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(The following list of cello sonatas with or without accompanying instruments. See the See also list for more comprehensive lists divided up into solo and accompanied works.)

List of Cello Sonatas

• Samuel Barber
  • Cello Sonata Op. 6 in C minor (1932)
• Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 1 in F major (1796)
  • Cello Sonata Op. 5 No. 2 in G minor (1796)
  • Cello Sonata Op. 69 in A (1808)
  • Cello Sonata Op. 102 No. 1 in C (1815)
  • Cello Sonata Op. 102 No. 2 in D (1815)
• Easley Blackwood
  • Cello Sonata, Op. 31
• Johannes Brahms
  • Cello Sonata Op. 38 in E minor (1862–5)
  • Cello Sonata Op. 99 in F (1886)
  • Violin Sonata "Rain" Op. 78 (1878–9) is sometimes transcribed for cello.
• Frank Bridge
  • Cello sonata in D minor, H. (Hindmarsh) 125 (1913-7)
• Benjamin Britten
  • Cello Sonata Op. 65 in C (1961)
• Elliot Carter
  • Cello Sonata (1948)
• Frédéric Chopin
  • Cello Sonata Op. 65 in G minor (1845–6)
• Claude Debussy
  • Cello Sonata in D minor (1915)
• Felix Draeseke
  • Cello Sonata op. 51 in D (1890)
• Antonín Dvořák
  • Cello Sonata in F (1865) lost (cello part extant)
• Gabriel Fauré
  • Cello Sonata Op. 109 in D minor (1917)
  • Cello Sonata Op. 117 in G minor (1921)
• Edvard Grieg
  • Cello Sonata Op. 36 in A minor (1883)
• Zoltan Kodaly
  • Cello Sonata op.4 (1907)
  • Cello Sonatine(1923)
• Felix Mendelssohn
  • Cello Sonata Op. 45 in B-flat (1838)
  • Cello Sonata Op. 58 in D (1842–3) ([1])
• E.J. Moeran
  • Cello Sonata (1947)
• Sergei Prokofiev
  • Cello Sonata Op. 119 in C (1949)
  • Sonata for Solo Cello in C# minor, Op. 134 (unfinished)
• Sergei Rachmaninov
  • Cello Sonata Op. 19 in G minor (1901)
• Franz Schubert
  • Sonata for Arpeggione D.821 in A minor is often transcribed for cello.
• Alfred Schnittke
  • Cello Sonata (Schnittke) (1978)
• Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Cello Sonata Op. 40 in D minor (1934)

Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music ranging from orchestral, to opera, choral, and piano music. ... The Cello Sonata opus 6 by Samuel Barber is a sonata for cello and piano, dedicated to. ... A portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820 Ludwig van Beethoven (IPA: ), (baptized December 17, 1770[1] – March 26, 1827) was a composer and one of the pillars of European classical music. ... Ludwig van Beethovens Cello Sonatas No. ... Ludwig van Beethovens Cello Sonatas No. ... Beethovens Sonata No. ... The name Easley Blackwood is known in two areas: music and the game of contract bridge. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The cello sonata number 1 in E minor, opus 38 written by Johannes Brahms in 1862–5 has three movements: Allegro non troppo, in E minor, in common (4/4) time. ... Frank Bridge (February 26, 1879 – January 10, 1941) was an English composer. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... The only known photograph of Frédéric Chopin, believed to have been taken by Louis-Auguste Bisson in 1849. ... Claude Debussy, photo by Félix Nadar, 1908. ... The Cello Sonata is a late work by the French composer Claude Debussy. ... Felix Draeseke, oil portrait by Robert Sterl (1907) Felix August Bernhard Draeseke (October 7, 1835 – February 26, 1913) was a composer of the New German School admiring Liszt and Wagner. ... Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of his native Bohemiaand Moravia in symphonic, oratorial, chamber and operatic works. ... Gabriel Urbain Fauré (May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. ... Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the romantic period. ... Zoltan Kodaly Zoltán Kodály (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist and philosopher. ... Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer and conductor of the early Romantic period. ... Ernest John Moeran (December 31, 1894 - December 1, 1950) was an English composer. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokofijev; April 27 (April 151 O.S.), 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: , Sergej Vasilevič Rakhmaninov, 1 April 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, one of the last great champions of the Romantic style of European classical music. ... Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828) was an Austrian composer. ... The Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821, was written by Franz Schubert in Vienna in November 1824. ... Alfred Schnittke April 6, 1989, Moscow Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, November 24, 1934 Engels - August 3, 1998 Hamburg) was a Russian and Soviet composer. ... Dmitri Shostakovich   (Russian: , Dmitrij Dmitrievič Å ostakovič) (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906–August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ...

External links

• Repertoire for Solo Cello
• Some Composers of Cello Works Dates need to be double-checked against other sources as they do not always agree.

See also