Composition

These are some of the call numbers for locating composition resources in the UO Music Collection.  Using these, you can browse for performance repertoire, histories, and method books on the physical shelves, or browse by Library of Congress call numbers in LibrarySearch.

Composition Techniques:

• MT40: Composition
• MT41: Composition using mechanical devices or prescribed formulas
• MT56:  Electronic music composition, computer music composition

Elements of Music, Counterpoint, Forms & Genres:

• MT42: Rhythm
• MT45: Scales
• MT46: Tonality, atonality, polytonality
• MT47: Melody
• MT50: Harmony
• MT52: Modulation
• MT55: Counterpoint, polyphony
• MT58-MT67: Forms and genres
  • MT59: Canon and fugue
  • MT62: Sonata form
  • MT64.M65: Motion picture music
  • MT64.S6: Song
  • MT64.S7: String quartet
  • MT64.S9: Symphony
  • MT64.V53: Video game music
  • MT64.V63: Vocal music
  • MT67: Popular music

Instrumentation and Orchestration:

• MT70: Orchestra
• MT73: Band
• MT73.5: Jazz band
• MT74: Plucked instrument orchestras

Biographies and Analyses of Individual Composers:

• ML410:  Biographies of individual composers
• MT100.A-Z: Analyses of dramatic music by individual composer, alphabetically by composer (e.g., MT100.W2 = analyses of dramatic music by Richard Wagner)
• MT115.A-Z: Analyses of choral music by individual composer, alphabetically by composer
• MT121.A-Z: Analyses of solo vocal music by individual composer, alphabetically by composer
• MT130.A-Z: Analyses of orchestral music by individual composer, alphabetically by composer
• MT136.A-Z: Analyses of band music by individual composer, alphabetically by composer
• MT145.A-Z: Analyses of chamber music by individual composer, alphabetically by composer
• MT146: Analyses of popular music