TITLE: COMPLETE WORKS FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANOFORTEVOLUME 1 AND 2
COMPOSER / AUTHOR: MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX

DETAILED INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLONCELLO, PIANO
VOLUME / SERIES: FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY.
COMPLETE WORKS FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANOFORTE 1+2 | BÄRENREITER URTEXT
EDITOR: TODD, R. LARRY
FOREWORD / INTRODUCTION: TODD, R. LARRY
PRODUCT FORMAT: PERFORMANCE SCORE(S), PART(S), ANTHOLOGY, URTEXT EDITION
INSTRUMENTATION: VIOLONCELLO, PIANO
LANGUAGE(S) OF TEXT: ENGLISH, GERMAN
PUBLISHER: BÄRENREITER
BINDING: PAPERBACK

DESCRIPTION:
“THE MOZART OF THE 19TH CENTURY”
ROBERT SCHUMANN

-FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY’S WORKS FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO OCCUPY A SPECIAL PLACE WITHIN THE REPERTOIRE OF CELLISTS AND CHAMBER MUSICIANS. THE LYRICAL “SONG WITHOUT WORDS” (“ROMANCE SANS PAROLES”) IS AMONG THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL TEACHING PIECES.

-MENDELSSOHN WAS INSPIRED BY HIS CONTACTS WITH THE LEADING CELLISTS OF HIS DAY TO WRITE FOR THIS INSTRUMENT. THIS UNIQUE URTEXT EDITION CONTAINS ALL OF MENDELSSOHN’S FINISHED WORKS FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO AS WELL AS RECONSTRUCTIONS AND COMPLETIONS OF HIS UNFINISHED WORKS FOR THE SAME SCORING. THE EDITOR R. LARRY TODD HAS COMPOSED THE CELLO PART FOR THE VARIATIONS AND HAS COMPLETED THE GRACEFUL “ASSAI TRANQUILLO”.

• URTEXT EDITION CONTAINING ALL OF MENDELSSOHN’S WORKS FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO (2 VOLUMES: BA 9096/BA 9097)
• ALSO INCLUDES RECONSTRUCTIONS OR COMPLETIONS OF MENDELSSOHN’S UNFINISHED WORKS FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO
• INFORMATIVE FOREWORD (ENG/GER) AND CRITICAL COMMENTARY (ENG) WITH FACSIMILE PAGES

CONTENTS:
· VOLUME 1:
· PREFACE
· VORWORT
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX
SONATA OP. 45
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX
SONATA OP. 58
· FACSIMILE
· CRITICAL COMMENTARY

· VOLUME 2:
· PREFACE
· VORWORT
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX
VARIATIONS CONCERTANTES OP. 17
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX
ROMANCE SANS PAROLES OP. 109
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX
ASSAI TRANQUILLO
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX / MERK, JOSEPH
VARIATIONS
· COMPOSER / AUTHOR: MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX
APPENDIX: VARIATIONS CONCERTANTES OP. 17
ABANDONED EARLIER VERSION OF VARIATION 6
· FACSIMILE
· CRITICAL COMMENTARY