Resource Guide for the Clarinet - Music - Clarinet

Call numbers and subject headings for clarinet music

Solo unaccompanied	M72
Solo with piano or continuo	M248-M252
Solo with full orchestra	M1024-M1025
Solo with string orchestra	M1124-M1125
Chamber music for two wind instruments	M288-M289
Trios/quartets/quintets for pno w/2-3-4 winds	M317, M417, M517
Wind quartets, quintets (etc.)	M357, M457, M557
Orchestral music	M1001-M1004
Instructional works, studies, etudes, etc.	MT384, MT385
Biographies of clarinetists, wind players	ML399, ML419
Books about wind instruments	ML930
Books about the clarinet	ML945

Subject headings for clarinet music and books (search by subject or keyword in Webcat)

clarinet music

clarinet and [viola, horn, etc.]

clarinet with [band, orchestra, etc.]

clarinet (clarinets ((2))

concertos clarinet

sonatas clarinet

For books:

clarinet -- bibliography

clarinet music -- bibliography

clarinet -- history

clarinet music -- history and criticism

clarinetists - biography

clarinet -- instruction and study

clarinet -- studies and exercise

clarinet -- orchestra studies

Music Periodical and Literature Indexes

Use these databases to find books and articles about music by topic.

Music Index
More than 200,000 citations to music journal articles,
RILM - Abstracts of Music Literature
Information about books, articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, theses and other literature in the field of music, from 1969 to present.
International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)
Indexes over 900,000 music periodical articles, with some full text included.
RIPM Index to Nineteenth-Century Music Periodical Literature
The development of musical romanticism coincided with the parallel development of musical journalism and the creation of a very large number of periodicals dealing entirely or in part with musical activities.