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Elizabeth Cowling Musical Score and Personal Papers Collection, 1937-1987

Dr. Cowling donated her music collection to Jackson Library in 1976 and 1977 and her collection of books in 1988. The standard cello repertoire is represented by more than 1000 publications and copies of manuscript music, including significant holdings of "teaching composers". The collection also features a large number of copies of manuscripts of seventeenth to nineteenth century Italian composers, collected in preparation for her 1967 dissertation, "The Italian Sonata Literature for the Violoncello in the Baroque Era."

Allegro spiritoso
1 score (8 pages) + 1 part (3 pages) ;35 cm. Originally for violin and continuo; arranged for violoncello and piano. Caption title. Originally for violin and continuo; arranged for violoncello and piano. Caption title. Special Collections Matz copy: performance notes on part in pencil, probably in the hand of Rudolf Matz; signature of Rudolf Matz on cover in green ink.Special Collections Greenhouse copy: performance notes in the hand of Bernard Greenhouse.Originally for violin and continuo; arranged for violoncello and piano. Caption title. Copy in Cello Books: no. [14] in a bound set with title: Sonate antiche. Copy in SPECCOLL SCHOLZ: performance notes and signatures in the hand of Janos Scholz.Copy in SPECCOLL COWLING: performance notes in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling.Copy in SPECCOLL MAGG: performance notes in the hand of Fritz Magg.
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra, op. 85
1 score (34 pages) + 1 part (14 pages) ;34 cm. Cover title. Copy in SPECCOLL SILVA: performance notes in the hand of Luigi Silva. Copy in SPECCOLL SILVA: part lacking. Copy in SPECCOLL SILVA: encapsulated. Copy in SPECCOLL COWLING: performance notes and annotations in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling. Copy in SPECCOLL EISENBERG: two additional copies of score; both have last two pages lacking. Copy in SPECCOLL EISENBERG: all copies of score have performance notes in the hand of Maurice Eisenberg. Copy in SPECCOLL MAGG: part fragile, encapsulated. Copy in SPECCOLL MAGG: performance notes in the hand of Fritz Magg. Copy in SPECCOLL MAGG: includes additional photocopy of part with further performance notes in the hand of Fritz Magg. Copy in Special Collections Greenhouse lacks part.
Schelomo = (Solomon) : rhapsodie hébraïque pour violoncelle solo et grand orchestre
1 score (35 pages) + 1 part (7 pages) ;31 cm.. For violoncello and orchestra; accompaniment arranged for piano. Special Collections Scholz copy: performance notes in the hand of János Scholz. Special Collections Cowling copy: performance notes in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling. Special Collections Magg copy: performance notes in the hand of Fritz Magg; includes manuscript sketches on the back cover of part. Special Collections Varga copy: performance notes in the hand of Laszlo Varga; includes portrait of Varga, sketched in pencil by an unknown artist, on the back cover of part. . Special Collections Aronson Box 18-10 copy: score lacking, includes cello part only ; performance notes in the hand of Lev Aronson. Special Collections Aronson Box 18-14 copy: score lacking ; includes photocopy of cello part only, bound with black plastic comb bindings in stiff blue paper covers ; performance notes in the hand of Lev Aronson, performance notes differ from those in part in ARONSON BOX 18-10 ; stamp on page 1 of score: "Property of [Selma] Tres Mennis. ";Special Collections Georgiev copy: performance notes, in pencil and red pencil, in an unknown hand; name written in blue ink on cover of score and caption of part: Adelaide Nelson. Special Collections Davies copy: performance notes, in pencil, in the hand of Marion Davies.
Scherzo capriccioso, op. 17
1 score (9 pages) + 1 part (3 pages) ;34 cm. For violoncello and piano. Caption title. For violoncello and piano. Caption title.
Sérénade espagnole : for violoncello and piano : op. 32, no. 3
1 score (11 pages) + 1 part (5 pages) ;35 cm. For violoncello and piano. Caption title. Performance notes in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling. For violoncello and piano. Caption title. Copy in SPECCOLL COWLING: performance notes in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling.
Six suites (Sonatas) for violoncello solo
For violoncello alone. First suite has bowings by Casals, probably added by Elizabeth Cowling. Suites 2 and 3 have performance notes in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling in blue pencil. Additional copy, foldered separately, has performance notes in pencil and blue pencil in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling. 47 pages of music ; 31 cm
Six suites (Sonatas) for violoncello solo
For violoncello alone. First suite has bowings by Casals, probably added by Elizabeth Cowling. Suites 2 and 3 have performance notes in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling in blue pencil. Additional copy, foldered separately, has performance notes in pencil and blue pencil in the hand of Elizabeth Cowling. 47 pages of music ; 31 cm

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