40 Etudes for Violoncello, Op. 73 ("High School of Violoncello Playing")

This newly set edition is the first and only modern edition of the famous Hohe Schule des Violoncellospiels that is free of any editor's additions or modifications. All obvious printing errors of the original were corrected. The fingerings and bowings on the score are Popper’s own, as printed in the only available source material for this work, the original editions by Hofmeister, Leipzig, published in 1901, 1902 and 1905. In the interests of clarity, superfluous fingerings and bowings have been removed.

Popper’s use of letters (e.g. ‘sul A’) to designate strings have been replaced with the modern convention of Roman numerals. Modern notational conventions have been employed, resulting in the omission of unnecessary accidentals and redundant slurs. All inconsistencies of the original that could not be identified as obvious printing errors were kept. Consecutive dynamic markings, often the result of printing limitations, have been combined where appropriate. The performance instructions were kept in German only, as in Popper’s original, yet the spelling has been changed according to modern rules where necessary. Translations into English are provided.