How to Use this Guide
This research guide helps you search and browse for books and scores for your main instrument (listed on list on the left)
Each page for your individual instrument starts with the Library of Congress classification system for books and scores relevant to each instrument, allowing you to browse the shelves of the library.
- The classification system uses call numbers to place items on a physical shelf, and items are also given multiple subject headings, a controlled language that describes the contents of items.
- For printed music, each call number describes a musical genre or performing ensemble, which is then organized alphabetically by the composer's last name.
- Subject headings are used for searching in catalogs and databases, while call numbers are useful for finding materials and browsing physical shelves.
The Performing Arts Collection can be found on the Second Floor of Campbell Library.
- Here, you will find all of the scores, CDs, and most of the reference books (encyclopedias, special music dictionaries, catalogs, and introductory research books), and some of the books on music education and performance.
- The Performing Arts Collections houses all of the items with call numbers starting with just the letter M, all of the scores and most of the books starting with MT, and some books starting with ML.
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(Sub-pages under each tab also offer selected primary and secondary source bibliographies.)
Call Numbers for Chamber Music
M300–386 Trios:
| M300–M304 | Organ and two other instruments: |
| M300 | Collections (different composers) |
| M301 | Collections (one composer), original works |
| M302 | Separate works, original |
| M303 | Collections (one composer), arrangements |
| M304 | Separate works, arrangements |
| M305–M309 | Reed organ and two other instruments (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M310–M314 | Piano and two stringed instruments: |
| M310 | Collections (different composers), original works and arrangements |
| M311 | Collections (different composers), original works |
| M312 | Piano, violin or viola, and violoncello |
| M312.4 | Separate works, original (other combinations than M312 instrumentation) |
| M313 | Collections (one composer), arrangements |
| M314 | Separate works, arrangements |
| M315–M319 | Piano and two wind instruments (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M320–M324 | Piano, one stringed, and one wind instrument (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M325–M329 | Piano and two plucked instruments (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M330–M334 | Piano, one stringed, and one plucked instrument (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M335–M339 | Piano, one wind, and one plucked instrument (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M340–M344 | Piano and other combinations (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M349–M353 | String trios (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M355–M359 | Wind trios: |
| M355 | Collections (different composers), original works and arrangements |
| M356 | Collections (different composers), original works |
| M357 | Separate works, original (woodwinds and brass) |
| M357.2 | Separate works, original (woodwinds only) |
| M357.4 | Separate works, original (brass instruments only) |
| M358 | Collections (one composer), arrangements |
| M359 | Separate works, arrangements |
| M360–M364 | Stringed and wind instruments (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M365–M369 | Plucked instruments (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M370–M374 | Stringed and plucked instruments (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M375–M379 | Wind and plucked instruments (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M380–M384 | Stringed, wind, and plucked instruments (follows pattern of M301–M304) |
| M385 | Other combinations of specified instruments (including percussion) |
| M386 | Unspecified instruments, or combinations of specified and unspecified instruments |
Quartets, quintets, sextets, septets, octets, and nonets follow similar patterns (in the M400s, 500s, 600s, 700s, 800s, and 900s, respectively).For more details, see the full classification schedule.
Classification Numbers of Other Frequently Requested Combinations
Ranges (for collections and separate works)
| M410–M449 | Piano quartets (winds and/or strings) |
| M450–M459 | String quartets |
| M455–M457 | Wind quartets |
| M510–M554 | Piano quintets (winds and/or strings) |
| M555–M559 | Wind quintets |
Most common individual works:
| M412 | Piano quartets (Piano, violin, viola, and violoncello) |
| M452 | String quartets (Two violins, viola, and violoncello) |
| M457.2 | Woodwind quartets |
| M457.4 | Brass quartets |
| M512.2 | Piano quintets (Piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello) |
| M557.2 | Woodwind quintets |
| M557.4 | Brass quintets |
Some Useful Subject Headings
These subject headings help you search our collections by precise genres and instrument combinations. Use these in advanced searches using subject headings in Library Search to see our holdings or WorldCat to see what is available through other libraries.
Trios:
| piano trios [always means works for piano, violin, and violoncello] | |
| string trios [various stringed instruments] | e.g., string trios (violins (2), violoncello) |
| brass trios [three brass instruments] | e.g., brass trios (horn, trombone, trumpet) |
| wind trios [mixed brass and woodwind, various combinations] | e.g., wind trios (flute, horns (2)) |
| woodwind trios [three woodwind instruments] | e.g., woodwind trios (bassoon, clarinet, flute) |
| trios [various instruments of all types] | e.g., trios (piano, flute, violoncello) |
Quartets follow similar patterns as above, for instance:
piano quartets [always means works for piano, violin, viola, and violoncello]
string quartets [always means works for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello)]
brass quartets [various combinations as above]
Patterns are similar for quintets, sextets, septets, octets, and nonets.Other useful subject terms include suites and variations followed by the instrumentation, e.g., suites (piano, violin, viola, violoncello) or variations (flute, horn, percussion, violoncello).
Selected Bibliography
Literature of Chamber Music by Call Number: PAC Ref. ML 1100 C678L4 1997ISBN: 0937276162Publication Date: 1998-05-01
The Wind Ensemble Catalog by
As a companion to The Wind Ensemble Sourcebook and Biographical Guide, this catalog provides a comprehensive listing of wind ensemble works from 1650 to the present. These two volumes will be completed with a third, The Wind Ensemble Thematic Catalog 1700-1900. Representing more than 20 years of research through libraries, monasteries, and castles, the authors used primary sources when possible rather than relying on secondary sources. The authors collected a vast array of information from public and private international collections. This catalog is an exhaustive guide to international wind ensemble collections. The authors have been careful to match up various versions of the same work, and, for the first time, arrangements--an important and large part of the repertoire--are dealt with in a systematic fashion. Unique in its extensive documentation and reliance on primary sources, The Wind Ensemble Catalog is an important research tool for scholars and musicians.
Call Number: PAC Ref. ML 128.W5 G52 1998ISBN: 0313253943Publication Date: 1998-03-25
Twentieth-Century Chamber Music by
20th-Century Chamber Music features an introduction giving a chronological overview of 20th-century chamber music and the major composers in the style, setting in context the following chapters that cover a wide selection of chamber works grouped thematically, including program music; vocal chamber music; works for new ensembles; the modern sonata; and contemporary string quartets. Composers covered range from Schoenberg and Bartók to Toru Takemitsu and George Crumb. The book is ideal for a course focussing on the history of chamber music or a unit in a 20th-century music on the chamber works of the era. Plus, students and scholars will find it an excellent resource summarizing current research.
Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINEISBN: 1135887063Publication Date: 2004-03-01
Wind Ensemble Sourcebook and Biographical Guide by
Mozart wrote some of the greatest serenades for wind ensemble. He was not alone in writing works for wind sextet, octet, or larger ensembles--Over 12,000 works for wind harmony by over 2,200 composers are extant. Describing this new genre, Wind Harmony, which is far larger and more influential than ever recognized, this sourcebook includes biographical details, discusses many of the works, and presents country surveys. There is also a survey of the way wind instruments developed at the critical time, and of performance practices. Companion volumes, the ^IWind Ensemble Catalog^R and the ^IWind Ensemble Thematic Catalog 1700-1900^R, are cross-referenced. Mozart wrote some of the greatest serenades for wind ensemble. He was not alone in writing works for wind sextet, octet, or larger ensembles--over 12,000 works for wind harmony by over 2,200 composers are extant. Describing this new genre, Wind Harmony, which is far larger and more influential than ever recognized, this sourcebook includes biographical details, discusses many of the works, and presents country surveys. There is also a survey of the way wind instruments developed at the critical time, and of performance practices. Companion volumes, the ^IWind Ensemble Catalog^R and the ^IWind Ensemble Thematic Catalog 1700-1900^R, are cross-referenced. The authors identify what must be the major part of surviving wind harmony music. There is far more material than previously recognized, and its character is far more varied than is usually thought. In this work, the music is placed in context: why it was written, where it was played, and how it influenced other genres. The authors have collected new material, corrected previous mistakes, and filled in missing material. Public and private libraries have been scoured and monasteries searched throughout greater Europe. The sourcebook will be helpful for scholars and students, librarians, players, and music sellers.
Call Number: PAC Ref. ML 128.W5 S76 1997ISBN: 0313298580Publication Date: 1997-08-21
