Cello Instruction Syllabus

Below is a brief introduction to my teaching goals, followed by a list of works that are available for study in my studio. 

CFA ML 513/514 D1 (Cello Instruction)

Course description and syllabus

The repertoire listed below is a broad collection of studies and works in my teaching repertoire. Selection of these works is dependent on the student’s general level, specific areas to be challenged technically and musically, alongside preparation for events such as recitals, auditions, and competitions. I’ve given approximate ratings for each work. All of this should be complemented by a thorough knowledge of scale systems and standard etude work. Students are encouraged to investigate contemporary works written in the past 50 years along with underrepresented composers, signified on the list by U.

Below is the list of scales, etudes and repertoire.

Scales: 3 and 4-octave scales in all keys; major, minor, harmonic minor. Rhythms (dotted eighth/sixteenth, reverse; eighth and two sixteenths, etc.). Arpeggios: major, minor, diminished, dominant, augmented. Double-stops in all keys (thirds, sixths, fourths, mixed thirds and fourths, octaves. Scales in thumb position). All of these are available through my Cellozilla.com website as free downloads.

Hand exercises: various fingering patterns; stretches, extension exercises

Etudes:

Dotzauer Book 3 (2)
Dotzauer Book 4 (3)
Duport Books 1 and 2 (1-2)
Franchomme (1)
Grutmacher Book 2 (2)
Kreutzer Etudes (from violin) (2)
Popper High School (2)
Piatti Caprices (2)
Paganini Caprices-Silva (3)

Solo Works:

Bach Chaconne ar. Schirinsky (3)
Bach Suites 1-3 (2)
Bach Suites 4-6 (3)
Berio Sequenza XIV (3)
Bloch Suites 1-3 (2)
Britten Suites 1-3 (3)
Cassado Suite (2)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Black Folk Song Suite (2) U
Crumb Solo Sonata (3)
Dutilleux SACHER Variations (1982) (3)
Golijov Omaramor (1991) (2)
Gubaidulina Preludes (3) U
Hagen Suite for Cello (1985) (3)
Hindemith Solo Sonata (2)
Kodaly Solo Sonata (3)
Koscielny Arabesques (1988) (3)
Laderman Partita for Solo Cello (1983) (3)
Ligeti Solo Sonata  (1953) (3)
Matz 11 Caprices for Solo Cello (1964) (2)
Mayuzumi Bunraku (2) U
Perera Cry for Solo Cello (2004)  (2)
Prokofiev Solo Cello Sonata Op. 133 (2)
Reger Suites 1-3 (2)
Rostropovich 2 Etudes  (3)
Ung Khse Buon (1980) (3)
Wu, Chia-Ling Suite for Solo Cello (3) U
Ysaye Solo Sonata (2)

Sonatas:

Bach Gamba Sonatas 1-3 (2)
Bach (Ph. Em.) Sonata in D Major (1)
Banner Sonata ca. 1700 (1)
Barber Sonata (2)
Barriere 12 Sonatas Vol. 1 (1)
Bauer Sonata in 1 movement (1982) (2)
Beethoven Op. 5 No’s. 1 and 2, Op. 69, Op. 102 No’s. 1 and 2 (2)
Boccherini Sonatas in A Major, B-flat Major, C Major, G Major, E-flat Major, F Major (2)
Boni Sonatas 1-6 ca. 1720 (1)
Bonis, Melanie Sonata (1904) (2) U
Brahms Sonata in E minor, Op. 38 (2)
Brahms Sonata in F Major, Op. 99 (3)
Breval Sonata (1
Bridge Sonata H. 125 (1917) (2)
Britten Sonata in C Major, Op. 65 (2)
Boulnois Sonata (1922) (2)
Buoncini Sonata (ca. 1700) (1)
Caporale Sonata in D minor ca. 1750 (1)
Caporale Sonatas 1-3 in A Major, B-Flat Major, D Major (1)
Carter Sonata (3)
Cassado Sonata in A minor (1925) (2)
Cassado Sonata in old Spanish style (1925) (2)
Casella Sonata Op. 8 (1907) (2)
Cervetto Sonatas in B-flat Major and C Major (ca. 1747) (1)
Cirri Sonatas 1, 3-6 Op. 16 (2)
Chopin Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 (2)
Danzi Sonata in F Major (1)
Debussy Sonata in D minor (2)
Demarquez, Suzanne Sonata (1940?) (2) U
De Fesch Sonatas 1-6 ca. 1740 (1)
Delius Sonata RT VIII/7 (1916) (2)
Dohnanyi Sonata in B-flat minor Op. 8 (2)
Duport Sonata in G Major (2)
Ehrmann, Rosette Sonata ca. 1920 (2) U
Faure Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117 (2)
Fay, Fazil Sonata (1970) (2) U
Finney Sonata No. 2 in C (1953) (2)
Flackton Sonatas in B-flat Major and F Major ca. 1750 (1)
Foote Sonata in E minor, Op. 78  (1918) (2)
Francoeur Sonata in E Major (2)
Franck Sonata Op. 42 in A Major (2)
Fuchs Sonata Op. 83 in E-flat minor (1909) (2)
Galindo Sonata (1962) (2)
Galliard Sonata in D Major (1)
Galliard Sonatas 4-6 (1)
Gasparino Sonata in B-flat Major (1)
Geminiani Sonatas 1-6 ca. 1750 (1)
Geminiani Sonata in D minor Op. 5 No. 2 (1)
Gernsheim Sonata Op. 12 (1977) (1)
Gieseking Konzert-Sonatine (1948) (2)
Giorni Sonata (1917) (2)
Grieg Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (2)
Guerini Sonata in G Major (1)
Handel Sonata in F Major (from violin) arr. Cahnbley ((2)
Haubiel Sonata in C minor (1951) (2)
Haydn Sonata in C Major arr. Becker (1)
Hindemith Sonata Op. 11 No. 3 (2)
Hummel Sonata in A Major  (1)
Hure Sonatas in F Major, F-sharp minor and F-sharp Major (2)
Jacob, Gordon Sonata (1957) (2)
Kabalevsky Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 71 (2)
Koechlin Sonata Op. 66 (1917) (2)
Kraft Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G Major arr. Adam  (3)
Kucken Sonata Op. 16 No. 1 (1)
Kuhnel Sonata ca. 1680 (2)
Kurka Sonatina (1964) (1)
Lalo Sonata in A minor (2)
La Montaine Sonata Op. 8 (1966) (1)
Lanzetti Sonata in G Major (ca. 1750) (1)
Lekeu Sonata in F minor (1888) (2)
Liebmann, Helene Sonata Op. 11 (1) U
Loeillet Sonata ar. Schroeder (1)
Lowther, Toupie Sonata (1925)  (2) U
Magito Sonatas 1-3 (Baroque) (1)
Mainardi Sonata quasi fantasia (1962) (2)
Malipiero Sonata (1909) (2)
Mana-Zucca Sonata Op. 223 (1955) (2)
Mangian Sonata in F Major (1)
Marcello Sonatas 1-6 (1720s) (1)
Martin, Francois Sonate in E minor (1746) (1)
Martini Sonata No. 3 in A minor (ca. 1730?) (1)
Martino Sonatas1-3 (ca. 1750) (1)
Martinu Sonata No. 2, H 286 (2)
Matz Sonata in E minor (1966)  (1)
Matz 3 Sonatines (1)
Mendelssohn Sonatas Op. 45 in B-flat Major and Op. 58 in D Major (2)
Miaskovsky Sonata Op. 81 (2)
Muczynski Sonata Op. 25 (1970) (2)
Paxton Sonatas 1-3 (ca. 1770s) (1)
Poulenc Sonata FP 143 (3)
Prokofiev Sonata in C Major, Op. 119 (2)
Rachmaninoff Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (2)
Rass Sonate Pathetique (1916) (2)
Reinecke Sonata Op. 12 (1)
Reisenstein Sonata in A (1949) (2)
Rodrigo Sonata a la breve (1901)  (2)
Rontgen Sonate No. 3 (2)
Rubinstein Sonata Op. 18 (1)
Rubinstein Sonata Op.  (1)
Ruvo Sonatas 1-3 ca 1700 (1)
Saint-Saens Sonata No. 1, Op. 32 in C minor (2)
Saint-Saens Sonata No. 2, Op. 123 in F Major  (2)
Sammartini Sonata in G Major, Op. 1 No. 3 (1)
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata D 821 in A minor (3)
Shostakovich Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (2)
Silver, Sheila Sonata (1990)  (2) U
Singery, Gaston Sonata in A minor (1919)  (2)
Somis Sonata in G Major ar. Salmon (ca. 1750) (1)
Strauss Sonata in F Major, Op. 6 (2)
Tcherepnin Sonata No. 3 Op. 30 No. 2  (1928) (2)
Ticciati Sonata in A (trans. Grazioli)  (1)
Ticciati Sonata in G (1)
Valentini Sonata ar. Piatti in E Major (3)
Vandini Sonatas in G Major, F Major (1)
Veracini Sonata in D minor ar. Piatti (1)
Veracini Sonata in D minor ar. Salmon (1)
Villa-Lobos Sonata No. 2, Op. 66 (1930) (2)
Vivaldi Sonatas 1-6 (1-2)
Walker Sonata (1957) (2) U
Weber Sonata in A Major (2)
Webern Sonata (1914) (2)
Webern Sonata Op. posth. (3)
Wolfl Sonata (Grand Duo) in D minor (1805) (1)
Wordsworth Sonata in E minor (1937) (1)
Zumsteeg Sonata in B-flat Major (ca. 1790) (1)

Concertos

Auber Concerto (ca. 1850) (2)
Barber Concerto Op. 22 (3)
Beethoven Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56 (3)
Bloch Schelomo, B.39 (2)
Boellmann Symphonic Variations (2)
Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 (3)
Breval Concertos No. 1 in G Major and No. 2 in D Major (1)
CPE Bach Concerto in A minor, H. 432 (1)
Davydov Concerto No. 1, Op. 5 (2)
Dvorak Concerto in B minor, Op. 104  (3)
Elgar Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (2)
Fiocco Concerto ar. Bazelaire (1)
Fitzenhagen Concerto No. 2  (2)
Goltermann Concerto No. 3 (2)
Handel Concerto ar. Casadesus (2)
Haydn Concerto in C Major, Hob. V11b.1 (2)
Haydn Concerto in D Major, Hob. V11b.2, Op. 101 (3)
Heberlein Conzertstuck Op. 8 (2)
Herbert Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30 (2)
Herbert Suite for Cello and Orchestra Op. 3 (2)
Hindemith Concerto (3)
Jeral Concerto in A Major Op. 10 (1906) (3)
Kabalevsky Concerto No. 1 (2)
Klengel Concerto for Two Cellos in E minor, Op. 41 (3)
Korngold Concerto in C, Op. 37 (2)
Kraft Concerto in C Major Op. 5 (1805) (3)
Lalo Concerto in D minor (2)
Leo Concerto in A Major (ca. 1730) (1)
Leo Concerto in D Major (ca. 1730 (1)
Molique Concerto in D Major ar. Klengel (2)
Monn Concerto in G minor (ca. 1740) (1)
Mozart Concerto for Bassoon/Cello Op. 96 in B-flat Major (1)
Neruda Concerto Op. 59 in D minor  (ca. 1886) (1)
Pleyel Concerto in C Major (2)
Popper Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 8 (3)
Popper Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 24 (3)
Prokofiev Concertino (2)
Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante Op. 125 (3)
Raff Concerto Op. 193 in D minor (1874) (3)
Reed, H. Owen Concerto  (1950) (2)
Reizenstein Concerto in G (1948) (2)
Romberg Concertino Op. 51 (2)
Romberg Concerto No. 6 (3)
Rubbra Soliloquy for cello, string orchestra and winds (1947) (2)
Saint-Saens Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 Op. 119  (1903) (3)
Schumann Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (3)
Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107 (3)
Shostakovich Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 126 (3)
Tartini Concerto (2)
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33 (2)
Villa-Lobos Fantasia (1954) (3)
Vivaldi Concerto in A minor ar. Feder (3)
Volkmann Concerto in A minor, Op. 33 (3)
Walton Concerto (2)

Short works

Albeniz Malaguena (1)
Bach CPE Sonata in G minor (1)
Bach Adagio from C Major Toccata ar. Siloti (1)
Bach Arioso from Cantata 156 ar. Isaac (1)
Bach 3 Chorale Preludes (ar. Kodaly 1951) (2)
Bartok First Rhapsody Sz 94c (3)
Bartok Romanian Folk Dances (2)
Bax Fairy Tale (ded. Salmond) (1)
Beethoven Magic Flute Variations in E-flat Major (2)
Berger Duo for Cello and Piano (1988) (3)
Bosmans, Henriette Impressions (1926) (1) U
Boulanger 3 Pieces (1915) (1) U
Boulnois Neige (1928) (1)
Berthomieu Suite in G Major dans le Style ancien (1)
Bruch Kol Nidrei Op. 47 (1)
Bruch Canzone Op. 55 (2)
Campagnoli Romanze (2)
Cassado Requirebos (2)
Chopin Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25 ar. Cassado (2)
Chopin Nocturne in C-sharp minor Op. posth. Ar. Piatigorsky (2)
Chopin Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op. 3 (2)
Couperin Pieces Suites 1 and 2 arr. Bouvet (1)
Davydov At the Fountain Op. 20 No. 2 (3)
Della Ciaja Toccata e Canzona ar. Silva (2)
Dello Joio Duo Concertato (1949) (2)
Dvorak Rondo in G minor, Op. 94 (2)
Farkas All”Antica (1965) (1)
Faure Apres un Reve (2)
Faure Elegy Op. 24 in C minor (1)
Faure Sicilienne Op. 78 (1)
Forqueray Suites I and II (1)
Foss Capriccio (1948) (2)
Franchomme Fantaisie sur un theme d’Onslow (1)
Freed Passacaglia (1977) (2)
Frescobaldi Toccata (Cassado) (1)
Glavunov Melodie Op. 20 No. 1 in D Major (1)
Glazunov Serenade Espagnole Op. 20 No. 2 (1)
Gorelli, Olga  Songs (1) U
Gubaidulina Im Croce for Cello and Organ (1979) (3) U
Gorelli, Olga Suite for Cello and Piano (ca. 1960?) (1) U
Haydn Divertimento in D Major, Hob. XVI: 19 (2)
Hindemith Phantasiestuck Op. 8 No. 2 (2)
Ibert Aria (1)Janacek Pohadka (2)
Kadosa Improvizacio (1)
Kilpinen Suite Op. 91 (1937) (1)
Klengel Scherzo, Op. 6 (3)
Kodaly Adagio (1905) (1)
Lister The Fact (2010?) (2)
Lutyens, Elisabeth 9 Bagatelles (1942) (1) U
Marais Chaccone ar. Schulz (1700?) (2)
Marcello/Bach Adagio ar. Stutschewsky (1)
Maros Albanian Suite (1959) (1)
Martino, Donald Parisonatina al’ Dodecafonia  (1964) (3)
Martinu Variations on a Theme of Rossini (1949) (2)
Marx Sambatango (2005) (2) U
Massanet Meditation (2)
Maszkowski Guitarre Op. 45, No. 2 (1)
Mendelssohn Variations Concertates Op. 17 (2)
Mendelssohn Song Without Words Op. 19 (1)
Moor Suite (2)Napravnik Suite (1878) (1)
Nin Soulmate (2) U
Nin 4 Commentaires (1930) (2)
Nin Suite Espagnole (1930) (2)
Nishimura Ode (2012) (2) U
Paganini Moto Perpetuo (3)
Paganini/Silva Moses Variations (3)
Piatigorsky Variations on a Paganini Theme (3)
Piazzolla Grand Tango (2)
Popper Elfentanz, Op. 39 (3)
Popper Hungarian Rhapsody in D Major, Op. 68 (2)
Popper Spinning Song Op. 55 No. 1 (3)
Popper Tarantelle Op. 33 (2)
Popper Vito (2)Pugnani Adagio (2)
Rachmaninoff Vocalise Op. 34, in E minor (1)
Reger Caprice c. 1973 (2)
Respighi Adagio Con Variazione (orch. Reduction) (1921) (2)
Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee (3)
Sandy Chanson Danoise (1911) (1)
Sauvrezis Poeme (1)
Schellschmidt Berceuse (1)
Schumann Fantasy Pieces Op. 73 (2)
Schumann 5 Pieces in Fok Style, Op. 102 (2)
Spencer, Josephine Autumn (1958) (1) U
Stiasni Andante Cantabile and Suite No. 1 ca 1800 (1)
Strauss Romance in F Major (1887) (2)
Stravinsky Suite Italienne-Piatigorsky (3)
Tartini Variations on a Theme of Corelli (ded. Feuermann) (2)
Tchaikovsky Pezzo Cappricioso Op. 62 (2)
Strong, Templeton Pollainiana (1)
Tortelier Spirale (3)
Tower, Joan Tres Lent (2) U
Vaughn-Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves ar. Forbes (1)
Vitali Chaccone in G minor-Silva (2)
Weber Andante con moto in C Major (2)
Webern 3 Little Pieces (1911) (2)
Weisgall Arioso and Burlesca (1984) (2)
Williams Three Pieces from Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) (2)
Yi, Chen Romance (1995) U
Zhang Crepuscule (1989) (2) U