Sheet Music for Cello Solo

Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (1757-1831), ein Schüler Haydns, den der Meister wie seinen eigenen Sohn liebte, komponierte in den letzten Jahren des 18. Jahrhunderts ein C-Dur-Konzert in drei Fassungen: für Cel...

Robert Fuchs wurde am 15. Februar 1847 in dem steiermärkischen Frauenthal geboren und starb am 19. Februar 1927 in Wien, wenige Tage nach seinem noch glanzvoll gefeierten 80. Geburtstag. Sein musikerf...

Ludwig Thuille wurde am 30. 11. 1861 in Bozen als jüngster Sohn eines Kunst- und Musikalienhändlers, dessen Familie aus Savoyen zugewandert war, geboren. Nach erstem Klavierunterricht bei seinem Vater...

Wood and bones is constructed in two rhythmic and gestual movements separated by a short moment of suspended sounds. The first movement explore pizzicati (played on the left hand at the same time as th...

In 1913, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) was engaged by the Royal Danish Orchestra, which he also conducted at the time, to write an original work to be used in the audition of a new hornist. The result was...

Originally written in 1926 for cellist May Mukle with piano accompaniment, this collection follows the same format for each of the six English folk songs: presentation of the tune in the solo line, fo...

Frank Bridge (1879-1941) wrote his only cello sonata between 1913-1917. A transitional work between his early lyrical style and the more modern style he adopted at the time of World War I, the work is...

Vivaldi wrote these six sonatas for cello and continuo between 1720 and 1730, when the cello sonata became a popular genre. This publication of the six works for the advancing cellist, edited by Dieth...

Originally written for organ, Nadia Boulanger transcribed this piece for cello and piano in 1914. The first piece, Moderato, has a mysterious feel. The second piece is a peaceful lament and the final...

Saint-Saëns composed Prière, or Prayer, for violoncello and organ, Op. 158 in 1919. It is a simple and catchy tune: The cantabile beginning is followed by an expressive middle section which leads back...

This Mozart-inspired work, completed in January of 1877, was the first composition by Tchaikovsky for cello and orchestra. While for many the years, Variations on a Rococo Theme was only known in a ve...

The six-movement PEQUENA SUITE, W064 (also LITTLE SUITE) for Cello and Piano was written by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) in 1913, and movements Nos. 1, 2, and 6 premiered in Rio de Janeiro on Septem...

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) wrote Siete canciones populares españolas (Seven Spanish Folksings) in 1914, originally for soprano and piano. This transcription for cello and piano and been completed by...

The final work of Ernest Bloch's Jewish Cycle, "Schelomo" (Hebrew for "Solomon") features the cello acting as the voice of King Solomon. The liturgical character of this work requires the distinction...