Reference Guides - Violin This guide is designed to help you find information about, and music for, the violin. 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.
M40-M44 violin solo M217-M223 violin with piano accompaniment M286-M287 duets - two string instruments M290-M291 duets - wind and string instruments M1012 concertos with orchestra M1013 concertos with orchestra (arranged) M1112 concertos with string orchestra M1113 concertos with string orchestra (arranged) ML800-ML802 history and criticism, construction MT260-MT272 studies and methods MT266 orchestral excerpts
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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 violin music Under " violin": violin and [viola, horn etc.] collections violin with [band, orchestra etc.] concertos violin music violins 2 solos with ensembles sonatas violin sonatas concertos violin studies concertos violin solo with piano suites string trios; trios string quartets; quartets Under" chamber music": string quintets; quintets duets: violin [follow for sextets, septets, octets, nonets] trios: violin, etc.
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Selected Bibliography of Literature and Repertoire Lists Boyden, David Dodge. The history of violin playing, from its origins to 1761 and its relationship to the violin and violin music. London, New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. ML850.B789h Creighton, James. Discopaedia of the violin, 1889-1971. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1974. Ref. ML156.4.V4 C914 1974 Farish, Margaret. String music in print. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1980. Ref. ML118.M988; 1998 suppl.: ML118.M988 vol. 6t 1998 Iotti, Oscar Raoul. Violin and violoncello in duo without accompaniment, by Oscar R. Iotti based on the work by Alexander Feinland. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1972. Ref. ML128.V4 I64 Leipp, Emile. The violin: history, aesthetics, manufacture, and acoustics [translated by Hildegarde W. Parry] Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969. ML800.L531VE Letz, Hans. Music for the violin and viola. New York: Rinehart, 1948. Ref. ML132.V79 L65 Mercan, Peter. Music for solo violin unaccompanied: a performer's guide to the published literature of the seventeeth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. High Wycombe, Bucks, England: P. Marcan Publications, 1983. Ref. ML128.V7 M313 1983 Sadie, Stanley. New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984. Ref. ML102.I5 N532 1984 Toskey, Burnett R. Concertos for violin and viola: a comprehensive encyclopedia. Seattle: B.R. Toskey, 1983. Ref. ML128.V4 T7 1983 Wilkins, Wayne. The index of violin music. Magnolia, AR: Music Register, 1972. Ref. ML128.V4 W685 Related works may be found by searching the subject: violin.
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Periodicals
American Lutherie ML1.G954 A5 American String Teacher ML1.A512S Catgut Acoustical Society Journal ML755.C359 Galpin Society Journal ML5.G178 American Suzuki Journal MT262.A512 Instrumentalist ML1.I59 International Musician Film 1832 (Paper copy retained until film arrives) Das Orchester ML5.O63 Performance Practice Review ML430.5.P438 Strad ML5.S895 Strings ML750.S91 Violin Society of America Journal ML1.A512Sv
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 Catgut Acoustical Society The World of Violins American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers Violin Land Mark Chung's Jazzstrings Homepage Sheila's Violin Corner Bulletin Board Usenet: rec.music.makers.bowed-strings
Compiled by Phil Ponella, 7/95, Revised 7/97; Rev. 9/98 by Jim Farrington
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