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A Guide to the Cello/Organ Repertoire

                           As a cellist, great chamber music partners are one of the many joys of life – strings, winds, and piano pair beautifully with the cello in many delightful combinations. However, one of the less often heard combinations is the cello/organ duo. As infrequently as these two instruments are heard as an ensemble, the duo boasts a surprisingly wide variety of compositions written for them. So often the organ is showcased as a solo instrument or relegated to an accompanimental role behind the choir that giving the king of instruments and equal footing with another instrument in a chamber music setting is a refreshing change of pace. In programming recitals, my search for repertoire proved that a comprehensive collection of repertoire for this duo has not yet been compiled. Here I hope to create this long overdue listing and share the gems of the repertoire, many of which I have already...