Call Numbers

♪ Music Cataloging at Yale ♪

• From LC: Outlines of the LC Classification schedules: Class M (PDF) | Class M glossary and general guidelines (PDF)
• Class numbers for:
  • instrumental music: Solo music: M6-M175 | Duets: M180-M298.5 | Trios-nonets: M300-M990 | Orchestra/string orchestra/band: M1000/M1100/M1200, etc.
    Solo instrument(s) with orchestra/string orchestra: M1005/M1105, etc. | Instrumental instruction and study
  • vocal music: Choral music and dramatic music: M1500/M2000, etc. | Vocal ensembles: M1528/M2018, etc. | Solo vocal music: M1611/M2102, etc.
• Shelflisting and cuttering in Class M by Renee McBride
• Cutter numbers: Using the Cutter-Sanborn Three-Figure Author Table
• Cutter numbers for:
  • Composers: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | V | W | XYZ
  • Titles
  • Publisher
  • Cutter numbers for M class numbers that are subarranged by cutter number: ML 102, etc.
• Yale Music Library practices in Class M ° Size | Local practice in cutter numbers | MARC holdings and local practice
  • Call numbers for: scores | books
• Sound recordings classification
  • Classifying music CDs: unearthing the collection by Angela Kroeger & Jan Boyer
  • The ANSCR [alpha-numeric system for classification of recordings] classification system for sound recordings