Class numbers for choral music and dramatic music

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M6-M175 | M180-M298.5 | M300-M990 | M1000/M1100, etc. | M1005/M1105, etc. | M1500/M2000, etc. | M1528/M2018, etc. | M1611/M2102, etc. | MT179-MT735

M1500-M1609/M2000-M2014.6/M2020-M2101.5

Choral music encompasses secular and sacred choruses and cantatas, with or without solo voices, with or without accompaniment.

Operas | Incidental music | Ballets | Oratorios | Masses
Choruses: Accompaniment of 2 or more instruments: Mixed voices | Men's voices | Women's (treble) voices
Collections of both accompanied and unaccompanied works
Accompaniment of 1 instrument or unaccompanied: keyboard instrument | 1 instrument other than keyboard | unaccompanied
Unison choruses

Operas
M1500 Complete works
M1501 Concert arrangements
M1502 Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
M1503 Vocal and chorus scores with accompaniment
M1503.5    Concert arrangements
M1504 College operas
  Excerpts
M1505    Original accompaniment
     Arranged accompaniment or unaccompanied
M1506       Orchestra or other ensemble
        Keyboard instrument and unaccompanied; including sheet music with only the melody or lead sheets
M1507          Collections
M1508          Separate works. By title
      canceled; Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
M1508.1          canceled; see M1507
M1508.2          canceled; see M1508
M1509 Operatic scenes (independent works)

Incidental music
M1510 Full scores
M1512 Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
M1513 Vocal and chorus scores with accompaniment
  Excerpts
M1515    Original accompaniment
     Arranged accompaniment
M1516       Orchestra or other ensemble
        Piano or organ
M1517          Collections
M1518          Separate works. By title

Ballets
M1520 Full scores
M1522 Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
M1523 Piano scores. Vocal scores with piano
  Excerpts
M1524    Original accompaniment
     Arranged accompaniment
M1525       Orchestra or other ensemble
M1525       Piano

Oratorios
Secular Sacred  
M1530 M2000 Full scores
M1532 M2002 Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
M1533 M2003 Vocal and chorus scores with accompaniment
    Excerpts
M1534 M2004    Original accompaniment
       Arranged accompaniment
M1535 M2005       Orchestra or other ensemble
          Piano or organ
M1536 M2006          Collections
M1537 M2007          Separate works

Masses

(See also Parts of the Mass)
Use for cyclical choral works set to liturgical or other texts, whether or not for use in a church
  Settings of the Ordinary and Requiems
    Complete works
M2010       Accompaniment of orchestra or other ensemble
M2011       Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment and unaccompanied
M2013       Accompaniment of organ, piano, or other instrument; vocal scores
M2013.5       Unison voices
M2014    Excerpts
M2014.5 Settings of Propers
M2014.6 Offices and other services
For Anglican, Jewish, etc. services, see Class M, M2015-M2017.6;
Use M2020-M2102.5 for individual parts of liturgical (e.g., Credo) or nonliturgical services set as separate compositions

Choruses

For sacred choral music, follow the instructions preceding M2060 in Class M, music and books on music:
Class works in the following priority unless otherwise noted: 1) by type or absence of accompaniment, 2) by text, 3) by season or occasion, 4) by type of chorus

Accompaniment of 2 or more instruments: Mixed voices | Men's voices | Women's (treble) voices
Collections of both accompanied and unaccompanied works
Accompaniment of 1 instrument or unaccompanied: keyboard instrument | 1 instrument other than keyboard | unaccompanied
Unison choruses
Accompaniment of 2 or more instruments
Mixed voices
Secular Sacred Full scores
    Orchestral accompaniment
M1530 M2020    General
M1530.3 M2020.3    With recitation
M1531 M2021 Other accompaniment (string orchestra, band, other ensemble of 2 or more instrument, electronic accompaniment)
Secular Sacred Vocal scores
M1532 M2022 Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
    Vocal scores with piano (or organ for sacred choruses) accompaniment
M1533 M2023    General
M1533.3 M2023.3    With recitation
Secular Sacred Excerpts
M1534 M2025 Original accompaniment
    Arranged accompaniment
M1535 M2026    Orchestra or other ensemble
       One or two keyboard instruments
M1536 M2027      Collections
M1537 M2028      Separate works
M1537.5 M2025.5    Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
Choruses
Accompaniment of 2 or more instruments
Men's voices
Secular Sacred Full scores
  M2029 Orchestral accompaniment
M1538 M2029    General
M1538.3 ----   With recitation
  M2029 Other accompaniment (string orchestra, band, other ensemble of 2 or more instrument, electronic accompaniment)
M1539      General
M1539.3      With recitation
  M2029.5 Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
Secular Sacred Vocal scores
  M2030 Vocal scores with piano (or organ for sacred choruses) accompaniment
M1540 ----    General
M1540.3 ----    With recitation
M1540.5 M2029.5 Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
Secular Sacred Excerpts
M1541 M2031 Orchestral accompaniment
M1542 M2032 Piano (or organ for sacred choruses) accompaniment
M1542.5 --- Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
Choruses
Accompaniment of 2 or more instruments
Women's (treble) voices
Secular Sacred Full scores
  M2033 Orchestral accompaniment
M1543 M2033    General
M1543.3 ---    With recitation
M1543.5 M2033 Other accompaniment (string orchestra, band, other ensemble of 2 or more instrument, electronic accompaniment)
Secular Sacred Vocal scores
  M2034 Vocal scores with piano (or organ for sacred choruses) accompaniment
M1544 ----    General
M1544.3 ----    With recitation
M1544.5 M2033.5 Vocal and chorus scores without accompaniment
Secular Sacred Excerpts
M1545 M2035 Accompaniment other than solo keyboard
M1546 M2036 Vocal scores with keyboard instrument
Choruses
Collections of both accompanied and unaccompanied works
Secular Sacred  
M1547 M2060 Collections of both accompanied and unaccompanied works
Choruses
Accompaniment of 1 instrument or unaccompanied
Secular Sacred Accompaniment of keyboard instrument
Note: LC class numbers in subject authority records for choruses with accompaniment of piano (4 hands) indicate that "piano (4 hands)" is considered to be 1 keyboard instrument.
LC class numbers for in subject authority records for choruses with accompaniment of pianos (2) also fall within this range (M1548-1570 and M2061-M2080).
However, in some LC bibliographic records, choruses with accompaniment of 2 pianos are sometimes classed in M1543.5
    Collections (including collections with accompaniment of other solo instrument)
M1548 M2061    2 or more types of chorus
M1549 M2062    mixed voices
M1550 M2063    men's voices
M1551 M2064    women's (treble) voices
    Special seasons and occasions
  M2065    Christmas
  M2066    Easter
  M2067    Thanksgiving
  M2068.A-Z    Other, A-Z (for a complete list, see Class M)
    Separate works
M1552 M2072    mixed voices
M1560 M2073    men's voices
M1570 M2074    women's (treble) voices
    Special seasons and occasions
  M2075    Christmas
  M2076    Easter
  M2077    Thanksgiving
  M2078.A-Z    Other, A-Z (for a complete list, see Class M)
  M2079.A-Z    works with liturgical text (for a complete list of texts, see Table M6)
Choruses
Accompaniment of 1 instrument other than keyboard
Secular Sacred  
M1574 M2080.4 2 or more types of chorus (collections only)
M1575 M2080.5 mixed voices (collections and separate works)
M1576 M2080.6 men's voices (collections and separate works)
M1577 M2080.7 women's (treble) voices (collections and separate works)
Choruses
Unaccompanied
Secular Sacred  
    Collections
M1578 M2081    2 or more types of chorus
M1579 M2082    mixed voices
M1580 M2083    men's voices
M1581 M2084    women's (treble) voices
    Special seasons and occasions
  M2085    Christmas
  M2086    Easter
  M2087    Thanksgiving
  M2088.A-Z    Other, A-Z (for a complete list, see Class M)
    Separate works
M1582 M2092    mixed voices
M1590 M2093    men's voices
M1600 M2094    women's (treble) voices
    Special seasons and occasions
  M2095    Christmas
  M2096    Easter
  M2097    Thanksgiving
  M2098.A-Z    Other, A-Z (for a complete list, see Class M)
  M2099.A-Z    works with liturgical text (for a complete list of texts, see Table M6)
Choruses
Unison
Secular Sacred  
M1609 2101.5 Unison choruses, with and without accompaniment

Cutter numbers for special texts (for a complete list of texts, see Table M6)
If more than one language is present and one of those is Latin, use "L" in the cutter number.
  __11 Agnus Dei
  __14 Alma Redemptoris Mater
  __16 Ave Maria
  __161 Ave Maria Stella
  __165 Ave Verum corpus
  __169 Beatus vir
  __25 Cantate Domino
  __34 De profundis
  __373 Dixit Dominus
  __4 Gloria in excelsis Deo
  __5 Kyrie eleison
  __6 Magnificat
  __62 Miserere mei
  __7 Nunc dimittis
  __77 Regina Caeli
  __8 Salve Regina
  __82 Stabat Mater
  __9 Te Deum
  __94 Veni Creator Spiritus
For special texts not listed in Table M6, class works by medium of performance.

The M schedule doesn't offer a solution to special texts in languages other than those listed in the Table M6, but begin with the letter of one the languages listed there (e.g., "L" is used for Latin, and cannot be used with Latvian, Lithuanian, etc., special texts). The cuttering directions use up all the available numbers under a given letter, so unless a different lettering system were introduced for letters already occupied, there's no class legitimately available.

Several workarounds are possible:

  1. Add a cutter number between "L" and the number for the text (e.g., La, Li),
  2. Class with medium of performance instead of special texts,
  3. Interfile all languages beginning with a specific alpha character without regard for their differences

Source: dialog on MLA-L, Geraldine Ostrove (LC), Joe Bartl (LC), and Chuck Herrold (Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)