Cello sonata

Cello sonata

A cello sonata usually denotes a sonata written for cello and piano, though other instrumentations are used, such as solo cello. The most famous Romantic-era cellos sonatas are those written by Johannes Brahms and Ludwig van Beethoven. Some of the earliest cello sonatas were written in the 18th century by Francesco Geminiani and Antonio Vivaldi.

(The following list of cello sonatas with or without accompanying instruments. See the See also list for more comprehensive lists divided up into solo and accompanied works.)

List of Cello Sonatas

*Charles-Valentin Alkan
**Sonate de Concert, Op. 47
*Samuel Barber
**Cello Sonata Op. 6 in C minor (1932)
*Ludwig van Beethoven
**Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 1 in F major (1796)
**Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 2 in G minor (1796)
**Cello Sonata Op. 69 in A major (1808)
**Cello Sonata Op. 102 No. 1 in C major (1815)
**Cello Sonata Op. 102 No. 2 in D major (1815)
*Easley Blackwood
**Cello Sonata, Op. 31
*Johannes Brahms
**Cello Sonata Op. 38 in E minor (1862–5)
**Cello Sonata Op. 99 in F major (1886)
**Violin Sonata "Rain" Op. 78 (1878–9) is sometimes transcribed for cello.
*Frank Bridge
**Cello sonata in D minor, H. (Hindmarsh) 125 (1913-7)
*Benjamin Britten
**Cello Sonata Op. 65 in C major (1961)
*Elliot Carter
**Cello Sonata (1948)
*Frédéric Chopin
**Cello Sonata Op. 65 in G minor (1845–6)
*Claude Debussy
**Cello Sonata in D minor (1915)
*Felix Draeseke
**Cello Sonata op. 51 in D major (1890)
*Antonín Dvořák
**Cello Sonata in F major (1865) lost (cello part extant)
*Gabriel Fauré
**Cello Sonata Op. 109 in D minor (1917)
**Cello Sonata Op. 117 in G minor (1921)
*Bertold Hummel
**Cello Sonata in F op. 2 (1950)
**Sonata brevis op. 11a (1955)
*Edvard Grieg
**Cello Sonata Op. 36 in A minor (1883)
*Zoltan Kodaly
**Cello Sonata op. 4 (1907)
**Sonata for Solo Cello op. 8 (1915)
**Cello Sonatine (1923)
*Felix Mendelssohn
**Cello Sonata Op. 45 in B-flat major (1838)
**Cello Sonata Op. 58 in D major (1842–3) ( [http://www.classical.net/music/composer/works/mendelssohn/opus.html] )
*E.J. Moeran
**Cello Sonata (1947)
*Sergei Prokofiev
**Cello Sonata Op. 119 in C major (1949)
**Sonata for Solo Cello in C# minor, Op. 134 (unfinished)
*Sergei Rachmaninov
**Cello Sonata Op. 19 in G minor (1901)
*Franz Schubert
**Sonata for Arpeggione D.821 in A minor is often transcribed for cello.
*Alfred Schnittke
**Cello Sonata (Schnittke) (1978)
*Dmitri Shostakovich
**Cello Sonata Op. 40 in D minor (1934)

External links

* [http://www.cellohandbook.com/repertoire.htm Repertoire for Solo Cello]
* [http://piglet.ex.ac.uk/archive/itp3002/gosh.ex.ac.uk/%257Emu96ejw/comp.html Some Composers of Cello Works] Dates need to be double-checked against other sources as they do not always agree.

See also

* Violoncello
* Bassoon sonata
* Clarinet sonata
* Flute sonata
* List of compositions for cello and piano
* List of solo cello pieces
* Piano sonata
* Viola sonata
* Violin sonata


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