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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 woodwinds in the UW Libraries. Browsing by call number, you will find performance repertoire, histories, and method books on the physical shelves.

Solo
  • M60-111: Wind instruments
Duets
  • M240-271: Piano and one wind instrument
  • M288-289: Two wind instruments
  • M290-291: One stringed one wind instrument 
Chamber Music
  • M357.2, M359: Woodwind Trios
  • M457.2, M459: Woodwind Quartets
  • M557.2, M559: Woodwind Quintets
  • M657.2, M659: Woodwind Sextets
Instruction, Study, and History 
  • ML102.W56: Wind Instrument Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
  • ML128.W5: Wind Instrument Bibliographies 
  • ML929-953: Woodwind History and Criticism 
  • MT339-415: Woodwind Instruction and Study

Subject Headings

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

  • Clarinet
  • Piccolo--History
  • Clarinet music​
  • Flute--Methods
  • Piccolo--Orchestral excerpts
  • Clarinet--Studies and exercises
  • Sonatas (Bassoon)
  • Suites (Clarinet)
  • Variations (Piccolo)
  • Canons, fugues, etc. (Clarinet)
  • Bassoon and piano music
  • Sonatas (Clute and piano)
  • Suites (Clarinet and piano)
  • Flute and keyboard instrument music
  • Saxophone and percussion music
  • Oboe music (Oboes (2))
  • Woodwind Trios (Clarinets (3))
  • Woodwind Quartets (Clarinets (4))
  • Clarinet Choir Music
  • Contrabass Clarinet
  • Clarinet mouthpieces
  • Oboe reeds