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III. Policies: Music
- Subject name: Music
- Subject abbreviations: EMUS, MUSC
- Bibliographer: Laurie J. Sampsel
- Other subject responsibilities: American Music Research Center.
- Address: 184 UCB
- Phone: 303-492-3929
- Email: Laurie.Sampsel@colorado.edu
I. Purpose:
To support the curricular needs of the College of Music which offers eight
degree plans and over twenty-three areas of study.
A. Curricular Emphasis:
Courses cover nearly all areas of musical study, including music performance, music education, pedagogy, composition, theory, musicology, ethnomusicology, jazz, music technology, and music entrepreneurship.
B. Research Emphasis:
Research emphasis is on the academic study of music including musicology, ethnomusicology, music education, music theory, etc. Within musicology there is an emphasis on American music studies in conjunction with the American Music Research Center.
C. Level of Degrees Granted:
The College of Music offers the following undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, Bachelor of Arts in Music, Master of Music, Master of Music Education, Dual Master’s Degree in Music, Doctor of Musical Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy in Music.
D. Special Studies Program:
Undergraduate Certificate Program in Jazz Studies, Undergraduate Certificate in Music Technology, Post-Masters Professional Certificate in Opera and Solo Voice Performance, and Post-Masters Professional Certificate in String Quartet Performance.
E. Other Subjects that Overlap and Utilize Materials:
Theatre and Dance, Humanities, Film Studies.
F. Institutes or Labs That Overlap and Utilize Materials:
American Music Research Center, Center for the Humanities and the Arts, and Center of the American West.
G. Special Populations Outside University That Utilize Materials:
The collection is heavily used by remote users via inter-library loan, alumni, the local musical population, and K-12 teachers.
H. Other Considerations:
The collection is held in the Howard B. Waltz Music Library in the Imig Music Building. The American Music Research Center Collection is held in the Waltz Library and in Macky Auditorium.
II. General Collection Guidelines:
A. Method of Acquiring Materials:
Approval plans; special requests from faculty; bibliographer choice from reviews, catalogs, and other sources. Gifts in kind are accepted according to the needs of the collection.
B. Languages:
Music, both in print and in sound, is collected according to the needs and interests of the Library’s patrons, regardless of the language of its texts or notes. Works on music, however, are collected primarily in western European languages, and, in particular, in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Other languages are considered according to the needs of the Library’s patrons. General reference materials are collected in all languages, primarily in the Latin alphabet.
C. Chronological Guidelines:
There are no chronological restrictions in the collecting of music. Curricular and research needs will determine the strengths of various periods.
D. Geographical Guidelines:
Music, both in print and in sound, and works on music are acquired on a world-wide basis, with emphasis on Europe and the Americas.
E. Treatment of Subject:
Emphasis is on art music, world music, jazz, etc. rather than on popular music. Popular music materials are selected to support the curriculum of the College of Music, but this is not an area of strength in the College’s programs.
F. Types of Materials:
Books, catalogs, clippings, facsimiles, manuscripts and first editions (selectively), microforms, musical scores and parts, pamphlets, periodicals, program notes, sound recordings in all modern formats, theses & dissertations (selectively), video, tape and laser disc recordings of musical items that support the curricula, visual materials, CD-ROM discs, visually annotated recordings and portable databases, access to online research databases, Festschriften, biographies, serials and other materials as deemed appropriate.
G. Date of Publication:
Publication date is not a primary consideration.
H. Other General Considerations:
Special and archival materials related to American music are held in the American Music Research Center collection.Older materials may be in off-site storage (PASCAL).
III. Observations and Qualifications by Subject and LC Class:
Library of Congress Class M Music and Books on Music
M 2 Historical, geographical and other collections of music M 3 Collected works of individual composers Instrumental Music M 6-19 Organ music M 20-39 Piano music M 22
General collections (inc. J.S. Bach’s The Well- Tempered Clavier)
M 23
Sonatas M 32-34
Arrangements and transcriptions M 40-175 Solo instruments without accompaniment M 40-59
String instruments M 60-111
Wind instruments M 115-142
Plucked string instruments M 145-175
Percussion instruments The Library of Congress classification for chamber music includes numbers M 180 – M 999, generally numbers in the 200’s being duets, 300’s trios, 400’s quartets, and so on. M 200-298.5 Duets M 200-212
Piano, four hands M 217-239
One string instrument with piano M 240-271
One wind instrument with piano M 272-283
One plucked string instrument with piano M 284-298.5
Other combinations M 300-386 Trios M 310-314
Piano trios M 349-353
String trios M 400-486 Quartets M 450-454
String quartets M 500-586 Quintets M 510-514
Piano and four string instruments M 550-554
String quintets M 555-559
Wind quintets M 600-686 Sextets M 700-786 Septets M 800-886 Octets M 900-986 Nonets and larger combinations of chamber music M 1000-1075 Orchestra M 1001
Symphonies M 1003
Suites M 1004
Overtures M 1010-1011
Piano concertos M 1012-1019
String concertos M 1020-1035
Wind concertos M 1036-1037.4
Plucked string concertos M 1045-1075
Orchestral pieces M 1100-1160
String orchestra (including concertos, suites, and overtures for string orchestra) M 1375-1420 Instrumental music for children M 1378-1380
Piano music for children Vocal Music M 1500-1518 Operas and musicals M 1500
Full scores M 1503
Vocal scores with piano accompaniment M 1505-1508.2
Excerpts M 1530-1610 Secular choruses M 1530-1546.5
Choruses with orchestra or other ensemble M 1547-1600
Choruses, part-songs, etc., with keyboard or unaccompanied M 1611-1624.8 Secular songs for one voice M 1619
General collections M 1620
Art songs (collections of one composer) M 1621
Art songs (single songs) M 1621.4
Song cycles M 1627-1853 National Music M 1627-1630
Folk songs M 1630.18
Popular songs M 1990-1998 Children’s songs M 1999-2199 Sacred vocal music M 2000-2007
Oratorios M 2010-2017.6
Masses M 2020-2036
Cantatas, choruses, etc. M 2102-2114.8
Sacred songs for one voice M 2115-2146
Hymnals Literature on Music ML 1 Periodicals (United States) ML 4-5 Periodicals (Foreign) ML 12-21 Directories ML 47-54.8 Librettos ML 50
Operas (inc. operettas, musicals, sacred operas, etc.) ML 62-89 Special aspects of music as a whole ML 82 Women and music ML 89
Pictorial works ML 100-109 Dictionaries and encyclopedias ML 100.N48
The New Grove Dictionary ML 102
Special Topics, A-Z ML 102.C5
Church Music ML 102.J3
Jazz ML 102.O6
Operas ML 102.P66
Popular music ML 102.T5
Themes and motives ML 105-107
Bio-bibliography ML 113-158 Bibliography ML 113
Guides to historical sets, series, complete works, etc. ML 114-118
By time period ML 128
By topic, A-Z ML 128.C4
Chamber music ML 128.P3
Piano music ML 128.S3
Songs ML 128.V7
Vocal music ML 128.W7
Women in music ML 134
Composers catalogs, thematic catalogs, A-Z ML 136
Library catalogs ML 156
Discography ML 156.4
By topic, A-Z ML 156.5
By composer, A-Z ML 156.7
By performer ML 159-3797 History and criticism ML 160
General music history ML 162-197
By time period ML 198-360.5
By region or country ML 198-239
Music from the Americas ML 240-325
European music ML 350-350.5
African music ML 385-429
Biography ML 385-400
Collected biography ML 410
Composers, A-Z ML 416-421
Performers ML 549-1092
Instruments ML 1100-1165
Chamber music ML 1200-1270
Orchestral music ML 1400-3275
Vocal music ML 1600-2881
Secular vocal music ML 2900-3275
Sacred vocal music ML 3469-3543
Popular music ML 3505.8-3509
Jazz Musical Instruction and Study (scores or books) MT 3 History of music education MT 5.5-7 Music theory MT 6.5
Collections of music for analysis MT 17 Music in special education MT 35 Notation, dictation, ear training, etc. MT 40-67 Composition MT 40
Systems MT 58-64
Forms MT 67 Popular songs MT 90-146 Analytical guides MT 92
Composers MT 95-100
Opera, ballet MT 110-115
Oratorios MT 125-130
Orchestral music MT 140-145
Chamber and solo music MT 170-810 Instrumental techniques MT 180-208
Organ MT 220-255
Piano MT 259-338
String instruments MT 339-538
Wind instruments MT 539-654
Plucked instruments MT 540-557 Harp MT 580-599 Guitar MT 820-949 Voice instruction MT 825-850
Systems and methods MT 825 American methods MT 855-883
Special techniques MT 870 Sight-singing methods MT 898-949
Techniques for children
