Jon Silpayamanant

PUBLISHED 02/23/2026; UPDATED 03/06/2026 (214 entries)

Intro

This resource page lists cello method books and treatises from all over the world. Listed here also are methods and treatises for the viol/viola da gamba and other variants of cello-like instruments found in Europe. It also includes non-Western methods for the cello, of which there are a steadily increasing number from the mid twentieth century going into the twenty-first century.1

As with all resources here and at Mae Mai, this is a work in progress.

Chronological List

1500-1699 (9)

  • Musica Teusch, auf die Instrument der grossen unnd kleinen Geygen, auch Lautten, welcher maszen die mit grundt und art irer Composicion ausz dem gesang in die Tabulatur zu ordnen und zu setzen ist … | (1532) – Hans Gerle | (ca. 1500-1570) [SCORE]
  • Regola Rubertina che insegna sonar la Viola d’archo tastada | (1542) – Silvestrao Ganassi del Fontego | () [SCORE]
  • The Schoole of Musicke wherein is taught the method of true fingering of the lute, pandora, orpharion, and viol de gamba | (1603) – Thomas Robinson | () [SCORE]
  • A Breefe Introduction to the skill of Musick for song and Viol | (1654) – John Playford | () [SCORE]
  • The Division Violist, or the Introduction to the playing upon a ground; divided in two parts: the first directing the hands … | (1659) – Christopher Sympson | () [SCORE]
  • Introduction to the playing on the Viol de Gambo (or Consort Viol) | (1660) – John Playford | () [SCORE]
  • A brief Introduction to the Skill of Music … Book 2 | (1660) – Christopher Sympson | () [SCORE]
  • L’Art de toucher le dessus et le basse de violle, contenant tout ce qu’il y a de necessaire, d’utile, & de curieux dans cette Science | (1687) – Danoville | (fl. late 1600s) [SCORE]
  • Traité de la viole | (1687) – Jean Rousseau | () [SCORE]

1700-1799 (31)

  • The Gamut for the Violoncello2 | (1731) – Peter Prelleur | (1705-1741)
  • 44 Cello Lessons, A-Wn EM.693 | (before 17364) – Antonio Caldera | (ca. 1670-1736) [SCORE]
  • 98 short ‘Lexione’ for cello5 | (ca. early 1700s) – anonymous |
  • “a work on the rudiments of music, and the art of violin and violoncello playing”6 | (1739) – Johann Zewalt Triemer | (1700-1762)
  • Méthode, Théorique et Pratique pour Apprendre en peu de tems le Violoncelle dans sa Perfection, Op. 24 | (1741) – Michel Corrette | (1707-1795) [SCORE]
  • Musicaliske Elementer eller Anleedning til Forstand paa de første Ting udi Musiquen | (1744) – Johan Daniel Berlin | (1714-1787) [SCORE]
  • The Gamut for the Violoncello | (ca. 1750) – Henry Waylet | () [SCORE]
  • Principij da imparare à suonare il violoncello e con 12 Toccate à solo | (before 1753) – Francesco Paolo Supriano | (1678–1753) [SCORE]
  • Méthode nouvelle et facile pour apprendre à joue du par dessus de Viole | (1760) – T. Wodiczka | () [SCORE]
  • Lessons [for violoncello], which are the works of the Great and Ingenious Sigr. Caperolli, principle Violoncello, to the Court of Russia7 | (ca. 1761) – Caperolli |
  • Méthode de violoncelle | (1764; ca. 1775?)8 – Joseph Bonaventure Tillière | (fl. 1750-1790) [SCORE]
  • The Compleat Tutor for the Violoncello | (1765) – Robert Chrome | (fl. 1740-1765) [SCORE]
  • Principes ou L’application de Violoncelle par tous les Tons | (1770; 1756-67?)9 – Salvatore Lanzetti | (1710-ca.1780) [SCORE]
  • Méthode nouvelle et raisonnée pour apprendre à jouer du Violoncelle | (1772)10 – Jean Baptiste Cupis | () [SCORE]
  • Instructions de musique, theorique et pratique, à l’usage du violoncello | (ca. 1774) – Johann Baptiste Baumgärtner | (1723-1782) [SCORE]
  • Méthode de basse | (ca. 1778)11 – Pierre Hyacinthe Azaïs | (ca. 1741-1743-ca. 1795) [SCORE]
  • Twelfe Duetts for Two Violoncellos with some Observations on, and Rules for Violoncello Playing, Op. 7 | (ca. 1780)12 – Johann Georg Christoph Schetky | (1737-1824) [SCORE]
  • Den frste Prve for Begyndere udi Instrumental-Kunsten, eller en kort og tydelig Underretning om de frste Noder at lre, til Lttelse ved Informationen paa adskillige Musicalske Instrumenter, i sr paa Claveer, Violin, Alt-Violen, Bas-Violoncel, Citar og en Deel blsende Instrumenter | (1782)13 – Lorents Nicolaj Berg | () [SCORE]
  • A New and Complete Tutor | (ca. 1785)14 – anonymous |
  • New and Complete Instructions for the Violoncello | (1787; ca. 1799?)15 – anonymous |
  • Kurzgefaßte Anweisung das Violoncell zu spielen | (1788) – Ferdinand Kauer | (1751-1831) [SCORE]
  • The Theory and Practice of Fingering the Violoncello | (1789) – John Gunn | (1765-1824) [SCORE]
  • A New and Complete Tutor for the Violoncello | (ca. 1790) – various | [SCORE]
  • Arte y escuela del violoncello | (ca. 1790) – Pablo Vidal | (?-ca. 1808) [SCORE]
  • Complete instructions for every musical instrument | (1790)16 – Joseph Gehot | () [SCORE]
  • New and Complete Instructions for the Violoncello | (ca. 1790)17 – Joseph Bonaventure Tillière (tran. by anonymous) | (fl. 1750-1790) [SCORE]
  • Istruzioni per violoncello | (1793-1796)18 – Felice Giardini | () [SCORE]
  • New Instructions for the Violoncello | (ca. 1795)19 – anonymous |
  • Méthode de violoncelle contenant une nouvelle exposition des principes de cet instrument, ceux de l’etude de la double corde; l’art de conduire l’archet, et des leons d’une difculte progressive, Op. 4 | (ca. 1797; ca. 1803?20) –Jean Marie Raoul | (1766-1837) [SCORE]
  • Arte y rudimentos y escala armónica para aprender a tocar el violoncello con perfección y facilidad según el estilo moderno | (1797)21 – Pablo Vidal | (?-ca. 1808)
  • New and Complete Instructions for the Violoncello | (1799) – various | [SCORE]

1800-1899 (114)

  • A Concise Introduction to the Art of Playing the Violoncello including a short and easy treatise on music, to which is added thirty progressive lessons. | (1800)22 – Joseph Reinagle | (ca.1762-1836 or ca. 1825) [SCORE]
  • Anweisung zum Violoncellspiel | (ca. 180023) – Joseph Alexander | (1772-1840) [SCORE]
  • Broderip and Wilkinson’s Complete Treatise for the Violoncello | (ca. 180024; late 1700s?) – various (Broderip and Wilkinson) | () [SCORE]
  • The Violoncello Preceptor | (ca. 1800; 1785?)25 – Henry Hardy | () [SCORE]
  • Thompson’s New Instructions for the Violoncello | (ca. 1800; 1780?)26 – Thompson (anonymous?) | () [SCORE]
  • An Essay, theoretical and practical, on the application of Harmony, Torough bass, and Modulation to the Violoncello | (180127) – John Gunn | (1765-1824) [SCORE]
  • Grande nouvelle méthode raisonnee pour le violoncelle | (1802)28 – Pierre Dominique Bideau |  (?-1820)
  • Méthode ou nouvelles Etudes pour le Violoncelle, Op. 929 | (1802) – Pierre François Olivier Aubert | (ca.1763-ca.1830) [SCORE]
  • Méthode de violoncelle et de basse d’Accompagnement | (1804) – Pierre Baillot, Jean-Henri Levasseur, Charles-Simon Catel, Charles Nicolas Baudiot | (1771-1842), (1764-1826), (1773-1830), (1773-1849) [SCORE]
  • Traité du violoncelle, Op. 42 | (1804) – Jean-Baptiste Bréval | (1753-1823) [SCORE]
  • New and Complete Instructions for the Violoncello | (1805)30 – anonymous |
  • Essai sur le doigté du violoncelle, et sur la conduite de l’archet | (1806) – Jean-Louis Duport | (1749-1819) [SCORE]
  • Violoncell-Schule nach den Grundsätzen der besten über dieses Instrument bereits erschienenen Schriften bearb. Auszug aus dessen größerem Werke d. allgem. theor.-prack. Musikschule | (1806 (1808?) ca. 1812)31 – Franz Joseph Fröhlich | (1780-1862) [SCORE]
  • Essai sur le doigté du violoncelle, et sur la conduite de l’archet | (ca. 1809)32 – Jean-Louis Duport | (1749-1819) [SCORE]
  • Método de violoncello | (early 18c)33 – Francisco Brunetti | (b. 1800)
  • Vollstndige theoretisch-pracktische Musikschule fur alle beym Orchester gebruchliche wichtigere Instrumente zum Gebrauch fur Musikdirectoren, systematisch mit Benutzung der besten bisher erschienenen Anweisungen bearbeiten von J. Fröhlich. | (1810) – Franz Joseph Fröhlich | (1780-1862)
  • Breval’s New Instructions for the Violoncello, being a complete key to the knowledge of that instrument | (1810)34 – Jean-Baptiste Bréval (translated by John Peile) | (1753-1823) (ca.1764-ca.1820)
  • A treatise explanatory of the principles constituting the practice and theory of the violoncello and of a systematic method of fngering, fully exemplifed in every compass of the instrument, with a description of the harmonics throughout its whole extent | (1811, 181535) – John Macdonald | (1759-1831) [SCORE]
  • Practical and Progressive Lessons for the Violoncello | (1813, 1811?)36 – Johann Georg Christoph Schetky | (1737-1824)
  • Violoncell-Schule mit 82 Lectionen, 6 grssern Ubungsstucken und 6 Fugen versehen | (ca. 181337) – Bernard Stiastny | (1760-1835) [SCORE]
  • Nouvelle méthode de violoncelle | (ca. 1815)38 – Pierre Vaillant | (1778-)
  • 24 Übungen für Violoncell | (ca. 1817) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 6 Etudes mélodiques, Op. 76 | (1818) – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • A New and Complete Tutor for the Violoncello | (1819?)39 – John Peile | (1764-1820) [SCORE]
  • Kurze Anweisung zum Violoncellospiel, 2tes Werk | (1819?)40 – Pierre François Olivier Aubert | (ca.1763-ca.1830)
  • 12 Exercises for Cello, Op. 47 | (1820) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Nouvelle méthode pour le violoncelle, Op. 30 | (182041) – Joseph Muntz-Berger | (1769-1844) [SCORE]
  • Riley’s preceptor for the violoncello, including a treatise on music, with scales, exercises and preludes, to which is added thirty lessons and duets | (ca. 1820)42 – Edward Riley
  • Metodo Pratico per Violoncello di Accordi per tutti i Tuoni Magiori e Minori, Circolazioni di tutti i Tuoni Magiori coll’uso delle Settime Minori, Quarte, e Seste Magiori | (1823)43 – Bernardo Zaccagna
  • 12 Exercises for Cello, Op. 54 | (1824) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Breve metodo per imparare il violoncello | (ca. 1825, 1837?44) – Pietro Rachelle | (1775-1837) [SCORE]
  • 12 Exercises for Cello, Op. 70 | (1826) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Méthode de violoncelle, Op. 25 | (1826) – Charles Nicolas Baudiot | (1773-1849) [SCORE]
  • А Compleat Treatise on the Violoncello | (1826 (1824?, 1827?))45 – Frederick W. Crouch
  • Metodo per Violoncello | (ca. 1826 (1832?)46) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Méthode de Violoncelle Violonzell-Schule op. 165 | (ca. 1826 (1832?)47) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Improved Method of Instruction for the Violoncello | (1827-1830?)48 – Charles Ely | () [SCORE]
  • Méthode de violoncelle, Op. 56 | (1829)49 – Pierre Louis Hus-Desforges | (1773-1838) [SCORE]
  • 16 школ для всех ныне употребительных в русской армии медных, деревянно-духовых и струнных инструментов [16 Tutors for all now utilized in the Russian army brass, wood-wind and string instruments] Volume 5 | (1830) – Hermann Michelsohn
  • 18 Exercises for Cello, Op. 120 | (1830) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Method for the Violoncello | (1830)50 – Arnold Merrick
  • Méthode de Violoncelle | (ca. 1830)51 – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860)
  • 100 Übungen für Violoncell mit Begleitung eines II Violoncells Book I | (1833) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 100 Übungen für Violoncell mit Begleitung eines II Violoncells Book II | (1834?) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 100 Übungen für Violoncell mit Begleitung eines II Violoncells Book III | (1835) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 100 Übungen für Violoncell mit Begleitung eines II Violoncells Book IV | (1836) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Violoncell-Flageolett-Schule, op. 147 | (1837)52 – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860)
  • Metodo per il Violoncello | (1838)53 – Friedrich Dotzauer [edited by Merighi] | (1783-1860)
  • Méthode de basse ou violoncelle, Op. 15 | (1838-1840) – Jacques-Claude-Adolphe Miné | (1797-1854)
  • École du violoncelle, Op. 19 | (ca. 1839) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • École du violoncelle, Op. 20 | (ca. 1839) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • École du violoncelle, Op. 21 | (ca. 1839) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • Violoncell-Schule für den ersten Unterricht, Op. 60 | (1839) – Friedrich August Kummer | (1797-1879) [SCORE]
  • Méthode de violoncelle | (1840)54 – F. K. Mulhauser | (fl. 1830-1840) [SCORE]
  • Method for the Violoncello | (1840)55 – Pierre Louis Hus-Desforges [anonymous translation] | (1773-1838)
  • Méthode Elémentaire de violoncelle suive de 92 études, op. 60 | (1840) – Friedrich August Kummer | (1797-1879) [SCORE]
  • Méthode elementaire et facile pour violoncelle avec 20 airs des plus celebres compositeurs | (1840)56 – Anspach & Jacques-Claude-Adolphe Miné
  • 12 Exercises for Cello, Op. 158 | (1840) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Complete Preceptor for the Violoncello | (1840)57 – James Alexander Hamilton
  • Elemente des Violoncellspiels nebst einem Anhange leichter Übungsstücke, op. 36 | (1840) – Johann Benjamin Gross | () []
  • Méthode de violoncelle et de basse d’Accompagnement [Russian translation] | (1840)58 – Зотов [Zotov]
  • Violoncell Schule | (1840) – Bernhard Romberg |  (1767-1841) [SCORE]
  • 10 Etudes mélodiques, Op. 57 | (1841) – Friedrich August Kummer | (1797-1879) [SCORE]
  • First lessons for beginners on the violoncello, to which is added a selection of psalm tunes and chants | (1841)59 – Joseph Reinagle | (ca.1762-1836 or ca. 1825)
  • Méthode de basse ou violoncelle | (1841)60 – Joseph Vimeux
  • 24 Études journalières, Op. 155 | (1842 or earlier) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • Méthode pratique pour le violoncelle, Op. 30 | (184261) – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • A complete instruction book for the violoncello with rules to obtain a perfect knowledge of fingering in the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th & 6th positions, with a concise explanation of the harmonics and a correct method of bowing | (1843 or earlier)62 – James Taylor
  • 40 Études mélodiques et progressives, Op. 31 | (1843) – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • Méthode de Violoncelle | (1843 (1841, 1862?))63 – Bohrer
  • 12 Exercises, Op. 160 | (ca. 1844) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • École du violoncelle, Op. 34 | (ca. 1844) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • Elementar-Schule für das Violoncell mit einem Anfang von Übungstücken | (1845)64 – Jean-Georges Kastner | (1810-1867)
  • Instructions for the violoncello (Addison & Hodson’s standard modern tutors) | (1845)65 – Robert Addison & Robert Hodson
  • New and complete instructions for the violoncello, wherein the art of bowing and fingering that instrument is carefully explained in a series of exercises | (1846) – W. Lowell Phillips
  • Cours méthodique de duos pour deux violoncelles, op. 49 | (1847) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • Cours méthodique de duos pour deux violoncelles, op. 50 | (ca. 1847) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • Cours méthodique de duos pour deux violoncelles, op. 51 | (ca. 1847) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • Cours méthodique de duos pour deux violoncelles, op. 52 | (ca. 1847) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • Cours méthodique de duos pour deux violoncelles, op. 53 | (ca. 1847) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • Cours méthodique de duos pour deux violoncelles, op. 54 | (ca. 1847) – Jacques Offenbach | (1819-1880) [SCORE]
  • 7 Etudes, Op.175 | (before 1850?) – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 12 Studies for Perfection of Technique, Op. 57 | (1850) – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • 150 Lessons | (1850)66 – Henry John Banister
  • Méthode complète et pratique de violoncelle | (1850 (ca.1862?))67 – Charles Joseph Lebouc
  • Méthode complète de violoncelle | (ca. 1850) – Alexandre Chevillard | (1811-1877) [SCORE]
  • Méthode élémentaire pour violoncelle à l’usagedes collèges et pensions | (1850)68 – Ernest Depar
  • Violoncello School, Op. 60 | (1850)69 – Friedrich August Kummer [anonymous translation] | (1797-1879)
  • 40 leichte Etüden in der ersten Lage, Op. 70 | (1854) – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • Méthode de violoncelle | (1854) – Victor Cornette | (1795-1868) [SCORE]
  • Lindley’s Handbook for the Violoncello | (before 1855) – Robert Lindley | ()
  • 12 Etudes-Caprices caracteristiques, Op.100 | (1866) – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • Méthode Elémentaire pour Violoncelle | (ca. 1867) – Ernest Depas | (1809?-1889) [SCORE]
  • New Violoncello School | (ca. 1870) – Henry Farmer | (1819-1891) [SCORE]
  • Metodo di Violoncello | (1875) – Guglielmo Quarenghi | (1826-1882) [SCORE]
  • 8 Etudes-Caprices for Cello, Op. 105 | (1876) – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • Méthode complète de violoncelle, Op.12 Volume 1 | (ca. 1877) – Hippolyte François Rabaud | (1839-1900) [SCORE]
  • Méthode complète de violoncelle, Op.12 Volume 2 | (ca. 1877) – Hippolyte François Rabaud | (1839-1900) [SCORE]
  • Violoncello-Schule | (1878) – Alfredo Carlo Piatti | (1822-1901) [SCORE]
  • Méthode élémentaire de violoncelle | (1880) – Nathan Ernest | (fl. 1851-1883?) [SCORE]
  • Método Elemental de Violoncello, Op. 133 | (ca. 1880) – Benito Cosme José de | (1829-1888) [SCORE]
  • Metodo per Violoncello, 100 Lezzioni | (ca. 1880) – anonymous | [SCORE]
  • 12 Études mélodiques, Op. 113 | (1881) – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • Praktische Violoncell-Schule, Op.12 Volume I | (1882) – Josef Werner | (1837-1922) [SCORE]
  • Praktische Violoncell-Schule, Op.12 Volume II | (1882) – Josef Werner | (1837-1922) [SCORE]
  • Praktische Violoncell-Schule, Op.12 Volume III | (1882) – Josef Werner | (1837-1922) [SCORE]
  • Praktische Violoncell-Schule, Op.12 Volume IV | (1882) – Josef Werner | (1837-1922) [SCORE]
  • L’Art du violoncelle, conseils aux jeunes violoncellistes sur la conduite de l’arche | (1884) – Olive-Charlier Vaslin | (1794-1889) [SCORE]
  • Schule für Cello, für Schul – und Selbstunterricht | (1888) – Hermann Heberlein | (1859-fl.1907) [SCORE]
  • Violoncell-Schule | (1888) – Karl Davydov | (1838-1889) [SCORE]
  • Führer durch den Violoncell Unterricht | (1889) – Carl Schröder | (1848-1935) [SCORE]
  • The Violoncello | (late 1800s; before 1892?) – Jules de Swert | (1843-1891) [SCORE]
  • Method for the Violoncello | (1891) – Carl Fischer | (1849-1923) [SCORE]
  • Méthode progressive de violoncelle | (1897) – V. Uberti | () [SCORE]

1900-1999 (29)

  • Scuola pratica del Violoncello Volume I | (early 1900s) – Gino Francesconi | (1889-1955) [SCORE]
  • Scuola pratica del Violoncello Volume II | (early 1900s) – Gino Francesconi | (1889-1955) [SCORE]
  • Scuola pratica del Violoncello Volume III | (early 1900s) – Gino Francesconi | (1889-1955) [SCORE]
  • Cello School | (1900) – Yakov Rosenthal | (1870-?) [SCORE]
  • Nouvelle méthode de violoncelle | (1900) – Louis Abbiate | (1866-1933) [SCORE]
  • Violoncellschule (2 parts) | (ca. 1900) – Ludwig Albrecht | (1844-1899) [SCORE]
  • Methode de Violoncelle: Elementaire et Practique | (ca. 1901) – Albert Gruet | (?-1936) [SCORE]
  • Hohe Schule des Violoncello-Spiels, Op.73 | (1901-1905) – David Popper | (1843-1913) [SCORE]
  • The Technics of Violoncello Playing | (1905) – Edmund S J van der Straeten | (1855-1934) [SCORE]
  • Imperial Method for the Cello | (1909) – Eduard Mollenhauer | (1827-1914) [SCORE]
  • Gordonka-iskola / Violoncellschule | (1910) – Adolf Schiffer | (1873-1950) [SCORE]
  • Les Premiers pas du Violoncelliste, Op. 23 | (1912?) – Cornélis Liégeois | (1860-1921) [SCORE]
  • Metodo elementare per violoncello | (1914) – Arturo Cuccoli | (1869-1935) [SCORE]
  • First Lessons on the Violoncello | (1920) – Franz Carl Bornschein | (1879-1948) [SCORE]
  • Le Violoncelle Technique Supérieure des Arpèges | (1920) – Adrien Raynal | (1887-1949) [SCORE]
  • Quelques Notes sur différents points importants de la Technique Générale du Violoncelle | (1920) – Paul Bazelaire | (1886-1958) [SCORE]
  • Traité théorique et pratique du violoncelle | (1922) – Diran Alexanian | (1881-1954) [SCORE]
  • La Technique du Violoncelle Part I | (1925) – Paul Bazelaire | (1886-1958) [SCORE]
  • La Technique du Violoncelle Part II | (1925) – Paul Bazelaire | (1886-1958) [SCORE]
  • Scello – Schule | (1927) – N. F. van Rooijen | () [SCORE]
  • La Technique du Violoncelle Part III | (1928) – Paul Bazelaire | (1886-1958) [SCORE]
  • Mechanik und Aesthetik des Violoncellospiels | (1929) – Hugo Becker | (1863-1941) [SCORE]
  • Modern Method for the Violoncello, Book 1 | (1929) – Stephen De’Ak | (1897-1975)
  • Cello Lesson Notebook | (1929, 1930) – Paul Coutan | (1910-1998) [SCORE]
  • Modern Method for the Violoncello, Vol. 2 | (1930) – Stephen De’Ak | (1897-1975) [SCORE]
  • Sei studi trascendentali per violoncello | (1942)70 – Enrico Mainardi | ()
  • La Tecnica Violoncellista, part I | (no later than 1961) – Luigi Silva | (1903-1961) [SCORE]
  • La Tecnica Violoncellista, part 2 | (no later than 1961) – Luigi Silva | (1903-1961) [SCORE]
  • Vademecum del violoncellista: Esercizi giornalieri per lo svilupo e il mantenimento della technica violoncellista | (no later than 1961) – Luigi Silva | (1903-1961) [SCORE]

2000- (16)

  • Teknik Improvisasi Cello Pada Musik Keroncong [Cello Improvisation Technique in Keroncong Music] | (2002) – Dwi Kurniadi | () [SCORE]
  • Teknik Bermain Cello Keroncong Langgam [Techniques for Playing Keroncong Cello] | (2003) – Yayat Sudrajat | () [SCORE]
  • O’Connor Method: Cello Book I | (2003?) – Mark O’Connor | [LINK]
  • O’Connor Method: Piano Accompaniment Cello Book I | (2003?) – Mark O’Connor | [LINK]
  • Cello Online String Sampler: Cello Sheet Music | (2008) – Robin Kay Deverich | () [LINK]
  • Cello Online String Sampler: Cello Study Guide | (2008) – Robin Kay Deverich | () [LINK]
  • O’Connor Method: Cello Book II | (2012) – Mark O’Connor | [LINK]
  • O’Connor Method: Piano Accompaniment Cello Book II | (2012) – Mark O’Connor | [LINK]
  • Permainan Cello Keroncong Pada Langgam Jawa [Playing the Cello in Javanese Music] | (2015) – Suryono Budi Setiawan | () [SCORE]
  • Contemporary Cell Etudes: Studies in Style & Technique | (2017) – Mike Block | [LINK]
  • Penggunaan Instrumen Cello Dalam Langgam Jawa [The Use of Cello in Javanese Music] | (2017) – Sudarno | () [SCORE]
  • Çocuklar İçin Viyolonsel Metodu [Cello Method For Children] | (2019) – Gamlar Egzersizler
  • The Inspiring String, Arabic Orchestral Cello Method Volume 1 | (2020) – Emad Ashour & Mahmoud Abdel Maksoud | [LINK]
  • The Inspiring String, Arabic Orchestral Cello Method Volume 2 | (2020) – Emad Ashour & Mahmoud Abdel Maksoud | [LINK]
  • The Application of Thai Classical Fiddle Techniques for Cello | (2024) – Athita Kuankachorn | (1991-) [DISSERTATION]
  • Resonance: A Multicultural Cello Method (Book 1) | (2025) – Hilary Glen, Jennifer Carpenter, Bianca d’Avila do Prado, Angelique Montes, and Laura Usiskin | [LINK]
  • Resonance: A Multicultural Cello Method (Book 1, Piano Accompaniment) | (2025) – Hilary Glen, Jennifer Carpenter, Bianca d’Avila do Prado, Angelique Montes, and Laura Usiskin | [LINK]
  • Resonance: A Multicultural Cello Method (Book 1, Cello Ensembles) | (2026) – Hilary Glen, Bianca d’Avila do Prado, and Laura Usiskin | [LINK]

UNVERIFIED DATE (15)

  • 6 Exercises for Cello, Op. 116 | – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 6 Exercises for Cello, Op. 170 | – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 6 Grandes Etudes for Cello Solo, Op. 168 | – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 8 Grosse Etüden, Op. 44 | – Friedrich August Kummer | (1797-1879) [SCORE]
  • 8 Studies, Op. 106 | – Friedrich August Kummer | (1797-1879) [SCORE]
  • 12 Exercises for 2 Cellos, Op. 58 | – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 12 Exercises for Cello, Op. 148 | – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]
  • 50 Etüden für den Anfang, Op. 101 | – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • Der erste Anfang im Violoncell-Spiel, Op. 41 | – Josef Werner | (1837-1922) [SCORE]
  • Melodische und progressive Übungen, Op. 131 | – Sebastian Lee | (1805-1887) [SCORE]
  • Méthode du jeune violoncelliste | – Louis R. Feuillard | (1872-1941) [SCORE]
  • Méthode de violoncelle | – Joseph Bonaventure Tillière | (fl. 1750-1790) [SCORE]
  • Méthode élémentaire pour le violoncelle | – Jean-Georges Kastner | (1810-1867) [SCORE]
  • Technique Rationnelle du Violoncelle | – Jean Barbier | (?-1920) [SCORE]
  • Violoncell-Schule für den ersten Unterricht, Op. 126 | – Friedrich Dotzauer | (1783-1860) [SCORE]

NOTES

  1. See, for example, my resource pages for the cello in Indonesia (Silpayamanant, 2024a), Iran (Silpayamanant, 2024b, 2024c), China (Silpayamanant, 2025), and in the SWANA (Silpayamanant, 2021) world ↩︎
  2. Holman (2010: 53). ↩︎
  3. Mentioned in Cowling (1975: 73), cited in Brown (2021: 5). This work is apparently housed in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): EM.69. ↩︎
  4. The date reflects the death date of Caldara being the latest possible dating of writing the lezione. The original copy is housed in Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna (A-Wn): EM.69.. ↩︎
  5. Mentioned in Cowling (1975: 73), cited in Brown (2021: 5). This work is apparently housed in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. ↩︎
  6. van der Straeten (1914: 179) cited in Cowling (1975: 73) cited in Brown (2021: 5). ↩︎
  7. See Atanasov (2018: page 2). ↩︎
  8. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  9. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  10. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  11. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  12. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  13. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  14. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  15. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  16. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  17. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  18. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  19. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  20. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  21. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  22. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  23. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) gives 1802 as an approximate date. ↩︎
  24. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  25. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  26. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  27. See Atanasov (2018: Page 2). ↩︎
  28. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) ↩︎
  29. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) states this work to be Op. 11. ↩︎
  30. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  31. Atanasav (2018: Page 3) gives the date as “1806 (1808?)” while the IMSLP page gives the date as “ca. 1812.” ↩︎
  32. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) lists this “ca. 1809” work of the same title as the “1806” work, though it’s unclear if this is just a later edition of the earlier work or a new work itself. ↩︎
  33. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) states this was “published soon after Duport” and places it chronologically immediately after Duport’s Essai sur le doigte du violoncelle […]. The given birthdate (1800) from the IMSLP Francisco Brunetti page would make this method published when Brunetti was nine years old. The birthdate is likely incorrect. ↩︎
  34. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  35. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) lists two dates, “1811” and “1815.” ↩︎
  36. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  37. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) lists these dates for the work: “1829 (ca1812?).” ↩︎
  38. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  39. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  40. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  41. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) claims the 1820 is approximate and also gives an “1801?” date. ↩︎
  42. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  43. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  44. Atanasov (2018: Page 3) includes a “1837?” dating. ↩︎
  45. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  46. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  47. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  48. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  49. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  50. See Atanasov (2028: Page 3). ↩︎
  51. See Atanasov (2018: Page 3). ↩︎
  52. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  53. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  54. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  55. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  56. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  57. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  58. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  59. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  60. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  61. Atanasov (2018: Page 4) lists “1830?” as the date for this. ↩︎
  62. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  63. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  64. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  65. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  66. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  67. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  68. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  69. See Atanasov (2018: Page 4). ↩︎
  70. See ArchivesSpace (n.d.). ↩︎

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