Classification Numbers for Voice Music
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Scores/Sound Recordings
Secular Vocal Music
Opera
| M 1500 |
Scores (full) |
| M 1503 |
Piano vocal scores |
| M 1505 - 1508 |
Excerpts (with original or arranged accompaniment |
Other Dramatic Music
| M 1510 - 1518 |
Incidental music |
| M 1520 - 1526 |
Ballets |
| M 1527 |
Film, radio, television music |
| M 1528 - 1529.5 |
Duets, trios, etc. for solo voices |
Songs (including arias/solo cantatas)
| M 1611 |
Collections: full scores |
| M 1612 |
Collections: piano vocal scores |
| M 1613 |
Separate works: full scores |
| M 1613.3 |
Separate works: other accompaniment |
| M 1614 |
Separate works: piano accompaniment |
| M 1615 |
Arrangements: collections: full scores |
| M 1616 |
Arrangements: collections: piano vocal scores |
| M 1617 |
Arrangements: separate works: full scores |
| M 1618 |
Arrangements: separate works: piano accompaniment |
| M 1619 |
Collections (more than one composer) |
| M 1620 |
Collections: one composer |
| M 1621 .4 |
Song cycles |
| M 1622 |
Vaudeville |
| M 1623 |
Accompaniment of one other instrument: collections |
| M 1624 |
Accompaniment of one other instrument: separate works |
| M 1625 - 1626 |
Recitations with music |
| M 1627 - 1853 |
National songs (solo and part songs) |
| M 1990 - 1998 |
Secular music for children |
| M 2018 - 2019.5 |
Duets, trios, etc, for solo voices |
Sacred Vocal Music
Songs with orchestra, etc, accompaniment
| M 2012 |
Collections |
| M 2103 |
Separate songs: full scores |
| M 2103.3 |
Separate songs: other accompaniment |
| M 2104 |
Separate songs: piano vocal scores |
| M 2105 - 2108 |
Arrangements |
Songs with piano accompaniment
| M 2110 |
Collections (more than one composer) |
| M 2112 |
Collections (one composer) |
| M 2113 |
Separate songs: accompaniment of one instrument |
| M 2113.2 |
Separate songs: unaccompanied |
| M 2113.3 |
Song cycles |
| M 2114 |
Special texts: by religion or denomination |
| M 2115 - 2146 |
Hymnals: by religion or denomination |
| M 2190 - 2196 |
Sacred vocal music for children |
Books on Singing and Vocal Techniques
General
| MT 820 |
General works |
| MT 821 |
Physiology and care of the voice |
| MT 823 |
History of vocal instruction and study |
Systems and Methods
| MT 825 |
American |
| MT 830 |
English |
| MT 835 |
French |
| MT 840 |
German |
| MT 850 |
Other |
| MT 853 |
Systems using audiovisual aids |
Special Techniques
| MT 855 |
General works |
| MT 860 |
Chanting |
| MT 870 |
Sight-singing |
| MT 875 |
Chorus and part-singing |
| MT 878 |
Breathing |
| MT 882 |
Tone production |
| MT 883 |
Pronounciation, diction |
| MT 885 |
Studies and exercises |
| MT 890 |
Instructive editions, teaching pieces |
| MT 892 |
Interpretation, phrasing, expression |
| MT 893 |
Self-instructors |
| MT 898 - 916 |
Vocal techniques for children |
Books about Vocal Music
General
| ML 128 .V7 |
Vocal music bibliographies |
| ML 1400 |
General works |
| ML 1402 - 1451 |
Vocal music (arranged by period, then by region/country) |
| ML 1460 |
Vocal technique |
Secular vocal music
| ML 1600 |
General works |
| ML 1602 - 1651 |
Vocal music (arranged by period, then by region/country) |
| ML 1700 - 1751 |
Forms and types (general works, by period, then by region/country) |
| ML 2400 - 2551 |
Cantatas and songs: works about both solo and part songs (arranged by period, then region/country) |
| ML 2600 - 2670 |
Part songs |
| ML 2800 - 2854 |
Solo songs |
| ML 2880 - 2881 |
Christmas songs |
Sacred vocal music
| ML 128 .S2 |
Sacred vocal music bibliographies |
| ML 2900 |
General works |
| ML 2902 - 2951 |
By period, then by region/country |
| ML 3201 - 327 |
Forms and types (oratorio, cantata, chorale) |
Adapted from a handout created by David Lasocki and Joy St. John, William & Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University.
If you have questions or need help locating any materials, please contact Lindsay Hansen, Music & Media Librarian.
