A practice guide for the modern cellist-A Grand Tour of Cello Technique is a thought-provoking practice guide enabling cellists at all levels to develop their own style through an exploration of different ways of fingering and bowing. The book not only helps cellists improve their playing but also promotes an understanding of musical art through nine stimulating chapters.With a particular emphasis on music of the 20th and 21st centuries and its connections with earlier music Fred Sherry takes the reader on a voyage of discovery of the art and science of cello technique informed by music ranging from Bach all the way through to Berio.Fred Sherry has introduced audiences on fivecontinents and all fifty United States to the music of our time for more than five decades. He has had close working relationships with Charles Wuorinen Lukas Foss Oliver Knussen Elliott Carter Milton Babbitt Toru Takemitsu Chick Corea Pierre Boulez Mario Davidovsky and others whose works he has premiered and recorded. He has been soloist and ?sideman? on hundreds of commercial and esoteric recordings; his discography ranges from Schütz Bach Mozart Beethoven and Brahms through Schoenberg and Stravinsky to the 20th and 21st century works written for him. He is a member of the cello faculty of The Juilliard School the Mannes College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music.

The composer states:'The term 'oblique strategies? was coined jointly by British musician Brian Eno and German-born British visual artist Peter Schmidt to describe a series of printed cards they developed throughout the 1970's. The cards had their origins in sets of uncannily similar working principles that both artists had established independently, and featured aphorisms intended as a means of triggering inspiration or providing useful stimulus during the creative process, particularly when encountering difficulties of fatigue or time constraint.As Eno and Schmidt wrote in their introduction to the first edition in 1975: 'They can be used as a pack (a set of possibilities being continuously reviewed in the mind) or by drawing a single card from the shuffled pack when a dilemma occurs in a working situation. In this case, the card is trusted even if its appropriateness is quite unclear. They are not final, as new ideas will present themselves, and others will become self-evident?.I chose eleven of Eno and Schmidt's strategies, ordering them in a way that revealed to me a logic and potential inter-relatedness within a hitherto disparate set of single ideas I had assembled for solo cello, each of them in turn a reflection upon the commission's initial purpose of creating a test piece for the 2014 Emanuel Feuermann cello competition.It's my hope then that the resultant composition may provide not only an interesting test of the competitors' talents but also offer the interpreter an opportunity to reflect upon the delights and pitfalls of creativity as he or she comes to terms with the various musical and technical challenges to be found within these ten minutes of music for solo cello.? / Violoncelle

Cello-This volume in the Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along series contains 12 themes from the James Bond films in arrangements for solo Cello. A downloadable backing track is included for each piece so you can play alongand sound like a pro! From Monty Norman's classic James Bond Theme to Don Black's Diamonds Are Forever and Paul and Linda McCartney'sLive And Let Die this collection contains 12 of the best-knownpieces from the much-loved spy films. Other songs include: For Your Eyes only From Russia With Love Goldfinger Nobody Does It Better On Her Majesty's Secret Service Skyfall A View To A Kill Writing's On The Walland You Only Live Twice. This book includes Playback a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right - availableexclusively from Hal Leonard.

For solo Cello Timpani and Strings.Popule Meus was commissioned through the Magnum Opus project: Kathryn Gould founding patron and commissioner and Meet the Composer project manager.It was first performed on 6thFebruary 2010 by Yuri Hooker (cello) and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Micklethwate. Composer's Notes 'Popule Meus is a meditation on the Judaic and Christian text ?O my People whathave I done to you?? but itis also a Universalist contemplation of the wholesale rejection of God by modern man. However much manrejects God he cannot escape Him and indeed he is condemned to the supernatural by his deiformnature. InHindu terms he is the Absolute Ayam Atma Brahma (The Self is the Absolute).In this work the solo cello is the All-Compassionate One while the timpani represent man in his vain andpointless rejection. Although the solocello and strings and the timpani share the same material (four ideas aregradually revealed and they revolve four times during the piece) the timpani music is violent and becomesincreasingly frenzied and contracted while thecello and strings remain still and serene.So even in winning the Darkness loses and even in losing the Light wins. Passion Resurrection andRedemption; or in Hindu terms Atma (The Absolute) alone is real Maya (The Relative) ismerely illusion.'

A work for solo cello and electronic effects dedicated to Jeffrey Ziegler. 'A Highway In State Space' is an artistic interpretation of professor Signe Kjelstrup's work on energy conversion corresponding to an article including the same wording which was published in Chemical Engineering Science 60 (2005) by the authors Eivind Johannessen and Signe Kjelstrup. A work for solo cello and electronic effects dedicated to Jeffrey Ziegler. 'A Highway In State Space' is an artistic interpretation of professor Signe Kjelstrup's work on energy conversion corresponding to an article including the same wording which was published in Chemical Engineering Science 60 (2005) by the authors Eivind Johannessen and Signe Kjelstrup.

A minor - VC/BC - cello and basso continuo (harpsichord/piano); cello (viola da gamba) ad lib. editor: Ruf, Hugo composer: Marcello, Benedetto Éditeur: Schott Music Série: Cello Library Difficulté: Intermediate pages: 20 Die sechs Sonaten von Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) gehören neben denjenigen von Antonio Vivaldi zu den bekanntesten Barockkompositionen für Violoncello und Basso continuo. Schon zu Lebzeiten des zu seiner Zeit durchaus berühmten Komponisten wurde die Sammlung in den wichtigen europäischen Musikmetropolen London, Paris und Amsterdam in Drucken angeboten. Auch wenn es einige unbequeme Griffverbindungen in diesen Sonaten gibt, die daher rühren dürften, dass Marcello mit einem fünfsaitigen, um eine e’-Saite ergänzten Cello rechnete, so sind sie doch von moderater Schwierigkeit und gehören zu den Standardwerken des Violoncellounterrichts.

Cello Part. This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM?s Grade 3 Cello syllabus from 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C ? ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information.An edition with piano accompaniment and audio is also available - it includes downloadable recordings of all nine pieces, plus piano accompaniment tracks.

New Directions For Strings:-New Directions for Strings - Cello Book 2 emphasises the expansion of students' musical horizons through the reinforcement of the US National Standards for Musical Education. Specific activities include theory improvisation and composition as well as singing. History and culture notes throughout the book increase students' knowledge of various composers and musical styles.New Directions for Strings represents the first method ever written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments. With more than 100 years of combined teaching experience the authors of New Directions® for Strings explore many newdirections including equal integration of all the instruments a tetrachord-based approach to support proper development of the left hand and ensemble opportunities that occur throughout the book.Based on more than 100 years of combined teaching experienceWritten by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instrumentsSupplemental music by Soon Hee Newbold and Elliot Del BorgoIncludes 2 Play-Along CDs with each student book and the Teacher's Manual

Instrumental Play-Along-Cello players will love the 15 folk favourites in this collection provided complete with backing tracks on CD: A-Tisket A-Tasket â?¢ Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie â?¢ (Oh My Darling) Clementine â?¢ Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) â?¢ The Galway Piper â?¢ Greensleeves â?¢ Home on the Range and more.

This pupil's book provides a lively and comprehensive introduction to the very first steps of playing the cello.All the titles in the Abracadabra series work in conjunction with each other making them ideal for ensemble group and whole class tuition. Used alone they remain perfect for individual lessons. The book contains activities games and pieces that teach the fundamentals of playing the cello: good posture (with and without the instrument) bow hold finger position and pitch awareness as well as developing rhythm and notation reading. The CD also aids pitch development with performances of the pieces and backing tracks to motivate pupils topractise pieces and activities outside of their lessons. The basics are constantly reinforced and revisited with the pupils building up to 'performance pieces' that combine and showcase all of the skills they have developed.

Here are ten of the most famous melodies beautifully arranged for Cello and Piano. You'll love playing them and others will enjoy listening. A Cello Top 10 includes Air from Suite no. 3 (Bach) Barcarolle (Offenbach) Berceuse from ‘Dolly Suite’ (Fauré) Gymnopédie I (Satie) Largo from ‘Serse’ (Handel) Meditation from‘Thaïs’ (Massenet) Nimrod from ‘Enigma Variations’ (Elgar) Panis angelicus (Franck) Salut d’amour (Elgar) and The swan (Saint-Saëns).

Six Songs and Arias-This volume contains a selection of music intended to show off the beautiful cantabile qualities of the Cello. The works chosen were all originally written for voice. The six pieces are carefully chosen from the various sources and will provide the cellist with some different and enjoyable melodic music. The pieces in the book are: Flotow 'M'Appari' from Marta Schubert 'To Music' Tchaikovsky 'A Legend' Mozart 'Serenade' Paisello 'Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento' Verdi 'Ai Nostri Monti'.

Music Minus One Cello-The second movement of this beautiful quintet is patterned after the Dumka traditional dance form in Dvorak's native Czech Republic. Beautiful melodies wonderful orchestration. A quintet of rare quality. In short wonderful music! Includes a complete high-quality printed music score and a compact disc voluminously indexed for ease of practice containing a complete performance with soloist then performed again with accompaniments only minus you the soloist. Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen piano Manhattan String Quartet

Duet for Two Cellos in Bb-Beethoven's sonata for violoncello is a staple of the chamber repertoire Telemann's duet sonata is a feast of 18th-century music at its finest: Includes accompaniments for both primo and secondo parts. Includes complete printed music score on high-quality ivory paper including both primo and secondo parts for the Telemann Duet and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist then performed again minus the soloist. An additional version minus first 'cello is provided so you can play either primo or secondo part in the Telemann Duet. Performed by Steven Thomas violoncello Accompaniment: Steve Isaacson piano