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Finding Books, Scores, Recordings & Videos

• Many of the sound recordings in our collection have separate entries for each item on the recording and can be found by following the directions in Searching Music in the Libraries Online Catalog.
  
  
• For most scores containing more than one piece, there are not separate online entries for each piece.
  
  
• In some cases for both scores and recordings, contents notes will be in the catalog records. These can be searched by keywords in the Libraries Catalog.
  • Example 1: blue velvet (limit by publication type: Musical sound recordings)
  • Example 2: hello dolly (limit by publication type: Printed music scores)
  • Example 3: dove sono (limit by publication type: Videos, slides, media)

  Note: Arias can also be found in the larger work from which they come.

  
  
  

  Finding Music Scores in Collected Editions

  Since not all scores have contents notes or entries for each piece in the catalog, you may need to use other resources to find specific pieces in collections.

  
  

  Complete Works by Specific Composers:

  The complete works of a particular composer are found in the Libraries Catalog under the uniform title [Works]. Works in one particular genre are found under collective uniform titles such as [Piano music] or [Songs].

• To find a specific piece in complete works and other collections try the following:
  
  
  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. ML140 .N48 2001 (Music Reference Island) also online New Grove 2 Online- A list of works is included at the end of most articles on a specific composer. These lists often tell where a particular piece is located within the complete works.
  • Heyer, Anna Harriet. Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of Music : a Guide to Their Contents. ML113 .H52 1980 (Music Reference) [A].
  • Hill, George R. and Norris L. Stephens. Collected Editions, Historical Series & Sets & Monuments of Music. ML113 .H55 1997 (Music Reference).
  
  

  Scores of Popular and Folk Songs in Collections and Fakebooks

  Popular songs are most often found in anthologies and fakebooks (A book containing lyrics, melodies, and chord progressions for songs, used by musicians as a substitute for standard sheet music or as a framework for improvisation).

• The University of Washington Music Library has created a local Popular song database that indexes the major anthologies in our collection that are not indexed in:
  • Goodfellow, William D. Where's that tune? ML128.P63 G66 1990 (Music Reference)[A]

  If you don't find your song in the two resources above, you can check the following:

  • Brunnings, Florence E. Folk song index: a comprehensive guide to the Florence E. Brunnings collection. ML128.F75 B83 (Music Reference)[A]
  • Digital tradition folk song database - Full texts and sound files for thousands of folk songs in English, searchable by keyword and by title.
  • Ferguson, Gary Lynn. Song finder : a title index to 32,000 popular songs in collections, 1854-1992. ML128.S3 F47 1995 (Music Reference)[A]
  • Goodfellow, William D. SongCite : an index to popular songs. ML128.P63 G65 1995 (Music Reference)[A]
  • Havlice, Patricia Pate. Popular song index. ML128.S3 H4 (Music Reference)[A]
  • Luchinsky, Ellen. The song index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. ML128.S3 L665 1998 (Music Reference)[A]
  • UTK Song Index - This is a publicly-available database providing access to about 50,000 songs in more than 1,500 published song anthologies owned by the George F. DeVine Music Library at the University of Tennessee, located in Knoxville.
• Not all of the anthologies listed in these resources are available in the University of Washington Libraries. You will need to see if a particular anthology listed is in our collection by searching our catalog using the title of the anthology.
  
  
  

  Scores of Arias and Art Songs

  If you know the Opera or Oratorio, etc. from which an aria comes, you can find it in a score for the entire composition in our catalog. If you don't know what larger work it comes from, you can check by searching the title of the aria either as a title search or keyword search in the Libraries catalog. Often you can find a reference from the aria title to the larger work in this way.

• The University of Washington Music Library has created a Index to Arias and Art Songs in Collections which indexes over 100 of the anthologies in the Music Library's collection.

  You can also try these song indexes:

  • De Charms, Desiree. Songs in collections; an index. ML128.S3 D37 (Music Reference)[A]
  • Goleeke, Tom. Literature for voice : an index of songs in collections and source book for teachers of singing. ML128.S3 G64 1984 (Music Reference)[A]
  • Sears, Minnie Earl. Song index; an index to more than 12,000 songs in 177 song collections comprising 262 volumes. ML128.S3 S31 (Music Reference)[A]
  • UTK Song Index - This is a publicly-available database providing access to about 50,000 songs in more than 1,500 published song anthologies owned by the George F. DeVine Music Library at the University of Tennessee, located in Knoxville.
  • Other online song indexes
    • Song index: Los Angeles Public Library
    • University of Arizona Song Index
• Not all of the anthologies listed in these resources are available in the University of Washington Libraries. You will need to see if a particular anthology listed is in our collection by searching our catalog using the title of the anthology.
  
  
  

  Hymns and Hymn tunes

  • Diehl, Katharine Smith. Hymns and tunes: an index. BV305. D5 1966 (Music Stacks)
  • Julian, John. A dictionary of hymnology, setting forth the origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages and nations. 245 J94d 1957 (Music Stacks)
  • Kroeger, Karl. An index to Anglo-American psalmody in modern critical editions. ML128. H8 K76 2000 (Music Stacks)
  • Temperley, Nicholas. The hymn tune index : a census of English-language hymn tunes in printed sources from 1535 to 1820. ML128. H8 T46 1998 (Music Stacks)
  • Wasson, D. Dewitt. Hymntune index and related hymn materials. ML3186. W2 1998 (Music Stacks)
• Not all of the anthologies listed in these resources are available in the University of Washington Libraries. You will need to see if a particular anthology listed is in our collection by searching our catalog using the title of the anthology.
  
  
  

  Finding Lyrics and Song Translations

  • The University of Washington Music Library has created an Index to Translations of Songs which indexes 15 sources in our library for various song translations.
    
    
  • Translations are often found in scores or in program notes with recordings. You may need to know if your song comes from a larger work. If you don't know what larger work it comes from, you can check by searching the title of the aria either as a title search or keyword search in the Libraries catalog. Often you can find a reference from the aria title to the larger work in this way.
    
    
  • Search tips for finding translations in the catalog.
    
    
    • Scores = try the song title or title of the larger work in keywords; add the text language you want and limit by Printed music scores:
      
      
      Example: traviata and english (limited by Publication Type: Printed music scores)
      
      
    • Recordings = try the song title or title of the larger work in keywords; add the text language you want along with the word "translation" truncated and limit by Musical sound recordings.
      
      
      Example: traviata and english and translation* (limited by Publication Type: Musical sound recordings)
      
      
  • Aria Database - An actively growing collection of information about opera and operatic arias. Besides providing basic information about each aria, the Database includes translations for many arias and aria texts for those that are not affected by copyright restrictions.
  • The Lied and Song Texts Page - An Archive of Texts to Lieder (Art Songs) and Other Classical Vocal Pieces. Includes some translations done by the page's creator.
  • Other online Lyric sites

• Summit is a library catalog that combines information from Pacific Northwest academic libraries into a single unified database. For specific borrowing rules check here.
• OCLC WorldCat - Contains over 30 million catalog records and holdings information for material owned by libraries around the world, including books, journals, scores, sound recordings and other media, etc.
  
• Interlibrary Loan obtains materials not owned by the University of Washington Libraries. They provide interlibrary loan and document delivery services, including Orbis Cascade Alliance material. After initial registration the system allows users to request, monitor and change their requests online.
• Musical Scores - Includes a variety of resources for music scores on the web.
  
  
  

  Finding Music Manuscripts

  Music Manuscripts Owned by UW

  The Manuscripts owned by the Music Library at the University of Washington can be found in:
  I. RISM -- covers the time period from circa 1600 to 1850.

  • A. University of Washington, Seattle, Music Library (US Su): Thematic Catalogue of Music in Manuscript. Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Book catalog. ML113 .I6 Ser.A/II pt. US Su (Music Reference)
    
    
  • B. The RISM Online catalog In the RISM catalog, search Library Siglum index for US Su (case sensitive), the symbol for UW Libraries, for all manuscripts held here. You may also search for individual manuscripts using this catalog. For more information on using the RISM online catalogs, see the next section.
    
    

  II. The music manuscripts are also included in the University Libraries' online catalog. The online catalog covers all time periods. To find all manuscripts owned by UW, go to the keyword search page.
  
  

  • Example: ** [type two asterisks in search box] (limit by publication type: Manuscript Music Scores)

  In addition to retrieving all original music manuscripts (including composition theses completed at the UW School of Music), the search also retrieves microfilm and printed facsimiles of manuscripts for which the original is held elsewhere.

  You may also search for individual composers, or individual manuscripts via the keyword search screen, restricting the publication type to manuscript music scores.
  
  

  • Example 1: au: Lully (limit by publication type: Manuscript Music Scores)

  This search will retrieve all the Jean-Baptiste Lully manuscripts that we own.
  
  

  • Example 2: au: lully and ti: atys (limit by publication type: Manuscript Music Scores)

  This search will retrieve the music manuscript of Lully's Atys held at the Music Library.
  
  III. Hans Moldenhauer Collection Some music thought to be in University of Washington Music Library now is in permanent collections elsewhere. The following catalogs will be helpful in locating materials dispersed from the Hans Moldenhauer Collection that was located at the University of Washington for a short time in the early 1950s.

  • Quellen zur Musikgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts : Alban Berg und die Zweite Wiener Schule, Musiker im amerikanischen Exil, Bavarica : Erwerbungen aus der Sammlung Hans Moldenhauer (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek--Houghton Library) : Stücke vorwiegend aus dem Nachlass Rudolf Kolisch (Houghton Library) : gemeinsame Ausstellung, München, 21. Juli-9. September 1988 : Cambridge, Oktober 1988 = Sources for 20th century music history : Alban Berg and the Second Viennese School ... / Katalog, Helmut Hell und Sigrid von Moisy, Barbara Wolff ML141.M8 B356 1988

  • The Rosaleen Moldenhauer memorial : music history from primary sources : a guide to the Moldenhauer Archives / Jon Newsom and Alfred Mann, editors ML93 .R67 2000

  
  

  Music Manuscripts Not Owned by UW

  Music manuscripts owned by libraries other than University of Washington can be found in the following catalogs:
  
  
  I. RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) Series A/II (ca.1600-1850)
  

  • A. Online catalog The catalog includes music manuscripts from circa 1600 to 1850. It includes UW’s music manuscripts. The catalog is updated twice a year. This is accessible from UW Libraries computers. Please log off after use.
    
    
  • B. CD-ROM catalog. This has the same coverage in time period as the Online Catalog above (1600-1850). However, the library owns the 9th edition (2001) only. The CD-ROM is accessible from the Music Library CD-ROM terminal only (downstairs in the Listening Center).

  
  
  II. RISM Series B/IV Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music (11th to 16th centuries) Book catalogs. ML113 .I6 Series B: IV (Music Reference)

  • A. Pt. 1: 11th-early 14th centuries
  • B. Pt. 2: 1320-1400. Supplement to both pts in 1.
  • C. Pts. 3-4: 14th-16th century. By country
  • D. Pt. 5: 15th-16th Centuries. Italy only.

  
  
  III. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music, 1400-1550. Book catalog. ML135 .C46 v. 1-5 (Music Reference)
  
  IV. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) This online catalog includes over 500,000 archival collections as well as single manuscripts from the United States. It covers materials (music and nonmusic) cataloged since 1986/87.
  
  V. British Library Manuscript Catalogue This catalog includes acquisitions from 1753 to the present day. It includes both music and nonmusic materials.
  
  VI. Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense Ufficio Ricerca Fondi Musicali Italian national catalog of music manuscripts to 1900.
  
  
  
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