Library of Congress Classification System

M - Music

 

M Instrumental and Vocal Music.
ML Literature of Music.
MT Musical Instruction and Study.

 

M 1-5000 Music
  1 . A1-A15 Music Printed or Copied in Manuscript in the United States or the Colonies Before 1860
  2-2.3 Collections of Musical Scores
  3-3.1 Collected Works of Individual Composers
  3.3 First Editions
  5-1490 Instrumental Music
  6-175.5 Solo Instruments
  176 Instrumental Music for Motion Pictures
  176.5 Instrumental Music for Radio and Television
  177-990 Music for Two or More Solo Instruments
  180-298.5 Duets
  300-386 Trios
  400-486 Quartets
  500-586 Quintets
  600-686 Sextets
  700-786 Septets
  800-886 Octets
  900-986 Nonets and Larger Combinations of Purely Chamber Music
  990 Chamber Music for Instruments of the 18th Century and Earlier
  1000-1075 Orchestra
  1100-1160 String Orchestra
  1200-1269 Band
  1270 Fife (Bugle) and Drum Music, Field Music, etc.
  1350-1353 Reduced Orchestra
  1356-1356.2 Dance Orchestra and Instrumental Ensembles
  1360 Mandolin and Similar Orchestras of Plucked Instruments
  1362 Accordion Band
  1365 Minstrel Music
  1366 Jazz Ensembles
  1375-1420 Instrumental Music
  1450 Dance Music
  1470 Chance Compositions
  1473 Electronic Music
  1480 Music with Color Apparatus, etc.
  1490 Music, Printed or Copied in Manuscript, Before 1700  
  1495-5000 Vocal Music
  1497-1998 Secular Vocal Music
  1500-1527.8 Dramatic Music
  1528-1529.5 Duets, Trios, etc. for Solo Voices
  1530-1546.5 Choruses with Orchestra or Other Ensemble
  1547-1600 Choruses, Part-Songs, etc. With Accompaniment of Keyboard or Other Solo Instrument, or Unaccompanied
  1608 Choruses, etc. in Tonic Sol-Fa Notation
  1609 Unison Choruses with or Without Accompaniment of Every Kind
  1610 Cantatas, Choral Symphonies, etc for Unaccompanied Chorus (Secular and Sacred) With or Without Solo Voices
  1611-1624.8 Songs for One Voice
  1625-1626 Recitations With Accompaniment
  1627-1853 National Music
  1900-1980 Songs (Part and Solo) of Special Character
  1985 Musical Games
  1990-1998 Secular Music for Children
  1999-2199 Sacred Vocal Music
  1999 Collections
  2000-2007 Oratorios
  2010-2017.7 Services
  2018-2019.5 Duets, Trios, etc. for Solo Voices
  2020-2036 Choruses, Cantatas, etc.
  2060-2101.5 Choruses, Part-Songs, etc. With Accompaniment of Keyboard or Other Solo Instrument
  2102-2114.8 Songs for One Voice
  2115-2146 Hymn, Psalm, and Choral Books
  2147-2188 Liturgy and Ritual
  2147-2155.6 Roman Catholic
  2156-2160.87 Orthodox Churches
  2161-2183 Protestant Churches
  2184 Other Christian Churches
  2186-2187 Jewish
  2188 Other Non-Christian Religions
  2190-2196 Sacred Vocal Music for Children
  2198-2199 Temperance, Revival, Rescue, and Gospel Songs
  5000 Unidentified Compositions
ML 1-3930 Literature of Music
  48-54.8 Texts for Music
  110-158 Bibliography
  155-158 Sound Recordings
  159-3799 History and Criticism
  410 Composer Biographies
  459-1380 Instruments and Instrumental Music
  1100-1380 Chamber and Orchestral Music, Band (Military Music), Electronic Music
  1400-3275 Vocal Music
  1500-1554 Choral Music (Sacred and Secular)
  1600-2881 Secular Vocal Music
  2900-3275 Sacred Vocal Music
  3400-3465 Dance Music
  3469-3541 Popular Music
  3544-3776 National Music
  3800-3923 Philosophy and Physics of Music
  3928-3930 Juvenile Literature
MT 1-960 Musical Instruction and Study
  40-67 Composition
  68 Improvisation
  70-86 Orchestra and Orchestration
  90-146 Analytical Guides, etc.
  170-810 Instrumental Techniques
  820-949 Singing and Voice Culture
  955-960 Production of Operas, Music in Theaters

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