General Strings
The Literature and Pedagogy Guides are designed for use by music performance and pedagogy faculty and students. Included in these guides are listing of call number ranges and subject headings for browsing/accessing books, journals, scores, and audio/visual recordings by specific instruments, family of instruments, and major ensembles. Online resources such as links to notable professional organizations and commonly used web sites and blogs are also included.
BROWSING AND CATALOG SEARCHING BY CALL NUMBER RANGES
Call Numbers
- M40-M59 Solo string instrument music
- M217-M239 Piano and one string instrument
- M286-M287 Duets of string instruments
- M349-M353 String trios
- M450-M454 String quartets (Quartets of 2 violins, 1 viola, and 1 violoncello are classed under M452)
- M1112-M1119 Solo string instrument with string orchestra
- ML128.S7 String instrument music–Bibliography
- ML750-ML927 General: history and construction; music and playing
- MT259-MT338 String instrument techniques [See also individual instruments (violin, etc.)]
Subject Headings
- CHAMBER MUSIC-DICTIONARIES
- CHAMBER MUSIC-DICTIONARIES AND CRITICISM
- INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES
- INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLES, ARRANGED
- STRING ENSEMBLES--ANALYTICAL GUIDES
- STRING QUARTET (for general information about the string quartet as a genre or medium of performance)
- STRING QUARTETS (for scores and recordings of string quartets)
- STRING TRIO (for general information about the string trio as a genre or medium of performance)
- STRING TRIOS (for scores and recordings of string trios)
- STRINGED INSTRUMENTS--BOW
- STRINGED INSTRUMENTS--CONSTRUCTION
- STRINGED INSTRUMENTS--INSTRUCTION & STUDY
- STRINGED INSTRUMENTS--MAKERS
- STRINGED INSTRUMENTS--METHODS
- STRINGED INSTRUMENTS--PERIODICALS
- STRINGED INSTRUMENTS--REPAIRING
- VIOLIN AND VIOLONCELLO MUSIC, VIOLIN AND VIOLA MUSIC, etc. (for string duets)
- VIOLINISTS, VIOLONCELLISTS, etc.
PRINT RESOURCES (in the Reference Room)
Reference Books
Baron, John H. ChamberMusic: A Research and Information Guide. New York: Routledge, 2002.
-REF ML128.C4B37 2002
Catalogue of Chamber Music. Toronto: Canadian Music Centre, 1967.
-REF. ML128.C4C3
Cohn, Arthur. The Literature of Chamber Music. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, Inc., 1997.
-REF. ML1100.C63 1997 v.1
Farish, Margaret K. String Music in Print. New York: R.R Bowker Company, 1973.
-REF. ML128.S7F4 1973
Rangel-Ribeiro, Victor and Robert Markel. Chamber Music: An International Guide to Works And Their Instrumentation. New York: Victor Rangel-Ribeiro and Markel Enterprises,Inc., 1993.
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REF. ML128.C4R3 1993
Journals
American String Teacher / REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML27.U5A8356
Chamber Music / REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML1 .C353
International Musician / REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML1.I8
The Strad / REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS)ML800.S87
String Magazine /REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML749.5 .S87
Symphony Magazine / REF. (CURRENT PERIODICALS) ML1.A7283
Directories
Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts - REF. STACKS – ML13.M83 2005.
***Provides a comprehensive list of music schools, summer music camps, music festivals, competitions, performance venues, and scholarship and financial aid information.
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
The Art of Vibrato - MT259 .F57V5822 2002 (DVD)
Inner Game of Music - ML3820.I58 (VHS)
ONLINE RESOURCES
American Federation of Musicians – http://www.afm.org
American String Teachers Association - http://www.astaweb.com
Music Teachers National Association – http://www.mtna.org
Myauditions.com – http://myauditions.com
*Call numbers apply to UT held items only
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pauline Bayne and Nathalie Hristov, Revised August 2007