Research Guides @ Fordham: Music : Find Books

Library of Congress Classification System

Academic libraries use the Library of Congress Classification System to show a book's location on the shelf.

Look at call numbers and the Library of Congress Classification System for Music. Scroll to see the many subclasses.

The main categories are as follows:

Subclass M Music

Subclass ML Literature on Music

Subclass MT Instruction and Study

Library of Congress Classification System for Music

Some examples of subclasses for Music showing call number ranges

M 5-1490 Instrumental music

M 1495-5000 Vocal music

M 1999-2199 Sacred vocal music

M 2147-2155.6 Roman Catholic Church music

ML 100-109 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.

ML 198-239 Writing on American music

ML 240-325 Writing on the music of Europe

ML 385-429 Biography

ML 459-1380 Writing on musical instruments

ML 1400-3275 Writing on vocal music

MT 1-5 History and criticism of music study

MT 90-146 Analysis and appreciation of musical works

MT 170-810 Instrumental techniques

MT 820-915 Singing and vocal techniques

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Accessing an E-book

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Finding E-books Specifically

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Music : Find Books