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Cello

We've created this guide to help you gather knowledge about—and repertoire for—the cello (aka violoncello). 

Call Numbers for Browsing

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

General Resources

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

Repertoire Lists, Indexes, and Databases

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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