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Viola

Libraries and online resources about viola technique, repertoire, history, and pedagogy

Find Scores

How Scores are Organized

The Music Collection uses Library of Congress Classification, or LCC, for organizing print books and scores on the shelves. Used in libraries worldwide, this system groups items by topic and assigns each a unique alphanumeric call number. Hint: Enter the first part of a call number into OneSearch to see all items in a given section. Include AND viola to further narrow results.

Call Numbers for Viola Music:

M45 - 49   Works for solo viola

M224 - 228   Works for viola and piano

M225 - 226   Original compositions --> sonatas

M227 - 228   Arrangements

M349 - 353   String trios

M412   Piano quartets

M452   String quartets

M850 - 854   String octets

M1014 - 1015   Works for viola and orchestra --> concertos

M1014   Scores. Parts

M1015   Piano reductions

MT 280 - 298   Instrumental techniques

MT 282   Systems and methods

MT 285   Studies and exercises --> etudes

MT 286   Orchestral excerpts

 

*See the Music Performance Research Guide for advice on finding scores in OneSearch.

Interlibrary Loan

Users are encouraged to search for items beyond University Libraries' catalog via RILM Abstracts of Music Literature and WorldCat. Materials not available in print or online may be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Please allow up to seven days for electronic delivery and up to fourteen days for delivery of physical items.