Thematic Catalogs & Research Guides by Composer
Browse the books with Con Ref ML134 call numbers in the Conservatory Reference Collection to find research guides about specific composers. This call number area also contains thematic catalogs for specific composers, which can provide useful information about the sources and publication history for all known works by that composer. The titles below represent examples of these types of books, but there are many more in the library than are listed here.
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Thematic Catalogue of the Musical Works of Johann Pachelbel by Pachelbel composed the majority of his 527 works for keyboard instruments, as well as choral, vocal, and chamber music. The Catalogue presents incipits for each that can be identified. The list of works is intended to determine the totality of the corpus and knowledge about it, to determine the best means of identifying each work, and to settle problems of identity among similarly titled works.Call Number: Con Ref ML134.P17 P47 2004ISBN: 0810849704Publication Date: 2004 -
Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach: Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV) by Call Number: Con Ref ML134.B1 S3 1990ISBN: 3765102555Publication Date: 1990 -
The Vivaldi Compendium by The Vivaldi Compendium will serve as the most reliable and up-to-date source of quick reference on the composer Antonio Vivaldi and his music. This takes the form of a dictionary listing persons, places, musical works and many other topics connected with Vivaldi; its alphabetically arranged entries are copiously cross-referenced so as to guide the reader towards related topics.Call Number: Con Ref ML134.V7 T345 2011ISBN: 9781843836704Publication Date: 2011 -
William Byrd by This comprehensive research guide surveys the most significant published materials relating to William Byrd. This new edition includes research since the publication of the last edition.Call Number: Con Ref ML134.B96 T9 2012ISBN: 9780415875592Publication Date: 2012
Research Guides by Topic
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Bibliografia della musica strumentale italiana stampata in Italia fino al 1700. Con pref. di Alfred Einstein by Bibliography of Italian instrumental music printed in Italy before 1700.
Call Number: Con Ref ML120.I8 S3 v.1-2Publication Date: 1952-68 -
Bibliothek der gedruckten weltlichen Vocalmusik Italiens aus den Jahren 1500-1700 by Bibliography of secular Italian vocal music printed between 1500 and 1700: containing frottolas, madrigals, canzonettas, arias, operas, etc.Call Number: Con Ref ML120.I8 V8 1977Publication Date: 1977 -
An Index to Early Music in Selected Anthologies by Call Number: Con Ref ML113 .H558ISBN: 0913574139Publication Date: 1978 -
Instrumental Music Printed Before 1600: A Bibliography by Call Number: Con Ref ML128.I65 B77Publication Date: 1965 -
The Madrigal by The Madrigal: A Research and Information Guideis the first comprehensive annotated bibliography of scholarship on virtually all aspects of madrigal composition, production, and consumption. It contains 1,237 entries for items in English, French, German, and Italian. Scholars, students, teachers, librarians, and performers now have access to this rich literature in a single volume.Call Number: Con Ref ML128.M2 L49 2011ISBN: 9780415801027Publication Date: 2011 -
Music for Oboe, 1650-1800 by This revised edition lists over 10,000 works for the oboe, English horn, oboe da caccia, and all of their variants for the period up to ca. 1800. Each entry includes the title, opus or register number, date, exact instrumentation, location of the original work, existing modern editions(s), and historical notes of interest.Call Number: Con Ref ML128.O2 H55 1992ISBN: 0914913158Publication Date: 1992 -
Performance Practice, Medieval to Contemporary: A Bibliographic Guide byCall Number: Con Ref ML128.P235J3 1988Publication Date: 1988
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The Recorder by This new edition is thoroughly redone, takes account of the publishing activity of the years since its first publication, and still follows the original organization.Call Number: Con Ref ML128.R31 G75 2012ISBN: 9780415998581Publication Date: 2011
Historic Treatises at Oberlin
The Conservatory Library's special collections include a number of rare printed items from the 16th and 17th centuries. Drawn primarily from the Frederick R. Selch Collection of American Music History, the materials highlighted here represent some of the most influential writings in the history of Western musical thought.
They include foundational texts relating to organology and music theory, along with important works on the philosophy and iconography of music. Topic guides include:
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