Cello sonata

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A cello sonata is usually a sonata written for solo cello or small instrument ensemble.[1] The
most famous Romantic-era cello 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 contains cello sonatas with or without accompanying instruments. See the
See also list for more comprehensive lists divided up into solo and accompanied works.

Contents
 1 List of major cello sonatas
 2 Chronology of major cello sonatas
 3 See also
 4 External links
 5 References

List of major cello sonatas

 Charles-Valentin Alkan
o Sonate de Concert, Op. 47 (c.
1857)
 Samuel Barber
o Cello Sonata in C minor, Op. 6
(1932)
 Arnold Bax
o Cello Sonata (1923)
o Cello Sonatina (1933)
o Legend-Sonata (1943)
 Ludwig van Beethoven
o Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major,
Op. 5/1 (1796)
o Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor,
Op. 5/2 (1796)
o Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major,
Op. 69 (1808)
o Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major,
Op. 102/1 (1815)
o Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major,
Op. 102/2 (1815)
 Bertold Hummel
o Cello Sonata in F, Op. 2 (1950)
o Sonata brevis, Op. 11a (1955)
 Johann Nepomuk Hummel
o Sonata in A major, Op. 104
 John Ireland
o Cello Sonata in G minor (1923)
 Giuseppe Maria Jacchini
o Sonata No. 3 in C Major (1697)
 Dmitry Kabalevsky
o Cello Sonata in B flat major,
Op. 71 (1962)
 Zoltán Kodály
o Cello Sonata, Op. 4 (1907)
o Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
(1915)
o Cello Sonatine (1923)
 Édouard Lalo
o Cello sonata (1856)
 Lowell Liebermann
 Easley Blackwood, Jr.
o Cello Sonata, Op. 31
 Johannes Brahms
o Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor,
Op. 38 (1862–5)
o Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major,
Op. 99 (1886)
o Violin Sonata No. 1, "Rain",
Op. 78 (1878–9), transcribed
for cello
 Frank Bridge
o Cello sonata in D minor, H.
(Hindmarsh) 125 (1913-7)
 Benjamin Britten
o Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 65
(1961)
 Elliott Carter
o Cello Sonata (1948)
 Frédéric Chopin
o Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.
65 (1845–6)
 George Crumb
o Sonata for Solo Cello (1955)
 Claude Debussy
o Cello Sonata in D minor (1915)
 Frederick Delius
o Cello Sonata (1916)
 Felix Draeseke
o Cello Sonata in D major, Op.
51 (1890)
 Antonín Dvořák
o Cello Sonata in F major (1865)
lost (cello part extant)
 George Enescu
o Cello Sonata in F minor, Op.
26/1 (1898)
o Cello sonata in C major, Op.
26/2 (1935)
 Gabriel Fauré
o Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor,
Op. 109 (1917)
o Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor,
Op. 117 (1921)
 César Franck
o Violin Sonata in A major,
transcribed with the composer's
approval for cello by Jules
Delsart. See
o Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 3
(1978)
o Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 61
(1998)
o Cello Sonata No. 3, Op. 90
(2005)
o Cello Sonata No. 4, Op. 108
(2008)
 György Ligeti
o Sonata for Solo Cello
 Albéric Magnard
o Sonata for Cello in A, Op. 20
(1910)
 Felix Mendelssohn
o Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat
major, Op. 45 (1838)
o Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major,
Op. 58 (1842–3) ([1])
 Ignaz Moscheles
o Cello Sonata Op. 34 in B-flat
o Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 121 in
E
 Henrique Oswald
o Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor,
Op. 21 (1898)
o Cello Sonata No. 2 in E-flat
major, Op. 44 (1916)
 Hubert Parry
o Cello Sonata in A major (1879–
83)
 Francis Poulenc
o Cello Sonata, FP 143 (1948)
 Sergei Prokofiev
o Cello Sonata in C major, Op.
119 (1949)
o Sonata for Solo Cello in C♯
minor, Op. 134 (unfinished)
 Sergei Rachmaninoff
o Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.
19 (1901)
 Maurice Ravel
o Violin and cello sonata in A
minor Op. 73 (1920–22)
 Max Reger
o Cello Sonata No. 1 in F minor,
Op. 5 (1892)
o Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor,
Op. 28 (1898)
o Cello Sonata No. 3 in F major,
Op. 78 (1904)
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(Franck/Delsart)
 François Francoeur (attrib.)
o Sonata for Cello and Piano in E
major (actually a cello
arrangement of a Louis
Francoeur violin sonata)
 Peter Racine Fricker
o Cello Sonata (1956)
 Zoltán Gárdonyi
o Cello Sonata (1944)
 Edvard Grieg
o Cello Sonata in A minor, Op.
36 (1883)
 Paul Hindemith
o Cello Sonata, Op. 11/3 (1919)
o Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 25/3
(1923)
o Cello Sonata (1948)
 Vagn Holmboe
o Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 101
(1968–69)
 Arthur Honegger
o Cello Sonata in D minor, H.32
(1920)
Chronology of major cello sonatas
The following list (inevitably incomplete) tries to place the major sonatas and equivalent
works for cello and piano or cello solo in chronological order of completion. It will be
susceptible to uncertainty of dates, and whether original or revised versions are definitive.
Year Composer
Giuseppe Maria
1696
Jacchini
Johann Sebastian
1717-23
Bach
early 18th
Benedetto Marcello At least 12 Cello Sonatas
century - 1739
o Cello Sonata No. 4 in A minor,
Op. 116 (1910)[2]
 Edmund Rubbra
o Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.
60 (1946)
 Camille Saint-Saëns
o Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 32
o Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 123
 Alfred Schnittke
o Cello Sonata No.1 (1978)
o Cello Sonata No.2 (1993/4)
 Franz Schubert
o Sonata for Arpeggione in A
minor, D.821 is often
transcribed for cello.
 Dmitri Shostakovich
o Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.
40 (1934)
 Charles Villiers Stanford
o Cello Sonata No. 1 in A major,
Op. 9 (1878)
o Cello Sonata No. 2 on D minor,
Op. 39 (1893)
 Richard Strauss
o Sonata in F major for cello and
piano (1882)
 Antonio Vivaldi
o At least 9 cello sonatas
 Kurt Weill
o Sonata for Cello and Piano
(1920)
Work Key Opus
Sonata No. 3 C major Op. 3
G, D minor,
6 Unaccompanied Cello C
Suites E♭, C minor
&D
 early 18th
Antonio Vivaldi At least 9 Cello Sonatas
century - 1741
1760s - 1805 Luigi Boccherini At least 19 Cello Sonatas
Ludwig van Op. 5, No.
1796 Cello Sonata No. 1 F major
Beethoven 1
Ludwig van Op. 5, No.
1796 Cello Sonata No. 2 G minor
Beethoven 2
Ludwig van
1807-8 Cello Sonata No. 3 A major Op. 69
Beethoven
Ludwig van Op. 102,
1815 Cello Sonata No. 4 C major
Beethoven No. 1
Ludwig van Op. 102,
1815 Cello Sonata No. 5 D major
Beethoven No. 2
1838 Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 1 B♭ major Op. 45
1842-3 Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 2 D major Op. 58
1846 Frédéric Chopin Cello Sonata G minor Op. 65
1856 Édouard Lalo Cello Sonata A minor
Charles-Valentin
1856 Sonate de concert E major Op. 47
Alkan
1862-5 Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 E minor Op. 38
1872-3 Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Sonata No. 1 C minor Op. 32
1883 Edvard Grieg Cello Sonata A minor Op. 36
1883 Richard Strauss Cello Sonata F major Op. 6
1886 Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 2 F major Op. 99
1892 Max Reger Cello Sonata No. 1 F minor Op. 5
1898 Max Reger Cello Sonata No. 2 G minor Op. 28
1899 Ernő Dohnányi Cello Sonata B♭ major Op. 8
Sergei
1901 Cello Sonata G minor Op. 19
Rachmaninoff
1904 Max Reger Cello Sonata No. 3 F major Op. 78
1905 Camille Saint-Saëns Cello Sonata No. 2 F major Op. 123
1907 Zoltán Kodály Cello Sonata Op. 4
Charles-Marie
1907 Cello Sonata A major Op. 80
Widor
1910 Max Reger Cello Sonata No. 4 A minor Op. 116
1910-11 Albéric Magnard Cello Sonata A major Op. 20
Nikolai
1911 Cello Sonata No. 1 D major Op. 12
Myaskovsky
G, D minor
1912 Max Reger Cello Suites 1, 2 and 3 Op. 131
& A minor
 1913 Dora Pejačević Cello Sonata E minor Op. 35
1915 Claude Debussy Cello Sonata D minor L. 135
1915 Zoltán Kodály Solo Cello Sonata Op. 8
1916 Frederick Delius Cello Sonata D minor
1913-17 Frank Bridge Cello Sonata D minor
1917 Gabriel Fauré Cello Sonata No. 1 D minor Op. 109
1921 Gabriel Fauré Cello Sonata No. 2 G minor Op. 117
Op. 25 No.
1923 Paul Hindemith Solo Sonata for Cello
3
1923 John Ireland Cello Sonata G minor
Rhapsody for Cello and
1929 Béla Bartók Sz 88
Piano
1932 Samuel Barber Cello Sonata C minor Op. 6
Suite Italienne for cello
1932-33 Igor Stravinsky
and piano
Dmitri
1934 Cello Sonata D minor Op. 40
Shostakovich
Nikolai
1938 Cello Sonata No. 2 Op. 81
Myaskovsky
1939 Bohuslav Martinů Cello Sonata No. 1
1941 Bohuslav Martinů Cello Sonata No. 2
1944 Zoltán Gárdonyi Cello Sonata
1948 Francis Poulenc Cello Sonata Op 143
1948 Elliott Carter Cello Sonata
1949 Sergei Prokofiev Cello Sonata C major Op. 119
1949 Alan Rawsthorne Cello Sonata
1952 Bohuslav Martinů Cello Sonata No. 3
1956-57 Ernest Bloch Cello Suites 1, 2 and 3
1961 Benjamin Britten Cello Sonata C major
1962 Dmitry Kabalevsky Cello Sonata B♭ major Op. 71
1964 Benjamin Britten Suite for Cello Solo No. 1 G major Op. 72
1966 Karen Khachaturian Cello Sonata
1967 Benjamin Britten Suite for Cello Solo No. 2 D major Op. 80
1971 Benjamin Britten Suite for Cello Solo No. 3 Op. 87
1978 Alfred Schnittke Cello Sonata