Below are selected research tools for finding music for, and information about, the cello. Consult the McGill Library catalogue and the Music Library's card catalogue of scores for complete holdings information. If you have further questions, please contact a member of the full-time staff for assistance.
Ce guide sert de point de départ ou d’outil de navigation. Consultez le catalogue et le fichier pour obtenir les ressources documentaires complètes. Pour de plus amples renseignements, contactez un employé à temps plein.
Violoncello performance study guide
Repertoire guides / Guides de répertoire
Homuth, Donald. Cello Music Since 1960: A Bibliography of Solo, Chamber, and Orchestral Works for the Solo Cellist. Berkeley, CA: Fallen Leaf Press, c1994.
REF ML128 V5 H66 1994
Iotti, Oscar. Violin and Violoncello in Duo Without Accompaniment. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1972.
REF ML128 V4 I6
Kenneson, Claude. Bibliography of Cello Ensemble Music. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1974.
REF ML128 V5 K45
Lambooij, Henk, and Michael Feves. A Cellist's Companion: A Comprehensive Catalogue of Cello Literature. Netherlands: Stichting, 2007.
REF ML128 V5 L3 2007
Markevitch, Dimitry. The Solo Cello: A Bibliography of the Unaccompanied Violoncello Literature. Berkeley, CA: Fallen Leaf Press, c1989.
REF ML128 V5 M28 1989
Books about the cello / Livres sur le violoncelle
Cowling, Elizatbeth. The Cello. London: Batsford, 1983.
ML910 C7 1983
Laird, Paul R. The Baroque Cello Revival: An Oral History. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2004.
ML910 L35 2004
Prieto, Carlos. The Adventures of a Cello. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
ML910 P7513 2006
Pleeth, William. Cello. London: MacDonald & Co., 1982.
ML910 P64 1982
Stowell, Robin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
ML910 C36 1999
Walden, Valerie. One Hundred Years of Violoncello: A History of Technique and Performance Practice, 1740-1840. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
ML915 W25 1998
Online resources / Ressources en ligne
Oxford Music Online (includes Grove Music Online)
Orchestral Music Online (Online version of Orchestral Music: A Handbook)
Periodicals / Périodiques
American String Teacher
ML27 U5 A8356
Galpin Society Journal
ML5 G26
Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society of America
ML1 V295
Strad
ML5 S89
Strings
ML749.5 S87
Call numbers for browsing / Cotes à parcourir
| M50-M54 | Violoncello solo / Violoncelle seul |
| M229-M236 | Violoncello and piano / Violoncelle et piano |
| M286-M287 | Duets – 2 string instruments / Duos – 2 instruments à cordes |
| M290-M291 | Duets – string and wind instruments / Duos – instrument à cordes et instrument à vent |
| M294-M295 | Duets – string and plucked instruments / Duos – instrument à cordes et instrument à cordes pincées |
| M1016-M1017 | Violoncello with orchestra (or piano reduction) / Violoncelle et orchestre |
| M1116-M1117 | Violoncello with string orchestra (or piano reduction) / Violoncelle et orchestre à cordes |
| ML128 V5 | Violoncello bibliography / Bibliographie – violoncelle |
| ML910-ML915 | Violoncello history / Histoire – violoncelle |
| MT300-MT318 | Violoncello studies and methods / Étude et enseignement – violoncelle |
| MT306 | Violoncello orchestral excerpts / Études d’orchestre – violoncelle |