Resource Guide for the Violoncello

M, ML, and MT CLASS NUMBERS

Scores are shelved under M, alphabetically by composer within each class number. For cello music, the most important numbers to remember are M52 (solo unaccompanied), M231-233(cello

sonatas, suites or variations, and pieces respectively, all accompanied by piano), and M1017(cello concertos, piano reduction). Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings. Remember, though: many scores may be checked out or kept at the off-campus Library Service Center. Always check in Webcat, Fondren’s online catalog, to determine the library's complete holdings of cello music.

Scores: M Class

Solo unaccompanied

M50 -- Collections of original and arranged works

M51 -- Collections of original works

M52 -- Separate works, original

M53 -- Collections of arranged works

M54 -- Separate works, arranged

Solo with piano or continuo

M229 -- Collections of original and arranged works

M230 -- Collections of original works

M231 -- Violoncello sonatas

M232 -- Violoncello suites and variations

M233 -- Violoncello pieces

M235 -- Collections of arranged works

M236 -- Separate works, arranged

Solo with full orchestra

M1016 -- Full scores

M1017 -- Piano reductions

Solo with string orchestra

M1116 -- Full scores

M1117 -- Piano reductions

Chamber music

M286, 287 -- String duets

M350, 351 -- String trios

M452, 552 (etc.) -- String quartets, quintets (etc.)

M312, 412, 512 (etc.) -- Piano trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)

M322, 422, 522 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano plus two

(three, four etc.) string(s) plus wind(s)

M362, 462, 562 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed and

wind instruments

M372, 472, 572 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed and

plucked instruments

M382, 482, 582 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed,

plucked and wind instruments

Orchestral Music

M1001 -- Symphonies

M1002 -- Symphonic poems

M1003 -- Variations, suites

M1004 -- Overtures

ML AND MT CLASS NUMBERS

Books are shelved under ML, and instructional materials such as methods,

studies, and orchestral excerpts under MT. Always check in Webcat to determine

the library's complete holdings.

Books: ML Class

ML398 -- Biographies of string players, collective (including string quartets)

ML418 -- Biographies of individual string players

ML750 -- Bowed stringed instruments, General

ML755 -- Construction of string instruments

ML756 -- Music and playing, string instruments

ML910 -- General works on the cello

ML911 -- Cello construction

ML915 -- Cello music and playing

Instructional works: MT Class

MT300 -- General works

MT302, 305 -- Methods, studies, exercises

MT306 -- Orchestral excerpts

In Webcat, use the following subject headings to find books on the history of

the cello and its construction and literature. Most (but not all) books with

these subject headings are shelved under the ML classes indicated.

Violoncello music – Bibliography ML128 .V5

Violoncellists – Biography ML398, 418

Violoncello music -- History and criticism ML910

Violoncello – History ML910, 915

Violoncello -- Instruction and study MT300

Violoncello -- Studies and exercise MT302, 305

Violoncello -- Orchestra studies MT306

Bibliographies

Heron-Allen, Edward. De Fidiculis Bibliographia. 1890-1894.

Music Ref ML128 .V4 H4 1961

Homuth, Donald. Cello Music Since 1960: A Bibliography of Solo, Chamber &

Orchestral Works for Solo Cellist. 1994. Music Ref. ML128 .V5 H66 1994

Kenneson, Claude. Bibliography of Cello Ensemble Music. 1974. Music Ref. ML113 .D4 no. 31

Markevitch, Dimitry. The Solo Cello: A Bibliography of the Unaccompanied

Violoncello Literature. 1989. Music Ref. ML128 .V5 M28 1989

Regazzi, Roberto. The Complete Luther’s Library. 1990. Music Ref ML128 .S7 R4 1990

Wilkins, Wayne. The Index of Cello Music: Including the Index of Baroque Trio

Sonatas. 1979. Music Ref. ML128 .V5 W5

History, construction, playing

Ginsburg, Lev. History of the Violoncello. 1983. ML 915 .G52413 1983

Markevitch, Dimitry. Cello Story. 1984. ML910 .M2813 1984

Stowell, Robin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. 1999. ML910 .C36 1999

Van der Straeten, Edmund S. J. History of the Violoncello, the Viol da Gamba,

Their Precursors and Collateral Instruments. 1971. ML910 .S87 1971

Walden, Valerie. One Hundred Years of Violoncello: A History of Technique and

Performance Practice, 1740-1840. 1998. ML915 .W25 1998

Players and makers

Beare, Charles. Antonio Stradivari: The Cremona Exhibition of 1987. 1993.

ML468 .C8 P35 1993

Booth, Wayne. For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals. 1999. ML418 .B49 A3 1999

Wilson, Elizabeth. Jacqueline du Pré. 1999. ML418 .D85 W55 1999

Instruction, studies, and exercises

Grutzmacher, Friedrich. Technologie des Violoncellospiels: 24 Etuden für

Violoncello, Op. 38. 1906. MT305 .G78 T43 1906

Mantel, Gerhard. Cello Technique: Principles and Forms of Movement. 1975.

MT300 .M313

Rose, Leonard. Orchestral Excerpts from the Symphonic Repertoire for Cello.

1953. 3 vols. MT306 .O7 1953

Werner, Josef. Practical Method for Violoncello: Op. 12. 1928. MT302 .W47 op. 12 F5 v. 1

PERIODICAL LITERATURE

The Strad ML1 .S77 print: 1991-present; microfilm: 1890-1990

Strings ML1 .S775 print: 1996-present; microfilm: 1986-1995; online full text: 1999-

American String Teacher ML1 .A58 print: 1990-present; online fulltext: 1996-

To search for journal articles on the cello, use the three databases listed

below. Because these databases are licensed for Rice use only, you need to configure your browser for the library's proxy server in order to use them from off campus.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

RILM indexes not just journal articles, but all types of music literature:

books, dissertations, conference proceedings, reviews, etc. Coverage goes back

to 1969.

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)

IIMP indexes approximately 370 periodicals, including The Strad from 1969 to

the present, Strings from 1996 to the present, and American String Teacher for

1994, and 1996 to the present. IIMP Fulltext also carries fulltext for Strings

and American String Teacher (see above for coverage).

Music Index Online

Indexes more than 640 music periodicals going back to 1979, including The

Strad and American String Teacher.