Call Numbers for Music Resources

Resources from The Library of Congress

• Outlines of the LC Classification schedules

  • Class M (PDF)

  • Class M glossary and general guidelines (PDF)

Classification numbers for Class M:

• Instrumental music: Solo music: M6-M175 | Duets: M180-M298.5 | Trios-nonets: M300-M990 | Orchestra/string orchestra/band: M1000/M1100/M1200, etc.
  Solo instrument(s) with orchestra/string orchestra: M1005/M1105, etc. | Instrumental instruction and study

• Vocal music: Choral music, vocal ensembles, and dramatic music: M1500/M2000, etc. | Solo vocal music: M1611/M2102, etc.

Cutter numbers: Using the Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table

• Cutter numbers for:

  • Composers:

  • Titles

  • Publishers (Scores)

  • Cutter numbers for M class numbers that are subarranged by topic: ML 102, etc.

Shelflisting and Cuttering in Class M by Renee McBride

Yale Music Library practices in Class M

• Size | MARC holdings and local practice

• Call numbers for: scores | books

Sound recordings classification

• Classifying music CDs: unearthing the collection by Angela Kroeger & Jan Boyer

• The ANSCR [alpha-numeric system for classification of recordings] classification system for sound recordings