Music Cataloging at Yale ♪ Call numbers
M6-M175 | M180-M298.5 | M300-M990 | M1000/M1100, etc. | M1005/M1105, etc. | M1500/M2000, etc. | M1528/M2018, etc. | M1611/M2102, etc. | MT179-MT735
organ: M6-M14 (See Class M15-M19 for Harmonium music) | piano: M20-M39 | string instruments: M40-M59 | wind instruments: M60-M114 | plucked instruments: M115-M142 | percussion and other instruments: M145-M175 | unspecified solo instrument: M175.5
| Class | Instrument |
| M6-M14 | Organ |
| M6 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M7 | General collections |
| Special collections and separate works | |
| M8 | Sonatas |
| M8.5 | Symphonies |
| M9 | Suites and kindred cyclical works; variations |
| M10 | Fugues with or without preludes; Canons (see sh 85019705) |
| M11 | Pieces (separate works only) |
| M11.2 | Pedal pieces |
| Arrangements | |
| M12 | Collections |
| M13 | Separate works |
| M14 | Organ books (includes organ acc. to collections of psalms, hymns, etc.) |
| M14.3 | Liturgical music (works composed for liturgical purposes) |
| Special seasons and occasions (original and arranged works) | |
| M14.4 | Collections, cuttered by season two seasons or occasions, cutter for the first A1 three or more seasons A4 Advent C5 Christmas E2 Easter E6 Epiphany F8 Funeral music H2 Harvest, Thanksgiving H5 Holy communion H6 Holy week L5 Lent. Passiontide P4 Palm Sunday W3 Wedding music W4 Whitsuntide, Pentecost Festival |
| M14.5 | Separate works two seasons or occasions, cutter for the first A1 three or more seasons A4 Advent C5 Christmas E2 Easter F8 Funeral music H2 Harvest, Thanksgiving H5 Holy communion H6 Holy week L5 Lent. Passiontide P4 Palm Sunday W3 Wedding music W4 Whitsuntide, Pentecost Festival |
| M20-M39 | Piano |
| M20 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| General compositions | |
| M21 | Two or more composers |
| M22 | One composer |
| Special collections and separate works | |
| M23 | Sonatas (See Local practice in Class M) |
| M24 | Suites and kindred cyclical works |
| Pieces | |
| M25 | General |
| M25.3 | 2 pianos, 1 performer |
| Piano, 1 hand, original and arranged works | |
| M26 | Left hand |
| M26.2 | Right hand |
| M27 | Theme and variations |
| M28 | Marches |
| Dances | |
| M30 | General |
| M31 | Two-rhythm (polka, etc.) |
| M32 | Three-rhythm (waltz, etc.) |
| Arrangements, including transcriptions | |
| M32.8 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Piano scores of operas, oratorios, cantatas, etc. (Class vocal scores in the class for the original work) | |
| M33 | General |
| M33.5 | Excerpts |
| M34 | Transcriptions, paraphrases (generally for concert purposes) of an opera, oratorio, cantata, etc. |
| Arrangements of orchestra and band music of every kind | |
| M35 | General |
| M35.5 | Excerpts |
| Concertos, etc. (concertos arranged for 1 piano; not concertos in which the accompaniment is arranged for piano) | |
| M37 | Complete works |
| M37.5 | Excerpts |
| M38 | Chamber music, part songs, music for 1 instrument |
| M38.3 | Simplified edition of piano music for 2 hands |
| M38.5 | Songs |
| M39 | Potpourries. Medleys; including orchestra potpourries, etc. arranged for piano 2 hands |
| M39.5 | Works for 2 pianos, 1 performer |
| M39.6 | Works for piano, 1 hand |
| M40-M59 | String instruments: violin | viola | cello | double bass | other |
| M40-M44 | violin |
| M40 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M41 | Collections |
| M42 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M43 | Collections |
| M44 | Separate works |
| M45-M49 | viola |
| M45 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M46 | Collections |
| M47 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M48 | Collections |
| M49 | Separate works |
| M50-M54 | cello |
| M50 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M51 | Collections |
| M52 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M53 | Collections |
| M54 | Separate works |
| M55-M58 | double bass |
| M55 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M56 | Collections |
| M57 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M58 | Collections and separate works |
| M59 | Other string instrument |
| .B4 | baryton |
| .V54 | viola da gamba |
| .V56 | viola d'amore |
| M59.5 | unspecified string instrument |
| M60-M111 | Wind instruments: flute | oboe | clarinet | bassoon | horn | trumpet, cornet | trombone | tuba | saxophone | other |
| M60-M64 | flute |
| M60 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M61 | Collections |
| M62 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M63 | Collections |
| M64 | Separate works |
| M65-M69 | oboe |
| M65 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M66 | Collections |
| M67 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M68 | Collections |
| M69 | Separate works |
| M70-M74 | clarinet |
| M70 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M71 | Collections |
| M72 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M73 | Collections |
| M74 | Separate works |
| M75-M79 | bassoon |
| M75 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M76 | Collections |
| M77 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M78 | Collections |
| M79 | Separate works |
| M80-M84 | horn |
| M80 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M81 | Collections |
| M82 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M83 | Collections |
| M84 | Separate works |
| M85-M89 | trumpet, cornet |
| M85 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M86 | Collections |
| M87 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M88 | Collections |
| M89 | Separate works |
| M90-M94 | trombone |
| M90 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M91 | Collections |
| M92 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M93 | Collections |
| M94 | Separate works |
| M95-M99 | tuba |
| M95 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M96 | Collections |
| M97 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M98 | Collections |
| M99 | Separate works |
| M105-M109 | saxophone |
| M105 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M106 | Collections |
| M107 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M108 | Collections |
| M109 | Separate works |
| M110 | other wind instrument |
| .B33 | baritone, euphonium |
| .B35 | basset horn |
| .E5 | English horn |
| .F53 | Flügelhorn |
| .R4 | recorder |
| M111.5 | unspecified wind instrument |
| M115-M142 | Plucked instruments: harp | banjo | guitar | mandolin | zither | lute | other |
| M115-M119 | harp |
| M115 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M116 | Collections |
| M117 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M118 | Collections |
| M119 | Separate works |
| M120-M124 | banjo |
| M120 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M121 | Collections |
| M122 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M123 | Collections |
| M124 | Separate works |
| M125-M129 | guitar |
| M125 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M126 | Collections |
| M127 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M128 | Collections |
| M129 | Separate works |
| M130-M134 | mandolin |
| M130 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M131 | Collections |
| M132 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M133 | Collections |
| M134 | Separate works |
| M135-M139 | zither |
| M135 | Miscellaneous collections |
| Original compositions | |
| M136 | Collections |
| M137 | Separate works |
| Arrangements | |
| M138 | Collections |
| M139 | Separate works |
| M140-M141 | lute |
| M140 | Collections |
| 141 | Separate works |
| M142 | other plucked instrument |
| .A8 | archlute |
| .C5 | chitarrone |
| .C58 | cittern |
| .E4 | electric guitar |
| .V53 | vihuela (local practice is to cutter as .V69) |
| M145-M175 | Percussion and other instruments |
| Percussion instruments: | |
| M146 | drum(s) [timpani, drum set, side drum, etc.; works for 1 performer on 2 or more different percussion instruments] |
| M147 | bells, glockenspiel, etc. |
| M172 | carillons, chimes |
| M175.X6 | xylophone, vibraharp, vibraphone |
| M175.X9 | marimba (this is local practice; LC practice is to cutter as M175.X6) |
| Other instruments: | |
| M175.A4 | accordion |
| M175.C44 | celesta |
| M165 | glass harmonica |
| M175.O5 | ondes Martenot |
| M175.5 | unspecified solo instrument |