Musicology Annotation << Back Jean-Louis Duport and His «Instruction on the Fingering and Bowing of the Violoncello» M.E. Ponomareva The paper is concerned with a French cellist, composer and teacher Jean-Louis Duport, one of the founders of national school of cello playing. The author notes the main stages of his creative action which concluded with a treatise and series of cello etudes. Analyzing theoretical part of Duport’s work, the author writes it in the context of epoch, marks its originality, pioneering and traditional features. The etudes as one of the first example of the genre in cello literature are also considered. Key words: Jean-Louis Duport, treatise, cello, etude, fingering.