M

1

-

5000

Music

5

-

1490

Instrumental music

6

-

175

.5

Solo instruments

177

-

990

Two or more solo instruments

Including chamber music not orchestral

1000

-

1366

Orchestral music

1495

-

5000

Vocal music

1497

-

1998

Secular vocal music

1500

-

1527

.8

Dramatic music

1530

-

1610

Choral music, part songs, etc.

1611

-

1626

Songs for one voice

1627

-

1998

Songs (Part and solo)

1627

-

1853

National music

Including primitive, folk, traditional, patriotic, political, and typical music, with our without accompaniment, and with or without words

1999

-

2199

Sacred vocal music

2000

-

2017

Orations, masses, services, etc.

2018

-

2101

.5

Cantatas, anthems, part songs

2102

-

2114

.8

Songs for one voice

2115

-

2146

Hymn, psalm, and choral books

2147

-

2188

Liturgy and ritual

2198

-

2199

Temperance, revival, rescue, and gospel songs

5000

Unidentified compositions

ML

1

-

3930

Literature of music

48

-

54

.8

Librettos (Texts for music)

110

-

158

Bibliography

155

-

158

Sound recordings

159

-

3799

History and criticism

Including biographies of individual composers

459

-

1380

Instruments and instrumental music

1100

-

1380

Chamber and orchestral music. Band (Military music). Electronic music

1400

-

3275

Vocal music

1500

-

1554

Choral music (Sacred and secular)

1600

-

2881

Secular vocal music

Including dramatic music, cantatas, songs (Part and solo)

2900

-

3275

Sacred vocal music

Including church music, oratorios, cantatas

3400

-

3465

Dance music

3469

-

3541

Popular music

3544

-

3776

National music

3800

-

3923

Philosophy and physics of music

Including physiology, psychology, color, aesthetics, ethics, therapeutics

3928

-

3930

Juvenile literature

MT

1

-

960

Musical instruction and study

40

-

67

Composition

Including rhythm, scales, melody, harmony, modulation, counterpoint

68

Improvisation

70

-

86

Orchestra and orchestration, conducting, etc.

90

-

146

Analytical guides, etc. (Hermeneutics)

Here are classed works on how to listen to and how to understand special musical compositions. For historical, biographical, critical, or aesthetic works, see ML410 under the composer

170

-

810

Instrumental techniques

820

-

949

Singing and voice culture

955

-

960

Production of operas. Music in theaters