The influences of Mendelssohn,...

The two Sonatas op. 5 were written in 1796 expressly for the young Beethoven's performance with the cello virtuoso Jean Louis Duport at the Berlin court. That he wasn't eclipsed by the latter was ensu...

At the end of the eighteenth century, cellist and composer Jean-Baptiste Bréval wrote not only virtuosic concerti for his instrument, but also easier sonatas and duets that still belong to the core re...

Prokofiev’s late Cello Sonata is inextricably linked with the name Mstislav Rostropovich. The then twenty-year-old cellist delighted the composer to such an extent during a performance in Moscow in 19...

It is well known that Chopin almost exclusively wrote works for solo piano. Only for the cello did he make some exceptions: two works - a Polonaise brillante and the Duo Concertant (HN 788) were writt...

It was only with his late works that Debussy, an unconventional innovator, turned back to tradition. In 1915 he had six sonatas for various instruments in mind. He was only to complete three of them b...

The most important source for Bach's Cello Suites is a copy made by his wife Anna Magdalena because the autograph is no longer extant. As further copies show, the actual musical text is scarcely probl...

Besides two genuine cello 'hits' from the pen of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy -- the 'Variations op. 17' and the 'Song without Words op. 109' -- this urtext edition contains a little sensation: the pre...

The a-minor Concerto is a true gem in the repertoire of great cello music. David Geringas provided the fingerings for this Urtext edition for which editor Peter Jost supplied a detailed preface. Johan...

Ysaye's Cello Sonata, unlike its companion piece for violin solo, has remained relatively unknown. All the same, it merits special attention as it was written at the same time as the Violin Sonatas an...

originally for Voice and Piano

Piano Reduction by G. F. Ghedini

originally for Oboe and Piano.

originally for Voice and Piano.

originally for Cello and Orchestra (1883).

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