La Technique du Violoncelle by Paul Bazelaire - The Cello Technique, daily exercise journal - Alphonse Leduc Edition
Paul Bazelaire (1886-1958) was a highly skilled musician proficient in playing both the piano and the cello. He began learning the cello at the age of seven from Clarinval, the director of the Philharmonic Company of Sedan. Three years later, he enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire, where he received training from Jules Delsart and won several prizes in harmony, composition, and counterpoint. Bazelaire was an experienced teacher and also worked as an instrumental professor at the Conservatoire. He wrote several publications, including one that explored the relationship between technical study and musical expression. His Études transcendentales were virtuosic adaptations of Kummer's mid-nineteenth-century studies and reflected the advancements in cello technique during his time. Throughout his career, Bazelaire composed over a hundred pieces, including some for solo piano.