Follow the links below to find notable works for cello in the Music Collection. Hint: Include AND cello in the search bar to narrow results.
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The Music Collection uses Library of Congress Classification, or LCC, for organizing print books and scores on the shelves. Used in libraries worldwide, this system groups items by topic and assigns each a unique alphanumeric call number. Hint: Enter the first part of a call number into OneSearch to see all items in a given section. Include AND cello to further narrow results.
Call Numbers for Cello Music:
M50 - 54 Works for solo cello
M229 - 236 Works for cello and piano
M230 Collections
M231 Sonatas
M232 Suites. Variation forms
M233 Pieces
M235 - 236 Arrangements
M312 Piano trios
M349 - 353 String trios
M412 Piano quartets
M452 String quartets
M850 - 854 String octets
M1016 - 1017 Works for cello and orchestra --> concertos
M1016 Scores. Parts
M1017 Piano reductions
M1116 - 1117 Works for cello and string orchestra
MT 300 - 318 Instrumental techniques
MT 302 Systems and methods
MT 305 Studies and exercises --> etudes
MT 306 Orchestral excerpts
*See the Music Performance Research Guide for advice on finding scores in OneSearch.
These anthologies each feature works for cello by several composers and can be found in the Music Collection. Follow the links below to search their tables of contents online before finding them on library shelves.
Users are encouraged to search for items beyond University Libraries' catalog via RILM Abstracts of Music Literature and WorldCat. Materials not available in print or online may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Please allow up to seven days for electronic delivery and up to fourteen days for delivery of physical items.