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

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG Unibersity Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
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Topics: Performing Arts
People
Subject headings: Cellists
Cello -- Instruction and study
Cello music
Music -- Manuscripts
Silva, Luigi (1903-1961)
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

Pages

: Suite romanesca in tre tempi; Arranged for violoncello and piano from the ballet suite, "Volti la lanterna." Cover title. Three movements planned: L'improvvisatore populare, Valzer delle lanterne, Saltarello. (See cover list). Sketch in pencil for an arrangement, probably for violoncello and piano, in the hand of Luigi Silva. Only first six measures of solo line included. 1 ms. score ([2] pages) ; 30 cm

: Teme [con] varierioni; Variations originally for melody instrument and continuo, transcribed by Luigi Silva. Continuo part realized from figured bass, melody line lacking. Caption title. Ms. in pencil in the hand of Luigi Silva; includes figured bass symbols. Second of four pieces, based on English, Scotch and Irish folk tunes, each with four variations. Based on the aria, "What shall I do to show how much I love her?" by Henry Purcell. Realization of continuo part by Luigi Silva. Incomplete: Variation 4 and theme lacking. 1 ms. score ([3] pages) ; 33 cm

: Three silhouettes : op. 21, for pianoforte; 1 score (volumes) and parts ;30 cm. Cover title. Caption title. Copy in SPECCOLL SILVA: performance notes in the hand of Luigi Silva. Publisher's no. : 31553c.

: Tre sonate a violoncello e basso. no. 1; For violoncello and bass or continuo (bass line only, unrealized), transcribed by Luigi Silva. Cover title. Manuscript in the hand of Luigi Silva. Solo line in ink; bass line sketched in pencil with a few figured bass symbols. Sonata no. 1 in D minor. Score only; part lacking. 1 ms. score (5 leaves) ; 32 cm

: Trio op. 14, n. 1; Transcribed for string trio by Luigi Silva. Caption title. Ms. score and parts in the hand of Luigi Silva. No violoncello part. Ge?rard thematic catalog, G. 95, Trio no. 19, second movement only. Theme in violoncello part also used in Sonata no. 17 for cello and bass in C major (G. 17), second movement. This work also used by Boccherini in Six sonatas for harpsichord solo and violin ad lib. (G. 24), No. I., Sonata in F. 1 ms. score ([4] p.) + 2 parts ; 32 cm.

: Trio op. 14, n. 2 (G.C. 96). Adagio; Transcribed for string trio by Luigi Silva. Caption title. Ms. score in the hand of Luigi Silva. Trio no. 20 in Ge?rard thematic catalog (G. 96), second movement only. 1 ms. score ([2] p.) ; 32 cm.

: Un gran pianto; 1 score (6 pages) + 1 part (1 page) ;35 cm. Cover title. Cover title.

: Valses nobles for solo violoncello and orchestra; Originally for piano; transcribed for violoncello and orchestra by Luigi Silva. Cover title. Manuscript in the hand of Luigi Silva in pencil. Waltzes from op. 9, 18, 33, 50, and op. posth. 127. Op. 50 = Valses sentimentales. Version for violoncello and piano also by Silva uses same 20 waltzes. Orchestral score incomplete; portions of various lines missing. Part for solo violoncello lacking. 1 ms. score ([71] pages) ; 29 cm

: Variations sur un air Tyrolien : op. 18; Caption title. Performance notes in the hand of Luigi Silva. Pl. no.: 10237, 10237 A. 1 score (11 pages) + 1 part (5 pages) ; 35 cm.

: Zwei russische Romanzen: der Abend und Die Spinnerin: für Violoncell mit Begleitung des Pianoforte; For violoncello and piano. Cover title. Caption titles in German and Russian. Additional copy of score. Signature of Rudolf Matz on cover. 1 score (5 pages) + 1 part ([1] pages); 33 cm.

: [Adagios] dalle 6 sonate per violino e basso [di Corelli]; For violin and bass or continuo (bass line only, with figured bass symbols, unrealized). Caption title. Consists of adagio movements alledgedly written as introductions for Corelli's sonatas op. 5, 1-6. Two different sonatas are captioned no. 5. Introductions do not match sonatas in either key or meter and appear to be by Silva, not Corelli. May be intended for second set of sonatas in op. 5, nos. 7-11; however relationship is still in question. Manuscript in the hand of Luigi Silva. Score has two lines: upper line for violin, lower line is bass line of continuo part. Part for violin is for Sonata 3, Adagio only. Included on same page is melody line of Handel's Largo from Xerxes. Sonata III. Adagio --- Sonata V (?). Adagio -- Sonata I. Adagio -- Sonata II. Adagio -- Sonata V. Adagio -- Sonata VI. Adagio. 1 ms. score ([5] pages) + 1 part ([1] pages) ; 29 cm

: [Cadenza for the first movement of the concerto in D major (G. 479) by Boccherini; Sketch for the cadenza by Luigi Silva for the first movement of the concerto in D major for violoncello by Luigi Boccherini. Title supplied by cataloger. Manuscript in the hand of Luigi Silva in ink. Corrections and performance notes in pencil and colored pencil. Enclosed in mylar sleeve. [1] leaf of ms. music ; 32 cm

: [Six suites for violoncello solo; For violoncello alone. Title supplied by cataloger. Ms. in the hand of Luigi Silva. Preliminary draft of a projected edition. Fifth suite incorporates three early editions on parallel staves from the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz: Anna Magdalena Bach (Mus. ms. Bach P 269), Johann Peter Kellner (P 804), and Wolfgang Westphal (P 289). Each suite also paginated separately. First and last pages encapsulated. Two copies of Suite 5. Suite 6 lacking. Includes [2] p. of annotations by Luigi Silva laid in (encapsulated) and a sketch for a two-part version of Suite 4 inserted on p. 16. Performance notes in the hand of Luigi Silva. 60 pages of ms. music ; 32 cm

: [Sonata] I in la maggiore; Transcribed for violoncello and continuo or piano by Luigi Silva from unrealized figured bass. Caption title. Ms. score in the hand of Luigi Silva in ink; additions and corrections in pencil. Score only; part lacking. Sonata no. 13 in Ge?rard thematic catalog (G. 13); no. 21 in Silva's projected edition. 1 ms. score (15 pages) ; 32 cm

: [Sonata] II, in do maggiore; Transcribed and realized for violoncello and piano by Luigi Silva from unfigured bass. Caption title. Ms. in the hand of Luigi Silva with corrections pasted in. Sonata no. 6 in Ge?rard thematic catalog (G. 6); no. 12 in Silva's projected edition. Score only; part lacking. Includes [1] p. of unrelated sketches on verso of caption page. 1 ms. score (14 pages) ; 32 cm