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Western Music History

This guide is designed to help you get started with your research on the history of music.

What do Call Numbers mean?

Scores, books, and periodicals are arranged on the shelves according to the Library of Congress (LC) Classification system. Each subject area is given a specific letter and then these main classes are further divided into subclasses designated by an additional capital letter. Music is organized by the kind of material, which puts all the piano sonatas in one place and all the string quartets in another. Call numbers for music materials all begin with the letter M.

 

 

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