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Cello

Libraries and online resources about cello technique, repertoire, history, and pedagogy

Find Scores

How Scores are Organized

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.

Score Anthologies

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.

Interlibrary Loan

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.