Browsing the shelves by the appropriate “LC” call number can be an effective way to explore our printed music collections and our books about music and musical instruments. Here are some classification numbers you will want to know about.
Another good way to explore is to search the library catalogue by subject. Here are a few examples of useful subject headings for cello music and works about the cello.
| M 50 – M 54 | Music for solo cello (unaccompanied) |
| M 229 – M 236 | Music for cello and keyboard instrument |
| M 286 – M 287 |
Duets for two stringed instruments (e.g. 2 cellos; cello & violin) |
| M 290 – M 291 | Duets for one stringed and one wind instrument (e.g. cello and clarinet) |
| M 310 – M 344 | Trios for various instruments with keyboard, including trio sonatas with continuo |
| M 349 – M 353 | Trios for stringed instruments |
| M 412 | Quartets: piano, violin, viola, cello |
| M 452 | String quartets (2 violins, viola, cello) |
| M 512 | Quintets (piano, 2 violins, viola, cello) |
| M 550 – M 554 | String quintets |
| M 1016 | Cello with orchestra |
| M 1017 | Cello with orchestra – piano reduction |
| M 1116 | Cello with string orchestra |
| M 1117 | Cello with string orchestra – piano reduction |
| MT 259 | Instruction, Study, & Teaching Materials for Strings (general) |
| MT 300 – MT 318 | Instruction, Study, & Teaching Materials for Cello |
| ML 750 – ML 756 | Books about stringed instruments and their music |
| ML 910 – ML 915 | Books about the cello and its music |
| ML 27 .U58 A51 | Current journal for strings (American String Teacher) |
| For unaccompanied solo music | Cello Music |
| Sonatas (Cello) | |
| Suites (Cello) | |
| For cello with piano | Cello and piano music |
| Cello and piano music, arranged | |
| Concertos (Cello) – Solo with piano | |
| Sonatas (Cello and piano) | |
| For ensembles including cello | Cello music (Cellos (2)) |
| String trios [for ensembles of violin, viola, cello] | |
| String quartets [for ensembles of 2 violins, viola, cello] | |
| Piano trios [for ensembles of piano, violin, cello] | |
| Piano quartets [for ensembles of piano, violin, viola, cello] | |
| For materials on the study & teaching of the cello | Cello – Methods |
| Cello – Orchestral excerpts | |
| Cello– Studies and exercises | |
| For books about the cello and its music: | Cello |
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Cello – History |