Brown Fine Arts Library

Resource Guide for the Bassoon

M CLASS CALL NUMBERS

Scores are shelved under M, alphabetically by composer within each class number. Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings.

The most important numbers to remember for finding bassoon and contrabassoon music are M77 (solo unaccompanied), M254 (solo with keyboard), and M1027 (bassoon concertos, piano

reduction). Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings. Remember, though: many scores may be checked out or kept at the off-campus Library Service Center. Always check in Webcat, Fondren’s online catalog, to determine the library's complete holdings of bassoon music.

  Solo unaccompanied

  M75 -- Collections of original and arranged works

  M76 -- Collections of original works

  M77 -- Separate works, original

  M78 -- Collections of arranged works

  M79 -- Separate works, arranged

  Solo with piano

  M253 -- Collections of original and arranged works

  M254 -- Separate works, original or arranged

  Solo with full orchestra

  M1026 -- Full scores

  M1027 -- Piano reductions

  Solo with string orchestra

  M1126 -- Full scores

  M1127 -- Piano reductions

  Chamber music

  M288, 289 -- Two wind instruments

  M317, 417, 517 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano or

  continuo plus two (three, four etc.) wind instruments

  M322, 422, 522 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano or

  continuo plus two (three, four etc.) string(s) plus wind(s)

  M357, 457, 557 (etc.) -- Wind trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)

  M357.2, 457.2, 557.2 (etc.) -- Woodwind trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)

  Orchestral music

  M1001 -- Symphonies

  M1002 -- Symphonic poems

  M1003 -- Variations, suites

  M1004 -- Overtures

  Books: ML Class

  ML931 -- General books on woodwind instruments

  ML950 -- General books on the bassoon

  ML951 -- Bassoon construction

  ML953 -- Bassoon literature and playing

  Instructional materials: MT Class

  MT400 -- General instructional works on the bassoon

  MT402 -- Systems and methods for bassoon

  MT405 -- Studies and exercises for bassoon

  MT406 -- Orchestral studies for bassoon

  MT407 -- Two bassoons

  MT412 -- Contrabassoon

PERIODICAL LITERATURE

Current and bound issues of The Double Reed, published by the International

Double Reed Society (IDRS), are shelved under ML929 .D69; the latest issue is

shelved in the current periodicals area. See also the Journal of the IDRS, ML1 .I718 (merged into The Double Reed in 1999).

You can use the three databases listed below to search for articles on the

bassoon.

  RILM Abstracts of Music Literature 

  RILM indexes not just journal articles, but all types of music literature:

  books, dissertations, conference proceedings, reviews, etc. Coverage goes back

  to 1967, with some earlier materials as well.

  International Index to Music Periodicals, Full Text (IIMP-FT)

  IIMP-FT indexes approximately 370 periodicals, including The Double Reed from

  1996 to the present. In addition, IIMP-FT contains the full texts of several

  dozen music periodicals back to 1996.

  Music Index Online

  Indexes more than 640 music periodicals going back to 1979. The Double Reed

  and the IDRS Journal are indexed back to 1992.

BOOKS

Many (but not all) books with these

subject headings are shelved under the ML classes indicated:

      Bassoon music – Bibliography ML128 .B25 (or .B26)

      Bassoon – History ML950

      Bassoon – Construction ML951

      Bassoon – Reeds ML951

      Bassoon -- Music and Playing ML953

  Bibliographies

  Beebe, Jon P. Music for Unaccompanied Solo Bassoon. 1990.  ML128 .B26 B43

  1990

  Fletcher, Kristine Klopfenstein. The Paris Conservatoire and the Contest Solo

  for Bassoon. 1988. ML128 .B26 F6 1988

  Gillespie, James E., Jr. The Reed Trio: An Annotated Bibliography of Original

  Published Works. Ref ML113 .D4 no. 20

  Koenigsbeck, Bodo. Bassoon Bibliography = Bibliographie du Basson = Fagott

  Bibliographie. Ref ML128 .B26 K64 1994

  Wilkins, Wayne. The Index of Bassoon Music, including the Index of Baroque

  Trio Sonatas. 1976. Ref ML128 .B25 W5

  Wilkins, Wayne. Supplement to the Index of Bassoon Music. 1976-77, 1978. Ref

  ML128 .B25 W52

  Reed making

  Christlieb, Don. Notes on the Bassoon Reed: Machinery, Measurement, Analysis:

  A Treatise. Rev. ed. 1966. ML951 .C5 1966

  McKay, James. The Bassoon Reed Manual: Lou Skinner's Theories and Techniques.

  2000. ML951 .M35 2000

  Jansen, Will. The Bassoon: Its History, Construction, Makers, Players, and

  Music. 5 vols. 1978. ML950 .J36

  Joppig, Gunther. The Oboe and the Bassoon. 1988. ML940 .J6613 1988

  Langwill, Lyndesay G. The Bassoon and Contrabassoon. 1971. ML950 .L29 1971

Instruction and study

Search the subject headings below. Most (but not all)

instructional works with these headings are shelved under the MT classes

indicated:

      Bassoon -- Instruction and study  MT400

      Bassoon – Methods  MT402

      Bassoon -- Orchestra studies  MT406

WEB SITES

bassoon.org

International Double Reed Society http://www.idrs.org/

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