A Cellist's Companion; a Comprehensive catalogue of Cello Literature by Lambooij, Henk and Michael Feves

(Stichting the Cellist's Companion, Netherlands, 2007). Quarto. ). 697 pages, the original hardcover edition which was issued in a very small print run. This work is the culmination of more than thirty-five years of meticulous compilation of cello repertoire. A catalogue of this scope has never before been published. Approximately 45,000 titles written by over 15,000 composers are listed alphabetically by composer, and ordered by opus number, and alphabetically by title. This unique project to compile all music ever written for cello solo published or unpublished is intended to be a reference work that will quickly become every cellist's companion. The categories of cello repertoire include: cello solo, cello with electronics or tape, cello and piano, cello and orchestra, cello duos and ensembles, duos with other instruments, cello solo and chamber ensemble, two or more solo instruments and orchestra, cello and voice, methods and studies. With the exception of cello ensemble music, chamber music works have been excluded unless the cello has a solo function. Unlike other catalogues which list only published music available at the time of the catalogue's publication. A Cellist's Companion: A Comprehensive Catalogue of Cello Literature includes all known works, spanning over 300 years. Published music, out-of-print editions, unpublished manuscripts, titles mentioned only in reference books, self-published works, and works mentioned only in reviews have all been included. The formidable scope of the project, combining seemingly unimportant fragments of information from multiple sources has made it possible to piece together work-lists by famous and unknown composers, as well as cellist-composers such as Romberg, Dotzauer, Davidoff, and Fitzenhagen. A fine copy bound in a pictorial paper over boards depicting a cellist in abstract.