MUSIC 176T - History and Repertoire of Trombone and Euphonium

Music scores in the library can be found in OneSearch, just like books, ebooks, and other materials. The advanced search has a filter for "Material Type" where you can choose to limit your results to just scores.

Finding a particular piece can be tricky, especially when the title is something generic like "Sonata in C" or "Symphony in G minor." Different editions may have different versions of the title, or may be titled in languages other than English. Try different combinations of keywords, including the composer's name, the publisher if that's important, opus numbers or catalog numbers (like BWV or K. numbers), or names of instruments.

Collected Works

For many composers, the library has editions collecting their works in a set. If you don't find an individual score for a piece, you might find it as part of the collected works by that composer. You can search for collected works using the advanced search in OneSearch--search for the composer's name in any field, and "M3" in the call number. There are also reference works that can help you find the contents of collected works:

• Historical sets, collected editions, and monuments of music: a guide to their contents, by Anna Harriet Heyer.
• Collected editions, historical series & sets & monuments of music: a bibliography, by George R. Hill
• A handbook of music and music literature in sets and series, by Sydney Robinson Charles

Browsing scores

You can browse scores on the shelf or by using OneSearch's browse by catalog number feature. Scores, like books and other items in the library, are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification. Take a look at Subclass M - Music to see what call numbers correspond to the genre of music you wish to look at.

Other libraries

If the library doesn't have the score you need, you can try other libraries just as you would for books. First try searching CSU+, and place a request there if you find it. If you don't find it in CSU+, try WorldCat.org. If you find something there, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan.

Here are some call number ranges that may be of interest for trombone and euphonium repertoire. You can skip the catalog and just browse the shelves to start with if you like!

• IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
  Over half a million scores of public domain music, mostly older editions of Western classical music.
• ChoralWiki/CPDL
  Focuses on choral and vocal music, some newer editions.
• Band Music PDF Library
  Scores and parts for band music that is in the public domain.
• Early Music Online
  Digitized copies of 16th-century anthologies of printed music, from holdings at the British Library.
• Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (DIAMM)
  Index to Medieval music manuscripts, with links in many cases to digitized copies.
• New York Philharmonic Digital Archives
  Digitized scores and parts from the orchestra's performance library, showing notations made by conductors and performers, along with concert programs and other documents.
• BGSU Sheet Music Collection
  Public domain sheet music digitized by Bowling Green State University and available through JSTOR.
• UCLA Contemporary Music Score Collection
  Digital, open access scores from the UCLA Music Library.