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Janos Scholz Musical Score Collection, 1903-1993

The Janos Scholz Musical Score Collection and Personal Papers Collection were willed by Scholz to Special Collections and University Archives in 1994. The collection contains rare historical pieces in addition to pieces with Scholz annotation from his time as Principal Cellist with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra (under Ernst von Dohnanyi) and from his time with the Roth Quartet. In addition to the musical score collection, there is an additional collection of Scholz's personal papers and numerious monographs preserved by the Special Collections and University Archives.

Matthew passion
Recitaves and arias from the St. Matthew Passion. The first pair, no. 40 and 41 are originally for tenor and viola da gamba; the second aria, unnumbered, is for bass voice, viola da gamba, and continuo. Both have only the parts for viola da gamba. The recitativo is a chordal arrangement extracted from the score. Manuscript in the hand of János Scholz. V. 1 consists of paste ups of a ms. version of the recitative and a printed version (no publication information available) of the aria. V. 2 contains another ms. version of recitative no. 40 with an added English title, (Evangelist) "Yet did Jesus say nothing" followed by a ms. of the aria, "Komm su?sses Kreuz. Performance notes in red pencil in the hand of János Scholz. Special Collections Scholz copy: includes negative photocopy of p. 10-11 of published score, pl. no. 7823. 1 ms. part (2 volumes) ; 36 cm or smaller.

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