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Companion Books

Recommended resources to use alongside each volume

Volume One

📖Bartók - Mikrokosmos: Sight-Reading Companion (Duets with Teacher) - Bass Clef, Vol 1

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

Volume Two

📖Bartók - Mikrokosmos: Sight-Reading Companion (Duets with Teacher) - Bass Clef, Vol 2

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

Volume Three

📖Bartók - Mikrokosmos: Sight-Reading Companion (Duets with Teacher) - Tenor & Treble Clef, Volumes 1 and 2

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

📖Darkness for 2 Cellos

Volume Four

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

📖Reconciliation for 2 Cellos

Volume Five

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

📖Odyssey for 2 Cellos

Volume Six

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

📖Vortex for 2 Cellos

Course Volumes

Cellosophy Volume One

Dark Ages/Renaissance

Caritas Variations

Hildegard von Bingen

Baroque

Menuet from French Suite #5

J.S. Bach

Classical

Symphony #9 Variations

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto #24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Romantic

Song Without Words

Felix Mendelssohn

Promenade

Modest Mussorgsky

Piano Concerto #2

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Symphony #5

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony #1

Johannes Brahms

Impressionist/20th Century

Gymnopedies

Erik Satie

Alborada del Gracioso

Maurice Ravel

Two Hungarian Songs

Béla Bartók

Popular Style

Music of the Night

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Short Trip Home

Edgar Meyer

Contemporary

Moto Perpetuo #1

Daniel Pesca

Fission

Eric Moore

Cellosophy Volume Two

Dark Ages/Renaissance

Flow My Tears

John Dowland

Baroque

Menuet from Violin Partita #3

J.S. Bach

Classical

Surprise Symphony

Franz Joseph Haydn

Violin Concerto

Ludwig van Beethoven

Romantic

Scheherazade

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Symphony #1

Gustav Mahler

Impressionist/20th Century

Dance Suite

Béla Bartók

Popular Style

Alone in Kyoto

Air

Meaghan's Moonbeam

Brandon Vance

Contemporary

I Am Writing To You From a Far Off Country

Eve Beglarian

Nine Clouds

Eric Moore

Wayward Free Radical Dreams

Missy Mazzoli

Moto Perpetuo #2

Daniel Pesca

Cellosophy Volume Three

Baroque

Menuet from French Suite #2

J.S. Bach

Adagio for Viola da Gamba

Carl Friedrich Abel

Allegro for Viola da Gamba

Carl Friedrich Abel

Winter: III

Antonio Vivaldi

Overture to Zaïs

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Classical

Für Elise

Ludwig van Beethoven

Romantic

Nocturne op. 9 #2

Frédéric Chopin

Impressionist/20th Century

Syrinx

Claude Debussy

Romanian Folk Dances: I

Béla Bartók

Popular Style

Hedwig's Theme

John Williams

Stream of Consciousness

Dream Theater

Contemporary

Perpetuum Mobile A

György Kurtág

Caprice for Solo Cello

Leah Asher

Dancing with Oneself

Lera Auerbach

Song Without Words #1

Eric Moore

Reflection

Martin Torch-Ishii

Cellosophy Volume Four

Baroque

Cello Suite #1: Allemande

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Gigue

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Sarabande

J.S. Bach

Caprice #1

Alfredo Piatti

Romantic

Après un Rêve (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Gabriel Fauré

Etude op. 35 #6

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 35 #8

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 73 #34

David Popper

Etude op. 76 #1

David Popper

Allegro Appassionato (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Camille Saint-Saëns

The Swan (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle I • Introduction • Theme • Homage to Eric Tanguy • Homage to J.S. Bach • Homage to Anna Clyne • Homage to Philip Glass • Homage to Trent Reznor

Eric Moore

Cellosophy Volume Five

Baroque

Cello Suite #1: Courante

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Minuets

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Prelude

J.S. Bach

Classical

21 Etudes #7

Jean-Louis Duport

Romantic

Élégie (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Gabriel Fauré

Papillon (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Gabriel Fauré

Sicilienne (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Gabriel Fauré

Etude op. 35 #5

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 35 #7

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 35 #12

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 73 #5

David Popper

Etude op. 73 #15

David Popper

Etude op. 73 #27

David Popper

Etude op. 76 #6

David Popper

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle III • Introduction III • Theme III • Homage to Martin Torch-Ishii • Homage to Mark Summer • Homage to Steve Reich • Homage to Michael Gordon • Homage to Peter Ablinger

Eric Moore

Circles for Cello and String Orchestra

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

La Mer (Debussy) • Symphony #2 (Brahms) • Symphony #4 (Tchaikovsky)

Orchestral Excerpts

Cellosophy Volume Six

Baroque

Cello Suite #1: Allemande

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Gigue

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Sarabande

J.S. Bach

7 Ricercares: #3

Domenico Gabrielli

7 Ricercares: #6

Domenico Gabrielli

Romantic

Cello Concerto #1 (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle Four • Introduction IV • Theme IV • Homage to Ernst Krenek • Homage to Dimitri Shostakovich • Homage to Iannis Xenakis • Homage to György Kurtág • Homage to Morton Feldman

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

La Mer (Debussy) • Symphony #2 (Brahms) • Symphony #4 (Tchaikovsky)

Orchestral Excerpts

Cellosophy Volume Seven

Baroque

Cello Suite #3: Allemande

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #3: Courante

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #3: Gigue

J.S. Bach

Cello Sonata #6 (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

Antonio Vivaldi

12 Caprices, op. 25: #1 (variations)

Alfredo Piatti

Classical

21 Etudes: #7 (variations)

Jean-Louis Duport

Cello Sonata (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

Henry Eccles

Romantic

Etude op. 35 #2

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 73: #1

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #11

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #17

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #25

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #36

David Popper

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle Five • Introduction V • Theme V • Homage to Henri Dutilleux • Homage to Thomas Adès • Homage to Pierre Boulez • Homage to Jason Eckardt • Homage to Luciano Berio

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

Symphony #5 (Beethoven) - movements II and III • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) - Scherzo • Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) - Overture

Orchestral Excerpts

Cellosophy Volume Eight

Baroque

Cello Suite #3: Bourrées

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #3: Sarabande

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #3: Prelude

J.S. Bach

Cello Sonata (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

Giovanni Sammartini

12 Caprices, op. 25: #5

Alfredo Piatti

Classical

21 Etudes: #1

Jean-Louis Duport

21 Etudes: #9

Jean-Louis Duport

Divertimento (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

Franz Joseph Haydn

Romantic

Etude op. 35: #3

Auguste Franchomme

Etude #13

Friedrich Grützmacher

Etude op. 73: #6

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #14

David Popper

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle Six • Introduction VI • Theme VI • Homage to Helmut Lachenmann • Homage to Heinz Holliger • Homage to Alvin Lucier • Homage to Wolfgang Von Schweinitz • Homage to Kaija Saariaho

Eric Moore

Mantra (of choice) for solo cello

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

Piano Concerto #2 (Brahms) • William Tell (Rossini) • Don Juan (complete) (Strauss) • Ein Heldenleben (complete) (Strauss)

Orchestral Excerpts

Cellosophy Volume Nine

Baroque

Gamba Sonata #1 (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

J.S. Bach

Classical

Cello Sonata (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

François Francoeur

Cello Concerto in C (complete, 2nd cello accompaniment, Moore)

Franz Joseph Haydn

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle Six • Introduction VI • Theme VI • Homage to Helmut Lachenmann • Homage to Heinz Holliger • Homage to Alvin Lucier • Homage to Wolfgang Von Schweinitz • Homage to Kaija Saariaho

Eric Moore

Mantra (of choice) for solo cello

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

Piano Concerto #2 (Brahms) • William Tell (Rossini) • Don Juan (complete) (Strauss) • Ein Heldenleben (complete) (Strauss)

Orchestral Excerpts

Companion Books

Recommended resources to use alongside each volume

Volume One

📖Bartók - Mikrokosmos: Sight-Reading Companion (Duets with Teacher) - Bass Clef, Vol 1

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

Volume Two

📖Bartók - Mikrokosmos: Sight-Reading Companion (Duets with Teacher) - Bass Clef, Vol 2

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

Volume Three

📖Bartók - Mikrokosmos: Sight-Reading Companion (Duets with Teacher) - Tenor & Treble Clef, Volumes 1 and 2

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

📖Darkness for 2 Cellos

Volume Four

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

📖Reconciliation for 2 Cellos

Volume Five

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

📖Odyssey for 2 Cellos

Volume Six

📖KB Moore - Rhythm Workbook

📖Vortex for 2 Cellos

Course Volumes

Cellosophy Volume One

Dark Ages/Renaissance

Caritas Variations

Hildegard von Bingen

Baroque

Menuet from French Suite #5

J.S. Bach

Classical

Symphony #9 Variations

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto #24

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Romantic

Song Without Words

Felix Mendelssohn

Promenade

Modest Mussorgsky

Piano Concerto #2

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Symphony #5

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony #1

Johannes Brahms

Impressionist/20th Century

Gymnopedies

Erik Satie

Alborada del Gracioso

Maurice Ravel

Two Hungarian Songs

Béla Bartók

Popular Style

Music of the Night

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Short Trip Home

Edgar Meyer

Contemporary

Moto Perpetuo #1

Daniel Pesca

Fission

Eric Moore

Cellosophy Volume Two

Dark Ages/Renaissance

Flow My Tears

John Dowland

Baroque

Menuet from Violin Partita #3

J.S. Bach

Classical

Surprise Symphony

Franz Joseph Haydn

Violin Concerto

Ludwig van Beethoven

Romantic

Scheherazade

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Symphony #1

Gustav Mahler

Impressionist/20th Century

Dance Suite

Béla Bartók

Popular Style

Alone in Kyoto

Air

Meaghan's Moonbeam

Brandon Vance

Contemporary

I Am Writing To You From a Far Off Country

Eve Beglarian

Nine Clouds

Eric Moore

Wayward Free Radical Dreams

Missy Mazzoli

Moto Perpetuo #2

Daniel Pesca

Cellosophy Volume Three

Baroque

Menuet from French Suite #2

J.S. Bach

Adagio for Viola da Gamba

Carl Friedrich Abel

Allegro for Viola da Gamba

Carl Friedrich Abel

Winter: III

Antonio Vivaldi

Overture to Zaïs

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Classical

Für Elise

Ludwig van Beethoven

Romantic

Nocturne op. 9 #2

Frédéric Chopin

Impressionist/20th Century

Syrinx

Claude Debussy

Romanian Folk Dances: I

Béla Bartók

Popular Style

Hedwig's Theme

John Williams

Stream of Consciousness

Dream Theater

Contemporary

Perpetuum Mobile A

György Kurtág

Caprice for Solo Cello

Leah Asher

Dancing with Oneself

Lera Auerbach

Song Without Words #1

Eric Moore

Reflection

Martin Torch-Ishii

Cellosophy Volume Four

Baroque

Cello Suite #1: Allemande

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Gigue

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Sarabande

J.S. Bach

Caprice #1

Alfredo Piatti

Romantic

Après un Rêve (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Gabriel Fauré

Etude op. 35 #6

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 35 #8

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 73 #34

David Popper

Etude op. 76 #1

David Popper

Allegro Appassionato (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Camille Saint-Saëns

The Swan (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle I • Introduction • Theme • Homage to Eric Tanguy • Homage to J.S. Bach • Homage to Anna Clyne • Homage to Philip Glass • Homage to Trent Reznor

Eric Moore

Cellosophy Volume Five

Baroque

Cello Suite #1: Courante

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Minuets

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Prelude

J.S. Bach

Classical

21 Etudes #7

Jean-Louis Duport

Romantic

Élégie (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Gabriel Fauré

Papillon (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Gabriel Fauré

Sicilienne (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Gabriel Fauré

Etude op. 35 #5

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 35 #7

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 35 #12

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 73 #5

David Popper

Etude op. 73 #15

David Popper

Etude op. 73 #27

David Popper

Etude op. 76 #6

David Popper

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle III • Introduction III • Theme III • Homage to Martin Torch-Ishii • Homage to Mark Summer • Homage to Steve Reich • Homage to Michael Gordon • Homage to Peter Ablinger

Eric Moore

Circles for Cello and String Orchestra

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

La Mer (Debussy) • Symphony #2 (Brahms) • Symphony #4 (Tchaikovsky)

Orchestral Excerpts

Cellosophy Volume Six

Baroque

Cello Suite #1: Allemande

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Gigue

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #1: Sarabande

J.S. Bach

7 Ricercares: #3

Domenico Gabrielli

7 Ricercares: #6

Domenico Gabrielli

Romantic

Cello Concerto #1 (with cello 2 accompaniment)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle Four • Introduction IV • Theme IV • Homage to Ernst Krenek • Homage to Dimitri Shostakovich • Homage to Iannis Xenakis • Homage to György Kurtág • Homage to Morton Feldman

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

La Mer (Debussy) • Symphony #2 (Brahms) • Symphony #4 (Tchaikovsky)

Orchestral Excerpts

Cellosophy Volume Seven

Baroque

Cello Suite #3: Allemande

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #3: Courante

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #3: Gigue

J.S. Bach

Cello Sonata #6 (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

Antonio Vivaldi

12 Caprices, op. 25: #1 (variations)

Alfredo Piatti

Classical

21 Etudes: #7 (variations)

Jean-Louis Duport

Cello Sonata (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

Henry Eccles

Romantic

Etude op. 35 #2

Auguste Franchomme

Etude op. 73: #1

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #11

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #17

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #25

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #36

David Popper

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle Five • Introduction V • Theme V • Homage to Henri Dutilleux • Homage to Thomas Adès • Homage to Pierre Boulez • Homage to Jason Eckardt • Homage to Luciano Berio

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

Symphony #5 (Beethoven) - movements II and III • A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) - Scherzo • Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) - Overture

Orchestral Excerpts

Cellosophy Volume Eight

Baroque

Cello Suite #3: Bourrées

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #3: Sarabande

J.S. Bach

Cello Suite #3: Prelude

J.S. Bach

Cello Sonata (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

Giovanni Sammartini

12 Caprices, op. 25: #5

Alfredo Piatti

Classical

21 Etudes: #1

Jean-Louis Duport

21 Etudes: #9

Jean-Louis Duport

Divertimento (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

Franz Joseph Haydn

Romantic

Etude op. 35: #3

Auguste Franchomme

Etude #13

Friedrich Grützmacher

Etude op. 73: #6

David Popper

Etude op. 73: #14

David Popper

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle Six • Introduction VI • Theme VI • Homage to Helmut Lachenmann • Homage to Heinz Holliger • Homage to Alvin Lucier • Homage to Wolfgang Von Schweinitz • Homage to Kaija Saariaho

Eric Moore

Mantra (of choice) for solo cello

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

Piano Concerto #2 (Brahms) • William Tell (Rossini) • Don Juan (complete) (Strauss) • Ein Heldenleben (complete) (Strauss)

Orchestral Excerpts

Cellosophy Volume Nine

Baroque

Gamba Sonata #1 (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

J.S. Bach

Classical

Cello Sonata (second cello accompaniment, Moore)

François Francoeur

Cello Concerto in C (complete, 2nd cello accompaniment, Moore)

Franz Joseph Haydn

Contemporary

40 Variations on Schindler's List: Cycle Six • Introduction VI • Theme VI • Homage to Helmut Lachenmann • Homage to Heinz Holliger • Homage to Alvin Lucier • Homage to Wolfgang Von Schweinitz • Homage to Kaija Saariaho

Eric Moore

Mantra (of choice) for solo cello

Eric Moore

Orchestral Excerpts

Piano Concerto #2 (Brahms) • William Tell (Rossini) • Don Juan (complete) (Strauss) • Ein Heldenleben (complete) (Strauss)

Orchestral Excerpts