Music Performance: Call Numbers

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

Solo Percussion

• M146: drum (including timpani, drum set, snare drum, etc., and works for one performer playing two or more different percussion instruments)
• M147: bells, glockenspiel
• M172: carillons, chimes
• M175: marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, castanets, celesta
   

Duets

• M284-285: keyboard and percussion duets
   

Percussion ensembles

• M585-985: music for 5-9 percussionists
   

Percussion concertos

• M1038-1039.4; M1138
   

Literature, History, and Criticism

• ML1030: History and literature on percussion instruments (general)
• ML1035: Drums (including drum set)
• ML1036: Timpani
• ML1038: Non-Western drums 
• ML1039: Bells, gongs, and chimes
• ML1048: Xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone
   

Instruction & Study

• MT655 - MT725: Instrumental techniques for percussion and other instruments
  • MT660: Timpani
  • MT662: Drums
  • MT663: Bongos and Congas
  • MT664: Tabla
  • MT710: Handbells and carillon
  • MT719: Xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone
  • MT720: Tubular bells, chimes
• MT736: Percussion ensemble instruction

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

• Library catalog searches:
  An advanced search for "subject contains.” Limit your search by “Resource Type.”
  • Concertos timpani* (Snare drum, Xylophone, etc. may be used instead of timpani.)
  • Concertos percussion
  • Percussion 
  • Percussion and [insert instrument] music
  • Percussion ensemble
  • Percussion music
  • Sonatas timpani
  • Timpani
  • Timpani music
  • Timpani with orchestra
  • Timpani and piano music