Resource Guide for the Piano
M, ML, and MT CLASS 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. 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 piano music.
M 21 Collections of keyboard music
M 22 Collections of piano music
M 23 Piano sonatas, arranged alphabetically by composer
M 24 Suites
M 25 Character pieces
M 26 Music for the left hand
M 27 Variations
M 30 Dances
M 32 Waltzes
M 33 Arrangements and transcriptions
M 201-208 Piano duets (one piano, 4 hands)
M 211-215 Music for two pianos
M 1010 Piano concertos, full score
M 1011 Piano concertos, orchestral part arranged for second piano
ML 650 Books about the piano
ML 700 Books about piano and keyboard music
MT 242-252 Etudes, teaching pieces, treatises
In Webcat, use the following subject headings to find books on the history of
the piano and its construction and literature. Most (but not all) books with
these subject headings are shelved under the ML/MT classes indicated.
Piano music – Bibliography ML128 .P3
Pianists – Biography ML397, 417
Piano music -- History and criticism ML70-747
Piano – History ML649-697
Piano -- Instruction and study MT220; for children MT475
PERIODICAL LITERATURE
International Piano ML649.8 .I584 print: 1998-present
Piano
Technician’s Journal ML1 .P68 print: 1983-present; CD-Rom full
text: 1979-1999
Piano
Today ML649.8.K48 print: 1996-present
Clavier ML1 .C79 print: 1962-present
Keyboard ML1 .C9153 print: 1996-present; online fulltext: 1996-
To search for journal articles on the piano, use the three databases listed
below. Because these databases are licensed for Rice use only, you need to configure your browser for the library's proxy server in order to use them from off campus.
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 1969.
International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)
IIMP indexes approximately 370 periodicals, including Clavier from 1990 to the present,
Piano Today from 1996 to the present, Keyboard from 1990 to the present, and Piano
Technician’s Journal for 1996 to the present. IIMP Fulltext also carries fulltext for
Clavier, Piano Technician’s Journal from 2003 to the present, and Keyboard from 1996 to
the present.
Music Index Online
Indexes more than 640 music periodicals going back to 1979.
History of the Piano: Selected Sources
The New Grove Early Keyboard Instruments, by Edwin M. Ripin, et al.
ML549 .N49 1989
Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos, by Edwin M. Good
ML652 .G6
History of the Piano, by Ernest Closson, trans. Delano Ames
ML650 .C5813 1974b
Piano Servicing, Tuning, Rebuilding, by Arthur A. Reblitz
Music Reference ML 652 .R3 1993
Pierce Piano Atlas (names, serial numbers, manufacture dates)
Ref ML652 .P53 1997
Piano Music: Selected Source Guides
The Piano Teacher's Source Book, by Maurice Hinson
Ref ML128 .P3 H55 1974
The Pianist's Reference Guide, by Maurice Hinson
Ref ML 128 .P3 H54 1987
Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, by Maurice Hinson
Ref ML 128 .P3 H5 2000
Music for More Than One Piano, by Maurice Hinson
ML 128 .P3 H52 2001
Music for Piano and Orchestra, enl. ed., by Maurice Hinson
Ref ML 128 .P5 H53 1993
The Pianist's Guide to Transcriptions, Arrangements, and Paraphrases, by Maurice Hinson
Ref ML128 .P35 H536 1990
The Piano in Chamber Ensemble, by Maurice Hinson
Ref ML 128 .C4 H5 1978
Piano Duet Repertoire: Music Originally Written for One Piano, Four Hands, by
Cameron McGraw
Ref ML 128 .P3 M2
Piano Music for One Hand, by Theodore Edel
ML 128 .P3 E3 1994
Piano Music in Collections: An Index, by Rita M. Fuszek
Ref ML 128 .P3 F87
Histories
Music for Piano: A Short History, by F. E. Kirby
ML 700 .K45 1995
A Short History of Keyboard Music, by F. E. Kirby
ML 700 .K47 1966
The History of Keyboard Music to 1700, by Willi Apel, trans.by Hans Tischler
ML549 .A6413
Five Centuries of Keyboard Music, by John Gillespie
ML 700 .G5
Internet Resources
The
Piano Page (Piano Technicians Guild)
