Call Numbers (Library of Congress Classification): M - Music

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M - Instrumental & Vocal Music

M
 
1-5000
 
Music
 
 
1 . A1-A15
 
Music Printed or Copied in Manuscript in the United States or the Colonies Before 1860
 
 
2-2.3
 
Collections of Musical Scores
 
 
3-3.1
 
Collected Works of Individual Composers
 
 
3.3
 
First Editions
 
 
5-1490
 
Instrumental Music
 
 
6-175.5
 
Solo Instruments
 
 
176
 
Instrumental Music for Motion Pictures
 
 
176.5
 
Instrumental Music for Radio and Television
 
 
177-990
 
Music for Two or More Solo Instruments
 
 
180-298.5
 
Duets
 
 
300-386
 
Trios
 
 
400-486
 
Quartets
 
 
500-586
 
Quintets
 
 
600-686
 
Sextets
 
 
700-786
 
Septets
 
 
800-886
 
Octets
 
 
900-986
 
Nonets and Larger Combinations of Purely Chamber Music
 
 
990
 
Chamber Music for Instruments of the 18th Century and Earlier
 
 
1000-1075
 
Orchestra
 
 
1100-1160
 
String Orchestra
 
 
1200-1269
 
Band
 
 
1270
 
Fife (Bugle) and Drum Music, Field Music, etc.
 
 
1350-1353
 
Reduced Orchestra
 
 
1356-1356.2
 
Dance Orchestra and Instrumental Ensembles
 
 
1360
 
Mandolin and Similar Orchestras od Pleactral Instruments
 
 
1362
 
Accordion Band
 
 
1365
 
Ministrel Music
 
 
1366
 
Jazz Ensembles
 
 
1375-1420
 
Instrumental Music
 
 
1450
 
Dance Music
 
 
1470
 
Chance Compositions
 
 
1473
 
Electronic Music
 
 
1480
 
Music with Color Apparatus, etc.
 
 
1490
 
Music, Printed or Copied in Manuscript, Before 1700
 
 
1495-5000
 
Vocal Music
 
 
1497-1998
 
Secular Vocal Music
 
 
1500-1527.8
 
Dramatic Music
 
 
1528-1529.5
 
Duets, Trios, etc. for Solo Voices
 
 
1530-1546.5
 
Choruses with Orchestra or Other Ensemble
 
 
1547-1600
 
Choruses, Part-Songs, etc. With Accompaniment or Unaccompanied
 
 
1608
 
Choruses, etc. in Tonic Sol-Fa Notation
 
 
1609
 
Unison Choruses With or Without Accompaniment of Every Kind
 
 
1610
 
Cantatas, Choral Symphonies, etc for Unaccompanied Chorus With or Without Solo Voices
 
 
1611-1624.8
 
Songs for One Voice
 
 
1625-1626
 
Recitations, Gesprochene Lieder, With Accompaniment
 
 
1627-1853
 
National Music
 
 
1900-1980
 
Songs (Part and Solo) of Special Character
 
 
1985
 
Musical Games
 
 
1990-1998
 
Secular Music for Children
 
 
1999-2199
 
Sacred Vocal Music
 
 
1999
 
Collections
 
 
2000-2007
 
Oratorios
 
 
2010-2017.7
 
Services
 
 
2018-2019.5
 
Duets, Trios, etc. for Solo Voices
 
 
2020-2036
 
Choruses, Cantatas, etc.
 
 
2060-2101.5
 
Choruses, Part-Songs, etc. With Accompaniment of Keyboard or Other Solo Instrument
 
 
2102-2114.8
 
Songs for One Voice
 
 
2115-2146
 
Hymn, Psalm, and Choral Books
 
 
2147-2188
 
Liturgy and Ritual
 
 
2147-2155.6
 
Roman Catholic
 
 
2156-2160.87
 
Orthodox Churches
 
 
2161-2183
 
Protestant Churches
 
 
2184
 
Other Christian Churches
 
 
2186-2187
 
Jewish
 
 
2188
 
Other Non-Christian Regigions
 
 
2190-2196
 
Sacred Vocal Music for Children
 
 
2198-2199
 
Temperance, Revival, Rescue, and Gospel Songs
 
 
5000
 
Unidentified Compositions

ML - Literature of Music

ML
 
1-3930
 
Literature of Music
 
 
48-54.8
 
Texts for Music
 
 
110-158
 
Bibliography
 
 
155-158
 
Sound Recordings
 
 
159-3799
 
History and Critcism
 
 
410
 
Composer Biographies
 
 
459-1380
 
Instruments and Instrumental Music
 
 
1100-1380
 
Chamber and Orchestral Music, Band (Military Music), Electronic Music
 
 
1400-3275
 
Vocal Music
 
 
1500-1554
 
Choral Music (Sacred and Secular)
 
 
1600-2881
 
Secular Vocal Music
 
 
2900-3275
 
Sacred Vocal Music
 
 
3400-3465
 
Dance Music
 
 
3469-3541
 
Popular Music
 
 
3544-3776
 
National Music
 
 
3800-3923
 
Philosophy and Physics of Music
 
 
3928-3930
 
Juvenile Literature

MT - Musical Instruction & Study

MT
 
1-960
 
Musical Instruction and Study
 
 
40-67
 
Composition
 
 
68
 
Improvisation
 
 
70-86
 
Orchestra and Orchestration
 
 
90-146
 
Analytical Guides, etc.
 
 
170-810
 
Instrumental Techniques
 
 
820-949
 
Singing and Voice Culture
 
 
955-960
 
Production of Operas, Music in Theaters