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Finding Music Resources
Printed music and books on music have call numbers that start with M, and are located on the third floor of Beeghly.
Call numbers can be found on the book's spine labels:
Each item in the library gets a call number:
- Sheet music and items that *are* music have call numbers that begin with just M.
- Histories, biographies, and any works *about* music have call numbers that begin with ML.
- Instructional guides and books on *how* to teach music have call numbers that begin with MT.
These are broken down into more specific selections below.
When you find something in our catalog, use its call number to find it on the shelf. If you need any help finding an item please ask a library staff member to help!
Scores and Printed Music
Instrumental scores/sheet music
M1-M1490
- Music is sorted by number of players and then by instrument.
- This includes music composed for film, radio, and television.
M6-M175.5 Solos
Six suites / composed for unaccompanied violoncello by Johann Sebastian Bach ; transcribed for horn by Wendell Hoss
M177-990 Small ensembles of one instrument
Fratres : für Violine und Klavier / Arvo Pärt
M1000-1075 Orchestra
The planets / Gustav Holst
M1200-1270 Band
Last stage to Red Rock (2016) : for concert band / Jennifer Jolley
Vocal scores/sheet music
M1495-2199
This section includes operas, choral music, and religious music.
M1500-1518 Opera
Satyagraha : M.K. Gandhi in South Africa ; an opera in three acts / by Philip Glass ; book, Philip Glass and Constance De Jong ; lyrics adapted from the Bhagavad-Gita by Constance De Jong
M1530-1609 Choruses
Carmina burana : cantiones profanae ; cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ; Studien-Partitur / Carl Orff
M1611-1624.8 Solo voice
Das Lied von der Erde = The song of the earth / Gustav Mahler
M1999-2199 Sacred vocal music
The Passion according to St. Matthew = Passionmusik nach dem Evangelisten Matthäus / by Johann Sebastian Bach ; edited from the autograph ms. by Georg Schumann and Hans Grischkat.
Music Reference
Music reference books have call numbers ML100-158.8, and include dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, and discographies. Reference works offer great starting points for research, with introductory info on people or topics that can direct you to other more in-depth resources.
Directory of Choral-Orchestral Music by Call Number: ML128.C48 R67 2007ISBN: 9780415980043Publication Date: 2006-09-12
Jazz Scholarship and Pedagogy by Call Number: ML128.J3 M34 2005ISBN: 9780415939652Publication Date: 2005-10-18
Music Histories and Biographies
Music history, criticism, and biography fall within the call numbers ML159-3785, with biographies living in the ML385-429 range.
The Cultural Context of Medieval Music by Call Number: ML172 .V78 2011ISBN: 9780275994129Publication Date: 2011-11-02
Music Industry and Careers
ML3790-3795 contain titles on the sound recording industry, including recording label and studio histories and vocational guidance.
Introduction to the Music Industry by Call Number: ML3790 .F596 2013ISBN: 9780415896382Publication Date: 2012-08-24
The House That Trane Built : the story of Impulse Records by Call Number: ML3792 .K34 2006ISBN: 0393058794Publication Date: 2006-05-17
Performing Life : a singer's guide to survival by Call Number: ML3795 .M174 2012ISBN: 9780810884083Publication Date: 2012-08-07
Music Instruction
Books on music instruction and teaching have call numbers MT1-960, and include how-to manuals for individual learning as well as pedagogical aids for school classes.
Music Education : navigating the future by Call Number: MT1 .M982413 2014ISBN: 9781138022584Publication Date: 2014-10-10
Teaching Approaches in Music Theory : an overview of pedagogical philosophies by Call Number: MT6.R767 T4 2004ISBN: 0809325950Publication Date: 2004-08-25
The Russian Piano School : Russian pianists & Moscow Conservatoire professors on the art of the piano by Call Number: MT220 .R877 2007ISBN: 9781871082883Publication Date: 2007-12-31
Recording and Audio Technology
Books on sound recording and audio technology are located in both Beeghly and Hobson Science Library:
- Call numbers that begin with M are in Beeghly
- ML1055 History of recorded music and playback technology
- MT723 How to create computer/electronic-based music
- Call numbers that begin with T are in Hobson Science Library
- TK7881.4 Sound systems, sound recording and reproduction
From Edison to Marconi by
Like any profound technological breakthrough, the advent of sound recording ushered in a period of explosive and imaginative experimentation, growth and competition. Between the commercial debut of Edison's "talking machine" in 1889 and the first commercial radio broadcast three decades later, the recording industry was uncharted territory in terms of both technology and content. This history of the earliest years of sound recording--the time between the phonograph's appearance and the licensing of commercial radio--examines a newly created technology and industry in search of itself. It follows the story from the earliest efforts to capture sound, to the fight among wire, cylinder and disk recordings for primacy in the market, to the growth and development of musical genres, record companies and business practices that remain current today. The work chronicles the people, events and developments that turned a novel, expensive idea into a highly marketable commodity. Two appendices provide extensive lists of popular genre and ethnic recordings made between 1889 and 1919. A bibliography and index accompany the text.
Call Number: ML1055 .S73 2005ISBN: 0786420618Publication Date: 2005-05-31
Microphones for the Recording Musician by
(Musician's Guide Home Recordg). This book focuses on microphones as the essential link between the recording process and vocals, guitars, pianos, drums, and other acoustic sounds. Choosing the right mic can make or break a song. Authors Phil O'Keefe and Craig Anderton cover how to choose and apply mics with real-world examples and explanations. Topics include the following: * Understanding different microphone types * Essential miking accessories * Mic preamps and connections * Stereo miking techniques * How to mic specific instruments Loaded with illustrations and featuring sidebars with details on selected topics for those who want to know "why" as well as "how," Microphones for the Recording Musician gives the practical knowledge needed to make the best possible home studio recordings. About the Musician's Guide to Home Recording Series The book series Musician's Guide to Home Recording takes a clear, practical approach to today's world of computer-based recording. Each book in the series focuses with laser-like precision on a particular topic. Titles include How to Choose and Use Audio Interfaces , How to Create Superior Mixes , How to Record and Mix Great Vocals , and more. Readers can choose individual books to increase their knowledge in specific areas, or treat the series as a complete course and cover selected topics at their own pace. Musician's Guide to Home Recording is the definitive series to help musicians everywhere use digital recording, mixing, and editing to their fullest potential.
Call Number: Science TK7881.4 .O45 2018ISBN: 9781540035639Publication Date: 2018-11-01
The Singer-Songwriter's Guide to Recording in the Home Studio by
(Berklee Guide). Record songs in your own home studio! Today's smart singer-songwriter needs to be able to record high quality demo recordings. Whatever your budget, living arrangement, or technological aptitude, this book will help you acquire songwriter-appropriate home studio gear and use it effectively. You will understand the key concepts about how the recording process works, and how to get the best sound possible out of whatever equipment you own and whatever style of music you produce. This book makes recording easy so you can spend your effeorts thinking about creatieve songwriting and performing, rather than struggling with technology.
Call Number: Science TK7881.45 .A33 2016ISBN: 9780876391716Publication Date: 2016-05-01
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