Cello: Overlooked Repertoire
Amy Beach:
Berceuse for Cello and Piano from 3 Compositions, Op.40 (1917) 3:43 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Compositions_for_Violin_and_Piano,_Op.40_(Beach,_Amy_Marcy): second piece in list
https://www.hildegard.com/product/five-pieces-for-cello-and-piano-beach/: transcribed by Beach for the cello : Paper score to purchase
Dreaming, from Four Sketches for Piano, OP. 15, No.3 (1892), Beach Arr.
https://shop.wophil.org/product/two-pieces-for-violoncello-piano-organ/ : Paper score to purchase
Mel Bonis:
Cello Sonata in F Major, Op.67 (1905) 14:24 min
Henriette Bosmans:
Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Minor (1919) 23:57 min
Lili Boulanger:
Nocturne for Cello and Piano (1911) 2:56 min -orig. for violin and piano
https://musescore.com/user/661581/scores/5961634: online score for violin and piano
source not yet found for transposed for cello version
Nadia Boulanger:
Three Pieces for Cello and Piano (1914-15) 8:45 min
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
Three Silhouettes /Variations in B Minor, Op.38 for Cello and Piano (1905, pub 1918) 13 min *
Louise Farrenc:
Cello Sonata in B Flat Major, Op.46 (1859) 25:00 Min
Marie Clemence de Grandval:
Three Pieces for Cello and Piano (1882) 12:24 min
Marie Jaell:
Sonata in A Minor for Cello and Piano (1881/1886) 10:40 min
(Manuscript rediscovered in French university basement, 2009)
Leokadiya Kashparova:
Sonata in G Major for Cello and Piano, Op.1 No.1 (c1896) 40:58 min
Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op.1 No.2 (1896) 32:17 min
https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Cello_Sonatas,_Op.1_(Kashperova,_Leokadiya) : includes scores for both pieces above
Luise Adolpha Le Beau:
Sonata in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op.17 (1878, pub. 1883) 17:08 min
Romanze for Cello and Piano in E Major, Op. 24 No.1 (1881) 4:34 min
score for Violin and Piano:
source not yet found for transposed cello version
Helene Liebmann:
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.11, B Flat Major (1806) 24 min
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:
Fantasia in G Minor for Cello and Piano. H.238 (1829) 7:15 min
https://henselpushers.org/h-numbers/h238: Free PDF download of paper copy
Dora Pejacevic:
Cello Sonata in E Minor, Op.35 (1913) 29 min
Florence Price:
Adoration for Cello and Piano (1951) 2:48 min
https://www.johnsonstring.com/cgi-bin/music/scripts/violin-viola-cello-music.cgi?itemno=CEPRICADORATSCH:Paper score to purchase
Clara Schumann:
Three Romances for violin and piano Op. 22. Transp. for cello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V4iXWbg94E
https://www.johnsonstring.com/cgi-bin/music/scripts/violin-viola-cello-music.cgi?itemno=CEPRICADORATSCH : Paper score to purchase
Ethel Smyth:
Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op.5 (1887) 20:32 min
Rita Strohl:
Solitude for Cello and Piano in D Minor (1897) 4:33 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGxHEYzKnpU
https://imslp.org/wiki/Solitude_(Strohl%2C_Rita)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGxHEYzKnpU
https://imslp.org/wiki/Solitude_(Strohl%2C_Rita)
Maria Szymanowska:
Serenade for Cello and Piano (c1840) 6:16 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHC5d50d8iE
https://imslp.org/wiki/Serenade_(Szymanowska,_Maria_Agata)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHC5d50d8iE
https://imslp.org/wiki/Serenade_(Szymanowska,_Maria_Agata)
Last revised May 2024:
Catherine Rae Sheldon M.Ed M.L.S.
Advocate for Overlooked Classical Music
Bellingham, WA
catraes@gmail.com