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Reference Guides - Violoncello

This guide is designed to help you find information about, and music for, the violoncello. Use this as a starting point, or browsing tool. As always, consult Voyager and the catalogs for complete holdings information, and when uncertain, ask at the Reference Desk!


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Suggested Call Numbers for Shelf Browsing

Below are general call number ranges. For specific call numbers, consult the Library of Congress Classification Schedule in the blue book at the Reference Desk, and/or Voyager.

M50-M54 Violoncello solo
M229-M236 Violoncello with piano accompaniment
M286-M287 Duets - two string instruments
M290-M291 Duets - wind and string instruments
M1016 Concertos with orchestra
M1017 Concertos with orchestra (arranged)
M1116 Concertos with string orchestra
M1117 Concertos with string orchestra (arranged)
ML910-ML915 History
MT300-MT318 Studies and methods
MT306 Orchestral excerpts

For trios, quartets, and other ensembles, see the Chamber Music guide.

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Suggested Subject Headings

Below are examples of some useful subject headings for use in Voyager and the Card Catalog. For complete listings of headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (red books).

Headings for Voyager Headings for Subject Catalog
violoncello music Under "violoncello":
violoncello and [viola, horn etc.] collections
violoncello with [band, orchestra etc.] concertos
violoncello music violoncellos 2 solos with ensembles
sonatas violoncello sonatas
concertos violoncello studies
concertos violoncello solo with piano suites
string trios; trios
string quartets; quartets Under "chamber music":
string quintets; quintets duets: violoncello
[follow for sextets, septets, octets, nonets] trios: violoncello, etc.


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Selected Bibliography of Literature and Repertoire Lists
Cowling, Elizabeth. The Cello. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1983. ML910.C875 C3 1983
De Rungs, Maria. Cello Syllabus. Napa, California: Motty's Olde Colony Press, 1970. Ref. ML132.V5 D43
Farish, Margaret. String Music in Print. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1980. Ref. ML118.M988; 1998 Supplement = Ref. ML118.M988 vol. 6t 1998
Homuth, Donald. Cello Music Since 1960: A Bibliography of Solo, Chamber, and Orchestral Works for the Solo Cellist. Berkeley, California: Fallen Leaf Press, 1994. Ref. ML128.V5 H76 1994
Iotti, Oscar Raoul. Violin and Violoncello in Duo Without Accompaniment, by Oscar R. Iotti based on the work by Alexander Feinland. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1972. Ref. ML128.V4 I64
Kenneson, Claude. Bibliography of cello ensemble music. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1974. Ref. ML128.V5 K36
Markevitch, Dimitry. The Solo Cello: a Bibliography of the Unaccompanied Violoncello Literature. Berkeley, California: Fallen Leaf Press, 1989. Ref. ML128.V5 M345 1989
Nogue, Edouard. La Litterature du Violoncelle: choix de morceaux classes et annotes par Edouard Nogue. Paris: Delegrave, 1925. Ref. ML128.V796 N
Pape, Winfried and Wolfgang Boettcher. Das Violoncello: Geschichte, Bau, Technik, Repertoire. Mainz: Schott, 1996. ML915.P214 V79 1996
Pleeth, William and Nona Pyron. Cello. New York: Schirmer Books, 1982. ML910.P724 C39 1982
Sadie, Stanley. New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984. Ref. ML102.I5 N532 1984
Stowell, Robin ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ML910.C178 1999
Walden, Valerie. One Hundred Years of Violoncello: a History of Technique and Performance Practice, 1740-1840. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ML915.W162 O58 1998
Related works may be found by searching the subjects: violoncello, violoncello - history.

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  Periodicals
  • American Lutherie
  • American String Teacher
  • Galpin Society Journal
  • American Suzuki Journal
  • Instrumentalist
  • International Musician
  • Das Orchester
  • Strad
  • Strings
  • Violexchange

Current issues of periodicals are found alphabetically in the current periodicals room (third floor). For call numbers of older, bound issues, look in the Sibley Library Serials list (found on quick reference shelves).

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Internet
Internet Cello Society
Cello on Yahoo!
Rudolf Matz Cello Music Collection
More cello on Yahoo!
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Compiled by Phil Ponella, 7/95, Revised 7/97; Rev. by Jim Farrington 6/99; Rev. by Christopher Haritatos 6/00

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