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New Acquistions: Summer 2022
RARE BOOKS French Neo-Gothic Typography and Printing Masterpiece Jean Midolle. Recueil ou Alphabet de lettres initiales, historiques avec bordures et fleurons d’après le 14 et 15 siècles. Gand [Ghent], G. Jacqmain, 1846. The title leaf and 24 chromolithographic plates were printed on porcelain coated paper, one for each letter of the alphabet (I and J were interchangeable, and […]
A New Addition and an Epic Story: The UNC Greensboro Cello Music Collection welcomes the manuscripts and papers of Lubomir Georgiev
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections &University Archives is pleased to announce the donation of an important addition to the UNC Greensboro Cello Music Collection. The archive has received the manuscripts, personal papers, recordings and photographs of Bulgarian cellist, teacher, and composer, Lubomir Georgiev. This is a second, critical part to the initial sheet music […]
Nicholas Anderson & Margaret Rowell Join the UNCG Cello Music Collection
Margaret Avery Rowell and Nicholas Anderson The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections &University Archives is pleased to announce the donation of two collections. Nicholas Anderson and Margaret Rowell join the company of the legendary artists represented in the UNCG Cello Music Collection. These collections are donated by the family of Nicholas Anderson. Cellist Nicholas Anderson […]
Ennio Bolognini Joins the Cellists Represented in the UNCG Cello Music Collection
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections &University Archives is pleased to announce the addition of Ennio Bolognini’s personal papers, photographs, and artifacts to the UNCG Cello Music Collection. Ennio Bolognini (1893-1979) was an Argentine-born cellist, composer, conductor, pilot, and professional boxer. Referred by Pablo Casals as “The greatest cello talent I ever heard in my […]
Sheet music. Recordings. Videos. Personal papers. All stored neatly in rows of boxes — like the warehouse of artifacts at the end of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark.””
Among the top “5 things you didn’t know are in Greensboro” the News and Record included the UNCG Cello Music Collection. You check out the article here: 5 things you didn’t know are in Greensboro – Greensboro News & Record: News
Douglas B. Moore Joins the Cellists Represented in the UNCG Cello Music Collection
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives is pleased to announce the donation of the collection of Douglas B. Moore to the UNCG Cello Music Collection. Douglas Moore was Professor of Music at Williams College from 1970 to 2007, and cellist with the Williams Chamber Players and the Williams Trio. His Bachelor of […]
Happy Birthday Cello Music Collection!
October 23 marks the fifty-first birthday of the UNCG Cello Music Collection, the single largest holding of cello music-related materials in the world. This unique archive, presently representing the collections of eleven cellists, was made possible by the generosity of countless donors, but founded through the support of Friends of the Libraries. UNCG Cello Music […]
What’s New in SCUA Exhibit
The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives is excited to announce the launching of a new, rotating exhibit in the first floor reading room of Jackson Library titled “What’s New in SCUA.” The rotating exhibit will feature recently acquired artifacts, books, documents, and photographs from the Special Collections and University Archives. Currently on […]
A Few Items of Romance from the Cello Music Collections
The Cello Music Collections at UNCG are filled with classical masterpieces of music that can woo the most frigid heart, but we also preserve manuscripts and artifacts equally stirring, though of a more personal nature. On this Valentine’s Day, we would like to share with you a few of the more romantic items from the […]
The Carter-Greenhouse Legacy: Reinventing Cello Music in the Twentieth Century
Revolutionary composer, Elliott Carter (1908-2012), passed away November 5th, ending an award-winning career as an icon of modern orchestral music. As a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning composer, his contribution to the world of American musical composition is undeniable, but cello music shares a special relationship in the Carter legacy. Elliott Carter’s debut into the realm […]
