Home :Partners and Collections :UNC Greensboro :Manuscripts and Special Collections :Janos Scholz Musical Score Collection, 1903-1993

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.

Sonata I (solo) for 'cello and figured bass
For violoncello and continuo; figured bass line only. Cover title. Manuscript (part) and photocopy of ms. (score) in hand of János Scholz. One of six sonatas for violoncello and continuo. "The first of 'Six solos' contained in a manuscript, Library of Congress, Washington, edited April 1976, NY. Janos Scholz."--Cover. Part consists of paste-ups of individual staves on heavy paper. Accompanied by a photocopy of note in the hand of János Scholz with biographical information on the composer. Note from Scholz on verso of caption details the rearrangement of the second and third movements. Note by Scholz on cover concerns realization of figured bass. "The first of 'Six solos' contained in a manuscript, Library of Congress, Washington, edited April 1976, NY. Janos Scholz"--cover. 1 ms. score ([11] pages) + 1 part (4 pages) ; 32 cm
Sonata I for 'cello and figured bass, op. 13
Originally for violoncello and double bass; arr. for violoncello and continuo, unfigured bass line only. Cover title. Manuscript (part) and photocopy of manuscript (score) in the hand of János Scholz. "From the copy at the Library of Congress, Washington, edited April 1976, NY. Janos Scholz"--Cover. Copy is from the original publication (London : J. Bland, 1795). (Cover gives date as 1785.) Cf. New Groves. Part consists of individual lines of ms. pasted on stiff paper. Performance notes in pencil in the hand of János Scholz. "From the copy at the Library of Congress, Washington, edited April 1976, NY. Janos Scholz"--cover. 1 ms. score ([12] pages) + 1 part ([3] pages) ; 32 cm

In collections