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

Call Numbers

Orchestra and Band Scores
  • M100-1360: Music for Orchestra
  • M1200-1270: Music for Band
Staged Productions
  • M1500-1504: Opera, Musical Shows
Chorus
  • M1530-1612: Secular Choruses
  • M2000-2007: Oratorios
  • M2020-2100: Sacred Choruses
Methods, Study, and Performing Technique
  • MT85 & 88: For Books on Conducting
  • ML156.7: Discographies of recordings by particular conductors
  • ML402: Conducting History
  • ML410, 422: Conductors

Subject Headings

  • Conducting
  • Conducting--Bibliography
  • Conducting--Dictionaries
  • Conducting--Periodicals
  • Conductors (Music)
  • Conductors (Music)--United States
  • Conductors (Music)--Germany--Biography
  • Band directors
  • Bandmasters
  • Choral conductors
  • African American conductors (Music)
  • Gay conductors (Music)
  • Women conductors (Music)
  • Spouses of music conductors
  • Children of music conductors
Subjects: Music & Audio