Cello and piano - intermediate to advanced - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q53293 Trois morceaux caractéristiques, No. 3. Composed by Georg Goltermann. Edited by Beverley Ellis and Rainer Mohrs. This edition: Sheet music. (c) 2020 Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz. Classical. Downloadable. Op. 41/3. 7 pages. Schott Music - Digital #Q53293. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q53293). English • German.Cellist, conductor and composer Georg Goltermann, born in Hannover on 19.8.1824, died in Frankfurt (Main) on 29.12.1898, had cello lessons with the principal cellist of the royal court orchestra in Hanover, August Christian Prell (1805-1885), a pupil of Bernhard Romberg. From 1847-49 he continued his studies in Munich with the celebrated cellist Joseph Menter and studied composition with Ignaz Lachner, Director of Music at the court in Munich. Goltermann undertook numerous concert tours as a cellist; from 1853 he was Assistant Director of Music at the municipal theatre in Frankfurt am Main, becoming Director of Music from 1854. He wrote numerous pieces for cello and had a particular gift for the Romantic character piece, composing lyrical pieces with titles such as Ballade, Elegie, Song Without Words and various dances. As his compositions are generally not too demanding, they are well liked by amateur musicians and frequently used for tuition purposes. This Mazurka comes from the set of Trois morceaux caractéristiques op. 41, published by Schott in 1864 (plate no. 17419).

Cello and piano - intermediate to advanced - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q53290 Op. 40. Composed by Auguste Joseph Franchomme. Edited by Beverley Ellis and Rainer Mohrs. This edition: Sheet music. (c) 2020 Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz. Classical. Downloadable. Op. 40. 16 pages. Schott Music - Digital #Q53290. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q53290). English • German.Auguste Joseph Franchomme was born in Lille on 10.4.1808; he died in Paris in 1884. One of his first cello teachers in Lille was Pierre Baumann, who also taught Edouard Lalo. Giving up the study of Law in favour of the cello, he studied with Jean-Henri Levasseur and Louis-Pierre Norblin from 1825 at the Paris Conservatoire. After that he played in various orchestras until he was eventually able to establish himself as a soloist and chamber musician in Paris. Together with violinist Jean-Delphin Alard he founded the Alard Quartet, one of the few string quartets of the time whose members were all professional musicians. Alongside his concert career, Franchomme was a popular and successful professor at the Conservatoire for almost forty years. His compositions include numerous pieces and studies for the cello, a cello concerto and many transcriptions. Franchomme was a close friend of Chopin: he also composed the cello part to Chopin’s Duo concertante and reworked the cello part for the Polonaise Brillante. Chopin dedicated his Cello Sonata op. 65 to Franchomme. Chopin’s influence is clearly recognisable in Franchomme’s work and particularly evident, for example, in his Étude in C# minor op. 35/11. In 1884 Franchomme was awarded the Légion d’honneur for his services to music. This Fantaisie based on themes from Mozart’s Magic Flute was published in 1873 (plate no. 20425).

Cello and piano - intermediate to advanced - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q53292 Op. 19. Composed by Alfred Piatti. Edited by Beverley Ellis and Rainer Mohrs. This edition: Sheet music. (c) 2020 Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz. Classical. Downloadable. Op. 19. 11 pages. Schott Music - Digital #Q53292. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q53292). English • German.Italian cellist and composer Alfredo Piatti was born in Bergamo on 8.1.1822; he died in Crocetto di Mozzo near Bergamo on 18.7.1901. After studying at the Milan Conservatoire (1832-37) he embarked on concert tours across Europe, performing in Munich in 1843 with Franz Liszt, who gave Piatti an Amati cello after financial difficulties had obliged him to sell his own cello. Piatti played with Clara Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Joseph Joachim, Edvard Grieg, Anton Rubinstein and Hector Berlioz. From 1859-98 he was principal cellist at the famous ‘Popular Concerts’ held on Saturdays and Mondays in London, while also teaching at the Royal Academy of Music. His Capricci op. 25 are among the most frequently used cello studies to this day. Piatti published various character pieces and arrangements with Schott, as well as four Sonatas for cello and piano. This Siciliana was published in 1869 as plate no. 16396.