Category: Advanced Cellists

Unaccompanied solo cello music suitable for folks who have been playing the cello for much more than several years

  • Tunes Recomposed by Gabriel Martins

    Tunes Recomposed by Gabriel Martins

    Cellist Gabriel Martins have been recomposing tunes from the past written for other instruments into new arrangements suitable for self-accompanied cello. His inspirations include Romantic solo piano, Irish harp music, Baroque work for viola da gamba, and more. Free sheet music is freely-downloadable from his website gabrielmartinscello.com. [YT: I_2y_nYUXA4]

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  • The Chaconne In Cello’s Range

    The Chaconne In Cello’s Range

    Bach’s Chaconne from Partita No. 2 BWV 1004 for Solo Violin is so great, it is simply known as “The Chaconne”. Some brave cellist rearrange this great music to be played in a cello’s natural range, transposed down a fifth to G minor. This is the same spirit that our project “Bach Wrote What?!” embraces. Instead of boxing Bach’s music in, we should expand it as we see fit, to best render it for this moment. [YT: T9EZNteSbhg]

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  • Gabriel’s Oboe per Ilse de Ziah

    Gabriel’s Oboe per Ilse de Ziah

    Ilse de Ziah is an Irish-Australian cellist who composes and rearranges cello music. She published several collections of music for unaccompanied solo cello. The rearranged Gabriel’s Oboe is a good example of her work for unaccompanied solo cello. Sheet music for Gabriel’s Oboe can be purchased online as part of the Wedding Music for Solo Cello, a great collection of unaccompanied solo music that allows a single cellist to project powerful music throughout an entire wedding. [YT: Lcd6PfNzNNA]

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