LibGuides: Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Voice: Voice

Call Numbers

Secular Vocal Works
M1497
collections of vocal works by two or more composers

M1500
Operas and other dramatic works in full score

M1503
operas and other dramatic works in vocal scores

M1505 - M1508
opera excerpts

M1528 - M1529.5
duets, trios, etc. for solo voices

M1530 - M1546,5
Choruses with orchestra or other ensembles

M1547 - M1600
Choruses, part songs, etc. unaccompanied or with accompaniment of keyboard or other solo instrument

M1610
cantatas, choral symphonies, etc. for unaccompanied chorus

M1611 - M1626
songs for one voice (including arias)

M1627
national songs

M1678 - M1879.2
Canadian songs (including folk songs, popular songs and ethnic songs)

Sacred Vocal Music
M1999
Miscellaneous collections of sacred vocal music by two or more composers

M2000 - M2007
oratorios

M2010 - M2017.7
religous services (including settings of masses, requiems and other services)

M2018 - M2019.5
duets, trios, etc. for solo voice

M2020 - M2036
choruses, cantatas, etc. with orchestra or other ensembles

M2060 - M2101.5
choruses, part songs, etc. unaccompanied or with accompaniment of keyboard or other solo instruments.

M2115 - M2145
hymnals, hymn collections

M2145 - M2188
officially prescribed service music
(Roman Catholic - M2147 - M2155.6)
(Protestant - M2161 - M2183)
(Jewish - M2186 - M2187)

Finding recordings and scores using Keyword (with Boolean)

Use quotation marks around phrases. "double bass"

Truncate uisng "?" 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 group 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.

Use the limits to limit to recordings, scores or videos.

Remember that some of our LP recordings are not listed in the electronic catalogue. Always check the card catalogue if you do not find a recording in Voyager. For more information on using keyword to find music items look at the music keyword guide

Subject Headings

vocal music, sacred vocal music (miscellaneous solo works only)	vocal music, sacred vocal music (also check the 'Info')
songs	songs
songs of a particular country or region, use 'songs' plus the name For example songs english; songs french; songs german; etc.	songs english ; songs french : songs german
songs with...	songs with
vocal duets, trios, etc	vocal duets vocal trios etc.
songs for a specific range	songs (high voice); songs (medium voice); songs (low voice)
other types of compositions	cantatas, oratorios
studies and methods	singing instuction and study singing methods singing studies and exercises
history	songs history and criticism