Interested in physically browsing our book collection for books on music? Go to the General Collection, Reference Collection, Video Collection, or New Books Shelf (2nd & 3rd floors) of Woodward Library and look up the following call number ranges.
Please Note: this list does not represent all titles or subjects of interest available for research in music. Consult the library's online catalog, Austin, for additional areas of interest.
Library of Congress (LC) Call Numbers
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CLASS M : MUSIC SCORES
M1 - M4 MISC. COLLECTIONS M3 - M3.1 Coll. wks of individual composers
M5 - M1490 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC M6 - M175.5 Solo instruments M6 - M39 Keyboard M40 - M59 Strings M60 - M111 Winds M115 - M142 Plucked M142 - M175.5 Percussion, other M177- M990 Two or more solo instruments M180 - M298 Duets M300 - M386 Trios M400, M500, etc. Quartets, quintets, etc. M1000 - M1075 Orchestra M1100 - M1160 String orchestra M1200 - M1366 Bands, jazz & other ensembles M1375 - M1490 Misc. types, ensembles
M1495 - M2199 VOCAL MUSIC M1497 - M1998 Secular vocal music M1500 - M1527 Operas, ballets, etc. M1528 - M1610 Part songs, choruses M1611 - M1624 Songs, lieder, etc. * M1627 - M1853 National/world music * M1900 - M1985 Misc. secular vocal * M1990 - M1998 Sacred vocal music M2000 - M2017 Oratorios, masses, etc. M2020 - M2101 Choruses, part songs, etc. M2102 - M2114 Sacred songs M2115 - M2199 Hymnals, liturgical works * |
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CLASS ML : BOOKS ON MUSIC (selections) ML100 - ML109 Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
ML159 - 3785 HISTORY AND CRITICISM ML162 - ML360 History, by period or country
ML410 Biographies of composers
ML459 - ML1380 Instruments and instr. music
ML1400 - ML3275 Vocal music
ML3544 - ML3775 National/world music
ML3800 - ML3923 Philosophical and societal aspects of music.
Physics and acoustics of music. Physiological aspects of music;
CLASS MT : MUSICAL INSTRUCTION AND STUDY MT1 - MT5 General music education MT5.5 - MT7 Music theory MT40 - MT67 Composition, musical forms MT90 - MT146 Analysis, appreciation MT170 -MT810 Instrumental techniques * MT180 - MT255 Keyboard MT259 - MT338 Strings MT339 - MT533 Winds MT539 - MT654 Plucked MT655 - MT725 Percussion, other MT728 - MT733 Ensembles, orchestra MT740 - MT810 Techniques for children MT820 - MT915 Singing and vocal techniques MT918 - MT948 School music MT955 - MT956 Musical theater |
For a complete listing of all LC Call Numbers, go to the Library of Congress Classification Outline.
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