Compiled by Alwin Schroeder, a former cellist with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra and an experienced teacher, this collection of 80 exercises
constitutes the first book of a three-volume set. Schroeder drew upon
his extensive experience to create original études for instructing
students, and in this work he combines them with several others by his
distinguished nineteenth-century European colleagues: Karl Schröder.
Ferdinand Büchler, Friedrich Dotzauer, Auguste Franchomme, Friedrich
Grützmacher, and Sebastian Lee.
The carefully selected studies are arranged in order of increasing
complexity, and Schroeder provides suggestions for fingering, bowing,
and dynamics. Cello students and teachers will find these exercises a
splendid resource for the improvement of technique and performance.