Brass and Percussion

M315-M386 trios (which may include one or more brass instruments)

M357.4 brass trios

M415-486 quartets (which may include one or more brass instruments)

M457.4 brass quartets

M515-M586 Quintets for various instruments

M557.4 brass quintets

M657.4 brass sextets

M757.4 brass septets

M857.4 brass octets

M957.4 brass nonets

• Use quotation marks around phrases. "French Horn"

• Truncate using * This is an excellent way to improve your search results. For example, Sona* will find Sonata, Sonatas, Sonatina, Sonatinas etc.. Truncating means you don't have to search for these words separately by typing each one individually.

• Use "AND" and "OR" to combine words or phrases. These are known as Boolean operators.

• Use parentheses: ( ), called "nesting, to groups terms together so you can combine even more concepts or Synonyms. For example: (cello OR violincello) or (beliefs OR attitudes). Using both terms ensures you will get relevant results.

For other combinations (sextets, septets, etc.) follow the same pattern as above
Also try the subject heading Brass Ensembles

For brass ensembles with other instruments (piano, violin, etc.), after each basic subject heading (trios, quartets, quintets, etc.) the instruments are organized in the following order: Keyboard (piano, continuo, etc.), winds / brass, percussion, strings (in score order).

So, for example, if you are searching for trios for clarinet, horn and piano use the subject heading trios piano clarinet horn

Music Reference

Music for Brass