Brown Fine Arts Library

Resource Guide for the Violin

M, ML, and MT CLASS NUMBERS

Books and scores are arranged on the shelves according to the M class numbers of the Library of Congress Classification System. Scores are shelved under M, books on music under ML, and music instructional materials such as methods, exercises, and orchestral studies under MT. Within each class number, scores are shelved alphabetically by composer,

books (in most classes) alphabetically by author. For violin music, the most

important numbers to remember are M42 (solo unaccompanied), M219-221 (violin

sonatas, suites or variations, and pieces respectively, all accompanied by

piano), and M1013(violin 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 cello music.

Scores: M Class

Solo unaccompanied

      M40 -- Collections of original and arranged works

      M41 -- Collections of original works

      M42 -- Separate works, original

      M43 -- Collections of arranged works

      M44 -- Separate works, arranged

Solo with piano or continuo

      M217 -- Collections of original and arranged works

      M218 -- Collections of original works

      M219 -- Violin sonatas

      M220 -- Violin suites and variations

      M221 -- Violin pieces

      M222 -- Collections of arranged works

      M223 -- Separate works, arranged

Solo with full orchestra

      M1012 -- Full scores

      M1013 -- Piano reductions

Solo with string orchestra

      M1112Full scores

      M1113Piano 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

Books: ML Class

      ML398 -- Biographies of string players, collective (including string quartets)

      ML418 -- Biographies of individual string players

      ML750 -- Bowed stringed instruments, General

      ML755 -- Construction of string instruments

      ML756 -- Music and playing, string instruments

      ML800 -- General works on the violin

      ML802-845 -- Violin construction

      ML850-897 -- Violin music and playing

Instructional works: MT Class

      MT260 -- General works

      MT262 -- Systems and methods

      MT265 -- Studies and exercises

      MT266 -- Orchestral excerpts

BOOKS

Ref = reference section of the music library, located beside the south windows

Non-circ = regular ML stacks, but noncirculating

In Webcat, use the following subject headings to find books on the history of

the violin and its construction and literature. Most (but not all) books with

these subject headings are shelved under the ML classes indicated:

      Violin – Bibliography  ML128 .V4

      Violin music – Bibliography  ML128 .S7, ML128 .V4

      Violin – History  ML460, 755-850

      Violin music -- History and criticism  ML850, 856, 876

      Violinists – Biography  ML398, 418

      Violin -- Instruction and study  MT260, 262

      Violin -- Studies and exercise  MT262, 265

      Violin -- Orchestra studies  MT266

  Bibliographies

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

  Klugherz, Laura. A Bibliographical Guide to Spanish Music for the Violin and

  Viola, 1900-1997. 1998. ML128 .V4 K58 1998

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

  History, construction, playing

  Boyden, David. The History of Violin Playing, from Its Origins to 1761 and Its

  Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music. 1965. ML850 .B7

  Huber, John. The Violin Market: The Violinists Guide to Instrument Purchase.

  1995. ML800 .H8 1995

  Peterlongo, Paolo. The Violin: Its Physical and Acoustic Principles . 1979.

  ML755 .P4813

  Stowell, Robin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Violin. 1992. ML800 .C35

  1992

  Stowel, Robin. The Early Violin and Viola: A Practical Guide. 2001. ML855 .S79

  2001

  Strange, Patricia, and Allen Strange. The Contemporary Violin: Extended

  Performance Techniques. 2001. ML857 .S77 2001

  Players and makers

  Agus, Ayke. Heifetz as I Knew Him. 2001. ML418 .H44 A48 2001

  Beare, Charles. Antonio Stradivari: The Cremona Exhibition of 1987. 1993

  ML462 .C8 P35 1993

  Burton, Humphrey. Yehudi Menuhin: A Life. 2001. ML418 .M27 B87 2001

  Harvey, Brian W. The Violin Family and Its Makers in the British Isles: An

  Illustrated History and Directory. 1995. ML755 .H35 1995

  Lewis, Thane. Fiddling With Life: The Unusual Journey of Steven Staryk. 2000.

  ML418 .S735 L48 2000

  Menuhin, Yehudi.  Life Class: thoughts, exercises, reflections of an itinerant violinst.

  1986.  MT260 .M416 1986.   

  Newman, Richard. Alma Rose: Vienna to Auschwitz. 2000. ML418 .R76 N48 2000

  Roth, Henry. Master Violinists in Performance. 1982. ML398 .R67 1982

  Stern, Issac. My First 79 Years. 1999. ML419 .S75 A3 1999

  Stowell, Robin. Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late

  Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 1985. ML855 .S8 1985

  Instruction, studies, and exercises

  Flesch, Carl. The Art of Violin Playing. 1924. MT262 .F54 A7 1924

  Primrose, William. Technique is Memory: A Method for Violin and Viola Players

  Based on Finger Patterns. 1960. MT262 .P73

  Sevcik, Otakar. School of Violin Technic in Four Parts, op. 1. 1901.

  MT265 .S48 op. 1

  Spohr, Louis. Violin School. 1912. MT265 .S66 V5 1912

  Szigeti, Joseph. A Violinist's Notebook: 200 Music Examples with Notes for

  Practice and Performance. 1964. MT265 .S98 V56 1964

  Rose, Leonard. Orchestral Excerpts from the Symphonic Repertoire for Cello.

  1953. 3 vols. MT306 .O7 1953

  Werner, Josef. Practical Method for Violoncello: Op. 12. 1928. MT302 .W47 op. 12 F5 v. 1

PERIODICAL LITERATURE

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 violin, 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 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

Violinist.com

      http://www.violinist.com/

International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

      http://www.violin.org/

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