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Luigi Silva Musical Score and Personal Papers Collection, 1920-1961

Luigi Silva (1903-1961) is remembered as a distinguished musician, teacher, and scholar of the violoncello. The Luigi Silva Cello Music Collection, dedicated on April 5, 1964, spans nearly 1400 scores, many of which are transcribed or highly annotated by Silva. This collection is renowned among musicologists for its impressive number of annoted Bach suites.

Dix morceaux pour violoncelle et piano, op. 11
1 score (49 pages) + 1 part (17 pages) ;34 cm. Cover title. Cover title.
Exercices pour toutes les positions du pouce
1 ms. score ([46] pages) ; 30 cm. Additional short exercises in pencil, labeled "Melody per violoncello" and dated 1897, in another hand on t.p. and at end (p. [46]). For violoncello, mainly with accompaniment for a second violoncello. Manuscript in brown ink in unknown hand (signature on t.p. in pencil, illegible). No. [3] in a bound volume with title: Studi per violoncello, autori diversi. Stamp on t.p.: Biblioteca, Instituto musicale di Firenze.
Le cygne
Transcription pour violon ou flûte--Caption; score for violin or flute and piano; part for violoncello. Caption title. Pl. no.: D. et F. 3891 and D.S. 3891 (score); D.S.3767 (or D. & F. 3767)(part). 1 score (3 pages) + 1 part ([1] pages) ; 35 cm

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