Brown Fine Arts Library

       Resource Guide for the Viola

M CLASS NUMBERS

Scores are shelved under M, alphabetically by composer within each class number.

The most important numbers to remember for finding scores of viola music are M47

(solo unaccompanied), M226 (viola and piano music) and M1015 (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 viola music.

Solo unaccompanied

      M47 Works for solo viola, original

      M49 Works for solo viola, arranged

Solo with piano or continuo

      M224 Miscellaneous collections of original and arranged works

      M225 Collections of original works

      M226 Separate original works

      M227 Collections of arranged works

      M228 Separate works, arranged

Solo with full orchestra

      M1014 Full scores

      M1015 Piano reductions

Solo with string orchestra

      M1114 Full scores

      M1115 Piano reductions

Chamber music

      M286, 287 String duets

      M350, 351 String trios

      M452, 552 (etc.) String quartets, quintets (etc.)

      M312, 412, 512 (etc.) Piano trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)

      M322, 422, 522 (etc.) Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano plus two

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

      M362, 462, 562 (etc.) Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed and

      wind instruments

      M372, 472, 572 (etc.) Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed and

      plucked instruments

      M382, 482, 582 (etc.) Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed,

      plucked and wind instruments

Orchestral Music

      M1001 Symphonies

      M1002 Symphonic poems

      M1003 Variations, suites

      M1004 Overtures

ML AND MT CLASS NUMBERS

Books are shelved under ML, and instructional materials such as methods,

studies, and orchestral excerpts under MT.

  Literature

  Biographies of string players

  ML398 - Collective (including string quartets)

  ML418 - Individual performers

  Books on construction, music, and playing

  ML750 - Bowed stringed instruments, General

  ML755 - Construction of string instruments

  ML756 - Music and playing, string instruments

Viola specific

  ML900 - General works

  ML901 - Construction

  ML905 - Music and playing

  MT280 - Instruction and study

  MT285 - Studies and exercises

  MT286 - Orchestra Studies

BOOKS

Most (but not all) books with

these subject headings are shelved under the ML classes indicated:

      Viola music –- Bibliography ML128 .V36

      Violists –- Biography ML418

      Viola –- History ML900

      Viola -- Instruction and study MT280

      Viola -- Studies and exercises MT285

      Viola -- Orchestra studies MT286

  Bibliographies

  Heron-Allen, Edward. De Fidiculis Bibliographia. 1890-1894 Ref ML128 .V4 H4 1961

  Jappe, Michael. Viola Bibliographie: Das Repertoire für die historische

  Bratsche von 1649 bis nach 1800. 1999. ML128 .V36 J35 1999.

  Jappe, Michael. Viola d'amore Bibliographie: Das Repertoire für die

  Historische Viola d'amore von ca. 1680 bis nach 1800. ML128 .V38 J37 1997

  Regazzi, Roberto.  The Complete Luther’s Library. 1990. Ref ML128 .S7 R4 1990.

  Wilkins, Wayne. The Index of Viola Music. 1976. Ref. ML128 .V36 W5

  Williams, Michael D. Music for Viola. 1979. Ref. ML113 .D4 no. 42

  Zeyringer, Franz. Literatur für Viola: Verzeichnis der Werke für Viola-Solo,

  Duos mit Viola, Trios mit Viola, Viola-Solo mit Begleitung.

  1976. ML128 .V36 Z5

  History, construction, playing

  Dolejsi, Robert. Modern Viola Technique. 1973. MT285 .D64 1973

  Primrose, William. Walk on the North Side: Memoirs of a Violist. 1978. ML418

  .P84 A3

  Riley, Maurice W. The History of the Viola. 1980. ML900 .R43 2v.

  Instruction, studies and exercises

  Alto, Par-dessus de Viole: Methodes et Traites--Dictionnaires. 2000. MT280 .A44 2000

  Barrett, Henry. The Viola: Complete Guide for Teachers and Students. 1978.

  MT280 .B37 1978

  Dalton, David. Playing the Viola: Conversations with William Primrose. 1988.

  MT280 .D34 1988

  Showell, Jeffrey. A Solo Folio for the Principal Violist. 1980. MT286 .S65 S5

  1980

  Wagner, Richard. Orchestral Excerpts from Operas and Concert Works: For Viola.

  MT286 .W258 O7 1969

PERIODICAL LITERATURE

      Die Viola = The Viola ML900 .V55 print: 1979-1994

      The Strad  ML1 .S77 print: 1991-present; microfilm: 1890-1990

Strings  ML1 .S775 print: 1996-present; microfilm: 1986-1995; online full text: 1999-

American String Teacher  ML1 .A58 print: 1990-present; online fulltext: 1996-

To search for journal articles on the viola, 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 1967.

  International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)

  IIMP indexes approximately 370 periodicals, including The Strad from 1969 to

  the present, Strings from 1996 to the present, and American String Teacher for

  1994, and 1996 to the present. IIMP Fulltext also carries fulltext for Strings

  and American String Teacher (see above for coverage).

  Music Index Online

  Indexes more than 640 music periodicals going back to 1979, including The

  Strad and American String Teacher.

WEB SITES

American Viola Society  http://www.americanviolasociety.org/

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