113 Exercises for Violoncello, Book 1

Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer (1783-1860) performed as a cellist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and later in the orchestra of the Dresden Staatskappelle where he played in the premieres of Wagner's operas Rienzi and The Flying Dutchman. In 1842 he was singled out for praise by Hector Berlioz: "Besides the outstanding artists whom I have already named, there is the excellent professor Dotzauer. He leads the violoncellists". The 3 volumes of Dotzauer's Violoncellschule (Cello School), and the 4 volumes of his 113 Exercises are among the foundations of the educational cello literature. This first volume of Exercises contains the first 34 of the 113 progressive exercises, edited by Johannes Klingenberg.