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Reference Guides - Piano
This guide is designed to help you find information about, and music for, the piano. Use this as a starting point, or browsing tool. As always, consult Voyager and the catalogs for complete holdings information, and when uncertain, ask at the Reference Desk!


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Suggested Call Numbers for Shelf Browsing
Below are general call number ranges. For specific call numbers, consult the Library of Congress Classification Schedule in the blue book at the Reference Desk, and/or Voyager.

M20-M39 piano solo
    M21     collections - works of two or more composers
    M22     collections - works of one composer
    M23     sonatas
    M24     suites and cyclical works
    M27     theme and variations
M200-M212 piano, four hands
M213 piano, five, six, eight, etc., hands
M214-M215 two pianos, two performers
M217-M285 piano and one other instrument
M310-M344 piano and two other instruments
M410-M449 piano and three other instruments
[follow for piano and four, five, six, etc., other instruments]
M1010 concertos with orchestra
M1011 concertos with orchestra (arranged)
M1110 concertos with string orchestra
M1111 concertos with string orchestra (arranged)
MT220-MT255 studies and methods (includes etudes)
MT745-MT758 instruction and study - juvenile


Also see the Organ and Chamber Music guides.

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Suggested Subject Headings
Below are examples of some useful subject headings for use in Voyager and the Card Catalog. For complete listings of headings, consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings (red books).

Headings for Voyager Headings for Subject Catalog
piano music Under "piano music":
piano and [viola, horn etc.] collections
piano with [band, orchestra etc.] concertos
piano music pianos 2 sonatas
sonatas piano studies
concertos piano suites
trios piano     1 hand
quartets piano     2 hands
quintets piano     etc.
[follow for sextets, septets, octets, etc.]


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Selected Bibliography of Literature and Repertoire Lists
Fuszek, Rita M. Piano Music in Collections, An Index. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1982. Ref. ML128.P581 F9
Gillespie, John and Anna. A Bibliography of Nineteeth-Century American Piano Music, With Location Sources and Composer Biography-Index. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984. Ref. ML128.P3 G478 1984
Hinson, Maurice. Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987. Ref. ML128.P581 H66 1987
_____. The Pianist's Bookshelf: a practical guide to books, videos, and other resources. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1998. ML128.P3 H6641 1998
Hollfelder, Peter. Klaviermusik: Internationales Chronologisches Lexikon: Geschichte, Komponisten Werke, Literatur. Wilhelmshaven: F. Noetzel, 1999. Ref. ML102.K5 H738 1999
Maxwell, Grant L. Music for Three or More Pianists: A Historical Survey and Catalogue. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1993. Ref. ML700.M465 M9 1993
Palmieri, Robert. Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, v.1, The Piano. New York: Garland, 1994-. Ref. ML102.K5 E56 1994 v.1
_____. Piano Information Guide: An Aid to Research. New York: Garland, 1989. Ref. ML128.P3 P179 1989
Patterson, Donald L. One Handed: a Guide to Piano Music for One Hand. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. Ref. ML128.P3 P317 1999
Phemister, William. American Piano Concertos: A Bibliography. Detroit: Published for the College Music Society, Information Coordinators, 1985. Ref. ML128.P3 P539 1985
Pierce Piano Atlas, 10th ed. Albuquerque, NM: Larry E. Ashley, 1997. Ref. ML652.M6231 1997
Rezits, Joseph. The Pianist's Resource Guide: Piano Music in Print and Literature on the Pianistic Art. Park Ridge, IL: Pallma Music Co.; San Diego: distributed by Kjos West, 1978. Ref. ML128.P3 R467 1978
Sadie, Stanley. New Grove Dictionary of Music Instruments. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984. Ref. ML102.I5 N532 1984
The Vienna Urtext Guide to Piano Literature. Valley FOrge: European-American Music, 1995. Ref. ML700.V662 1995
Related works may be found by searching the subjects: piano, pianists, harpsichord, keyboard.


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  Periodicals
  • Clavier
  • International Piano Archives Newsletter
  • Key Notes
  • Keyboard
  • Keyboard Arts
  • Keyboard Companion
  • Piano and Keyboard (was Piano Quarterly)
  • Piano Guild Notes
  • Piano Journal
  • Piano Technician's Journal

Current issues of periodicals are found alphabetically in the current periodicals room (third floor). For call numbers of older, bound issues, look in the Sibley Library Serials list (found on quick reference shelves).


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Internet
The Internet Piano Page
Piano Technicians Guild
American Pianists Association
World Piano Pedagogy Convention
Keyboard Companion Online
Piano Pedagogy Forum
Piano on Yahoo!


Compiled by Phil Ponella, 7/95; Revised 7/97; Revised 10/99, 7/00 by Jim Farrington


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