We've created this guide to help you gather knowledge about—and repertoire for—the cello (aka violoncello).
Simply browsing scores on the Music Library's shelves (or on the online catalog, if you click the links below) can lead to unexpectedly rich repertoire discoveries! Here are some areas of particular interest for the cello:
M 51–54 cello alone
M 229–236 cello with piano
M 286–287 string duets
M 349–353 string trios
M 450–454 string quartets
M 1016–1017 concertos for cello and orchestra
MT 440–456 studies and methods for cello
Grove Music Online
article: Cello
Oxford Bibliographies (online)
article: Cello
Cowling, Elizabeth. The Cello (Scribner, 1975)
ML 910 .C7 1975b: Alkek 6th floor
Stowell, Robin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Cello (Cambridge U, 1999)
ML 910 .C36 1999: Alkek 6th floor
CelloBello: 21st Century Cello Works
online
Hodges, Brian. A Survey of Solo Works for the Violoncello: A Guide to 200 Selected Pieces from the Literature from 1689-2023
ML 915 .H634 2023: Music Library
Homuth, Donals. Cello Music Since 1960: A Bibliography of Solo, Chamber, & Orchestral Works for the Solo Cellist (Falling Leaf, 1994)
ML 128 .V5 H66 1994: Music Library, Reference
Markevitch, Dimitry. The Solo Cello: A Bibliography of the Unaccompanied Violoncello Literature (Falling Leaf, 1989)
ML 128 .V5 M28 1989: Music Library, Reference
Silver, Noreen. Nineteenth Century Music for Cello and Piano in the British Library Collection: An Annotated Catalog (DMA diss; U Washington, 1994)
online
Wilkins, Wayne. Index of Cello Music: Including the Index of Baroque Trio Sonatas (Music Register, 1979)
ML 128 .V5 W5: Music Library, Reference
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