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Fritz Magg Musical Score Collection, 1914-1997

The Fritz Magg Musical Score Collection contains some 475 items in 44 boxes. Most interesting among those are his transcription of the Caprice no. 15 by Nicolo Paganini and a unique cello method, "A varied routine of practicing the 'Moto Perpetuo' by N. Paganini, a set of exercises arranged for cello. Magg, who devoted his lifetime to the study and teaching of Bach, left 32 editions of the unaccompanied cello suites, including a rare Alexanian edition. His particular performance annotations both in these Bach editions and in much of the standard repertoire are an invaluable part of this collection.

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: perfo
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.
Concerto no. 1 for violoncello and piano
1 score (23 pages) + 1 part (9 pages) ;31 cm. Orchestra acc. arr. for piano. Pl. no.: 20377-32. Special Collections Silva copy: performance notes in the hand of Luigi Silva. Special Collections Magg copy: 2 photocopies of part; score wanting; performance notes in the hand of Fritz Magg. Special Collections Greenhouse copy: performance notes in the hand of Bernard Greenhouse. Special Collections Aronson copy: performance notes in the hand of Lev Aronson.
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.
Variations sur un thème Rococo = (Variations on a theme rococo), for cello and piano, op. 33
Accompaniment originally for orchestra. Copy in Special Collections Magg: performance notes in the hand of Fritz Magg. 1 score (19 pages) + 1 part (11 pages) ; 34 cm

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