First modern edition of these standard etudes - With contemporary bowing and fingerings Both new editions of David Popper's cello studies are the first modern publications of these standard works ever. Born in Austria, Popper composed it in the last years of the late 19th century during his tenure at the Royal Conservatory in Budapest and published it between 1901 and 1905. The focus of the "Forty Etudes" op. 73 is a variety of playing techniques that appear in the main works of cello literature. The "Fifteen Easy Etudes" were conceived for the first years of teaching and lead to the "Ten Etudes", which in turn lead to the studies of op. 73. Martin Rummel's edition offers new bow markings and fingerings based on modern playing practice. Op. 73 contains a bilingual brochure (German/English