I’m overjoyed to announce the publication of my fourth book. Notes for Cellists: A Guide to the Repertoire* (Oxford University Press, 2024) is a collection of essays I wrote about the vast and wonderful world of cello music, and the latest in the Notes for Performers series.
From the back cover:
Notes for Cellists: A Guide to the Repertoire is an essential resource for anyone seeking to enrich their understanding of cello music. Written by the cellist and cello professor Miranda Wilson, this book explores the world of cello repertoire with analytical overviews and background information on compositions spanning five centuries. In an engaging and accessible style, Notes for Cellists guides readers through the repertoire, providing detailed insights into the lives of composers and the cellists who inspired them. From Bach and Beethoven to contemporary works by living composers, Notes for Cellists offers historical and analytical contexts for over three dozen works. Whether you’re a student, professional, teacher, college faculty member, amateur player, or simply an enthusiast of the cello, Notes for Cellists is an indispensable tool. With extended program notes on over three dozen works, this book serves as a guide for reference or a starting point for further research.
Notes for Cellists is available at all the usual online retailers and, I hope, libraries and bricks-and-mortar stores. I hope cellists everywhere will read it, and that it will enrich their enjoyment of our wonderful instrument and the compositions it inspires.
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Miranda Wilson 