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Music Research Guide: Orchestra

A guide to the music resources at the University of Nebraska--Lincoln

Orchestra repertoire lists

Look in both the reference section and the regular library stacks under ML128.O5 for bibliographies and repertoire lists for orchestra.  Some of these are currenlty available digitally through HathiTrust.  Here are some possibilities: 

Daniels, David.  Daniels' orchestral music.  Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.  REF ML128.O5 D3 2015

Koshgarian, Richard.  American orchestral music: a performance catalog.  Metuchen, NJ : Scarecrow Press, 1992.  ML128.O5 K67 1992.  Available through HathiTrust.

Manning, Lucy.  Orchestral "pops" music: a handbook Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 2009. REF ML128.O5 M36 2009. Available through HathiTrust

Meyer, Dirk.  Chamber orchestra & ensemble repertoire: a catalog of modern music.  Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 2011. REF ML128.O5 M49 2011

Teaching music through performance in orchestra.  Chicago : GIA Publications, 2001-  Vols. 1-3.  MT125 .T2535 2001.  Full text search currently available through HathiTrust

 

Current orchestra periodical

Symphony ML1.S967

 

Orchestral resources on the web

Some orchestral call numbers

M - Scores

    M1000-1075  Music for orchestra and concertos with orchestra, for example ...

  • M1001 Symphonies
  • M1002 Symphonic poems
  • M1003 Suites
  • M1004 Overtures
  • M1045 General pieces
  • M1060 Arrangements

    M1100-1160  Music for string orchestra and concertos with string orchestra

ML - Books

    ML1110-1270 History and criticism of orchestral music

MT - Musical instruction and study

    MT125-130  Analytical guides to orchestral music

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