My first podcast, EVER! Thanks to the platform for the chance to produce and upload my own podcast, free of charge. Let's learn about "Forgotten Cello Music".

This is a project I began many years ago when I was a student. Sight-reading was always very interesting to me and the more I sight-read the more music I needed to get my hands on. Soon, I began discovering and reading works by composers I knew little about and even by some I never had heard of. Now, I am going about it via IMSLP and dowloading lots of scores by Goltermann, Klengel, Nölck, Schlemüller, Lee, Dotzauer, Kummer, Romberg, Hegner, and sometimes neglected music by well-known composers. 

My goal is really simple--PLAY MORE FORGOTTEN CELLO MUSIC.

That's it. I have only one basic rule. --> Play an ENTIRE opus number. I will never choose one number from an opus, rather I will learn all 6 of the "Tonbilder" Op. 129 by Goltermann, or all 3 Sonatinas Op. 47 (and each movement, of course) by Klengel. Just to name two.

Although I have a deep appreciation for the great music by those great composers--Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, etc.--these forgotten pieces of music are interesting and fun to play. Many of them lie in the Beginner to Intermediate levels. This doesn't reduce their intrigue to me. It does open of more possibilities for teaching material however! 

There is so much music out there, perhaps you, too, would find some neglected music that holds your interest. Just give a chance by playing it more than once or twice. It may turn out to be very interesting music.