Etudes for Violoncello solo (Volume II) (Performance score)

Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860) learned to play several instruments during his childhood but chose the cello as his main instrument because “only the violoncello evoked the unforgettable soulful alto voice of his dear mother” (Art. “Dotzauer”, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 1877). Between 1829 and 1850 – his retirement as court musician in Dresden – he composed and published an extensive oeuvre of etudes for the cello.

For this second of three volumes, British cellist and musicologist George Kennaway compiled thirty of Dotzauer’s moderately difficult etudes – from the well-known “24 Capricci” op. 35, the “12 Exercices” op. 70 as well as the collections op. 47, 54, 90, 116, 120, 148, 155 and 158. In contrast to the first volume (BA12101), this collection also includes tenor and treble clefs, string crossings, double stops, thumb position and other advanced playing techniques.