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Below are some helpful call numbers and subject headings to use while browsing the UW Libraries Music collections.

Call Numbers

Search the stacks by call number to locate music for bowed stringed instruments in the UW Libraries. Browsing by call number, you will find performance repertoire, histories, and method books on the physical shelves.

Solo

  • M40-M44: Violin solo 
  • M45-M49: Viola solo
  • M50-M54: Cello solo
Duets
  • M217-M223: Violin with keyboard
  • M224-M228: Voila with keyboard
  • M229-M236: Cello with keyboard 
Trios
  • M320-M324: Stringed and wind instruments
  • M330-M334: Stringed and plucked instruments
  • M349-M353: String trios 
Quartets 
  • M412: Violin, viola, and cello 
  • M420-424: Stringed and wind instruments
  • M430-M434: Stringed and plucked instruments
  • M450-M454: String quartets 
History and criticism 
  • M128: Violin, viola, and cello bibliographies
  • ML747-ML927: History and criticism of stringed instruments
Instrumental Techniques
  • MT259-MT338: Instrumental techniques for stringed instruments

Subject Headings

Use Library of Congress Subject Headings to locate resources for strings in the UW Libraries Search. Use the "Advanced Search" option to limit your search by "Subject" when using the controlled subject headings listed below.

  • Viola 
  • Viola--Instruction and Study
  • Viola--Performance
  • Violin 
  • Cello
  • Sonatas (Violin) 
  • Sonatas (Cello and piano)
  • Suites (Viola)
  • Violin music (Violins (2))
  • Cello music (Cellos (3))
  • Viola and string orchestra 
  • Cello with piano music