CelloBello’s comprehensive repertoire database is an essential resource for cellists of all levels.
It not only lists common core cello repertoire, but it also contains several curated databases that feature works by underrepresented voices. These curated databases include the Sphinx Catalog of Latin American Cello Works, Works by Women Composers, Works by Black Composers, and 21st Century Cello Works. These curated databases were independently created by several dedicated musicians with passions for research and advocacy, and they continue to be enriched by composers, players, and publishers.
We hope this robust tool will empower cellists to discover new works and deepen their connection to the richness of the cello repertoire, and we are grateful for the collective generosity that has allowed us to provide this resource to a global audience.
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Composer |
Country |
Title |
Instrumentation |
Year |
Duration |
Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joachim, Nathalie | Dam Mwen Yo | for Cello and Recorded Voices | 2017 | 6' | ||
| Johnson, Janine | United States of America (USA) | Seven Miniatures, Op. 33 | cello and piano | 2002 | '' | find score |
| Johnson, Liz Dilnot | United Kingdom (UK) | Cello Suite – Reflections, Dances and Fantasias : A Flexible Suite For Unaccompanied Cello | unaccompanied | 2015 | 27'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Remember | english horn and cello | 1971 | 5'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Scion | unaccompanied | 1973 | 3'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Quatre pièces en marge | cello and piano | 1983 | 4'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Episode Cinquième (5eme) | unaccompanied | 1983 | 7'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Musique pour Delphine | violin and cello | 1992 | 9'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Music to Go | viola and cello | 1995 | 4'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Sonate à 8 | cello ensemble | 1998 | 11'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Wanderlied | cello & ensemble | 2003 | 12'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | A Fancy for Anssi | unaccompanied | 2010 | 2'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Ravelry – Pour Pierre en ce jour | unaccompanied | 2015 | 4'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Un post-it pour Henri | cello and tenor sax | 2015 | 3'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Side Roads | cello & string orchestra | 2017 | '' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Femme le soir | cello and piano | 2018 | 18'' | find score |
| Jolas, Betsy | France | Musique d’autres jours | cello & organ | 2020 | '' | find score |
| Jougla, Rose-Marie | France | Quatre notes s’amusent | cello and piano | 2013 | 1'' | find score |
| Jougla, Rose-Marie | France | Habanera | cello and piano | 2013 | 7'' | find score |
| Jougla, Rose-Marie | France | Tango 13 | cello and piano | 2015 | 9'' | find score |
| Jougla, Rose-Marie | France | Duocordes | cello duet | 2017 | 25'' | find score |
| Justen, Gloria | United States of America (USA) | Sonaquifer Suite | unaccompanied | 2018 | 30'' | find score |
| Kabalevsky, Dmitry | Russia | Cello Concerto No.1 in g minor, Op. 49 | solo cello with orchestra | 1948 - 1949 | 18' | |
| Kabalevsky, Dmitry | Russia | Cello Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Op. 77 | solo cello with orchestra | 1964 | 27' | |
| Kagel, Mauricio | Argentina | Match | 2 cellos and percussion | 1964 | 17' | |
| Kagel, Mauricio | Argentina | Siegfried | cello solo | 1972 | 8' | |
| Kagel, Mauricio | Argentina | General Bass | cello solo | 1971-1972 | 8'25" | |
| Kagel, Mauricio | Argentina | For Us: Happy Birthday to you! | 4 cellos | 1985-7 | ||
| Kagel, Mauricio | Argentina | Motetten | 8 cellos | 2004 | ||
| Kagel, Mauricio | Argentina | Uguis incarnatus est | cello and piano | 1972 | ||
| Kagel, Mauricio | Argentina | Magic Flute | 12 cellos | |||
| Kagel, Mauricio | Argentina | General Bass | 5 cellos | |||
| Kallionpää, Maria | Finland | Six Pieces for Solo Cello | unaccompanied | 2000 | 2'' | find score |
| Kallionpää, Maria | Finland | Marie’s Fate | soprano/mezzo and cello | 2009 | 5'' | find score |
| Kaminsky, Laura | United States of America (USA) | Whence it Comes | cello & percussion | 1990 | '' | find score |
| Kaminsky, Laura | United States of America (USA) | Duo for Cello & Piano | cello and piano | 2003 | 12'' | find score |
| Kaminsky, Laura | United States of America (USA) | Isole from L’arcipelago delle delizie | unaccompanied | 2005 | 24'' | find score |
| Kaminsky, Laura | United States of America (USA) | The Great Unconformity | unaccompanied | 2010 | 6'' | find score |
| Kaminsky, Laura | Isole from L’arcipelago delle delizie | Solo Cello | 2005 | 30' | ||
| Kaminsky, Laura | The Great Unconformity | Solo Cello | 2010 | 6'30'' | ||
| Kander, Susan | United States of America (USA) | A City Suite (1. Hester Street Waltz, 2. The Fifth Avenue Cakewalk, 3. 57th Street Tango) | cello and piano | 2005 | 12'' | find score |
| Kander, Susan | United States of America (USA) | Duo for Violin and Cello | violin and cello | 2016 | 8'' | find score |
| Kander, Susan | United States of America (USA) | Duo in Memory of the Littlest Refugees Who Never Reach a Place of Safety | violin and cello | 2017 | 9'' | find score |
| Kaprálová, Vitězslava | Czech Republic | Deux Ritournelles, Op. 25 | cello and piano | 1940 | 4'' | find score |
| Kashperova, Leokadiya | Russia | Cello Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 1, No. 1 | cello and piano | 1895 | 35'' | find score |
| Kashperova, Leokadiya | Russia | Cello Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 1, No. 2 | cello and piano | 1896 | 35'' | find score |
| Kats-Chernin, Elena | Uzbekistan | Wild Rice | unaccompanied | 1996 | 8'' | find score |
| Kats-Chernin, Elena | Uzbekistan | Slicked Back Tango | cello and piano | 2002 | 2'' | find score |
| Kats-Chernin, Elena | Uzbekistan | Triptych for Silence (Nonchalance, No Silence, and Blue Silence) | cello and piano | 2006 | 11'' | find score |
| Kats-Chernin, Elena | Uzbekistan | Eliza Aria | cello and piano | 2010 | 3'' | find score |
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