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The spines of the sheet music are colour-coded to identify major instrument groups:

 

What and where in the library?

 

Prefix What Where How
TP Classical music  Upper Level OR Short Loan

If 'Open Shelves' on Primo, collect from the shelves or 'Request'

If 'Short Loan Collection' on Primo, write down the shelf number and ask at the Loans Desk 

TPA

South African music

Lower Level: L5 (closed access) Write down the shelf number and ask at the Loans Desk, or email lib-music@uct.ac.za
TPB   Glass cabinets (see 'Collected Editions & Monumental Works' on the right)  
TPJ Jazz

Upper Level OR Short Loan

If 'Open Shelves' on Primo, collect from the shelves or 'Request'

If 'Short Loan Collection' on Primo, write down the shelf number and ask at the Loans Desk 

TPJS Big band / jazz ensemble; score + parts Lower Level: L5 (closed access) Write down the shelf number and ask at the Loans Desk, or email lib-music@uct.ac.za
TPR Scores in the Reference section

Upper Level OR glass cabinets (see 'Collected Editions & Monumental Works' on the right)

 
TPS

Orchestra / large ensemble; score + parts

Lower Level: L5 (closed access) Write down the shelf number and ask at the Loans Desk, or email lib-music@uct.ac.za
TPW      

 

Vocal (TP / TPJ)

780

  .1 Collections: National music by country, A-Z. Folksongs
  .141 Scotland
  .1415 Ireland

.142 England

.143 Germany

.14371 Bohemia

.1496 Turkey

.144 France

.145 Italy

.147 Russian

.168 South Africa

.173 America

780

.2 Collections: Special

.21 Songs for children, Collections

.22 Songs for children, individual composer, A-Z

.23 Songs with movement

.24

Special types of songs, e.g. African American spirituals, College songs

.26 Songs for special occasions, days, celebrations (non-religious)

.27 Music hall and comic songs

.29 Collections of solo vocal excerpts from operas, oratorio

780

.3 Songs by individual composers A-Z
780 .4 Concerted vocal music
.401 Tonic solfa
.402 Rounds and canons
Duets
.41 Mixed voices, individual composers A-Z
.419 Collections
.42 Female voices, individual composers A-Z
.429 Collections
.43 Male voices, individual composers A-Z
.439 Collections
Trios, quartets, quintets, sextets, madrigals & glees
.44 Mixed voices – composers A-Z
.449 Collections
.45 Female voices, individual composers A-Z
.459 Collections
.46 Male voices, individual composers A-Z
.469 Collections
Works for chorus
.47 Mixed voices, individual composers A-Z
.479 Collections
.48 Female voices, individual composers A-Z
.489 Collections
.49 Male voices, individual composers A-Z
.499 Collections
780 .5 Sacred music – collections; hymns (all denominations) psalms
.51 Sacred solos & duets
.52 Anthems, motets
.53 Services, liturgy, ritual – general, collections
.531 Church of England
.535 Roman Catholic
.536-9 Other churches
.584 Methodist
.55 Psalms
.56 Masses, requiems and parts thereof
.58 Hymns – general, songs of praise
.581 Church of England
.583-6 Other churches
.588 Temperance and revivalist songs and hymns
.589 Carols
.59 Religious music of non-Christian religions
.6 Oratorios, cantatas and non-dramatic works for soloists and chorus without accompaniment, composers A-Z
.61 Secular cantata, etc. + non-dramatic works
.62 Religious plays
.63 Collections
.7 Operas, A-Z by composer
.79 Collections
.8 Musical comedies, light operas, revues.  A-Z by composer
.89 Collections
.9 Other vocal music

 

Winds (TP / TPJ)

781

.1

WIND INSTRUMENTS           A-Z by composer under each

.11

Flute & piccolo

.111

Studies and exercises

.112

Two flutes

.12

Oboe, Cor Anglais

.121

Studies and exercises

.122

Oboe duets

.13

Clarinet

.131

Studies and exercises

.132

Clarinet duets

.14

Bassoon

.141

Studies and exercises

.142

Bassoon duets

.15

Trumpet, cornet

.151

Studies and exercises

.16

Horn

.161

Studies and exercises

.17

Trombone

.171

Studies and exercises

.18

Saxophone

.181

Studies and exercises

.185

Tuba

.187

Harmonica

781

.19

Recorder

.191

Studies and exercises

.192

Recorder duets

Strings (TP / TPJ)

781

.2

Harp and harp family

.23

Non-bowed instruments – plectral

.24

Lute

781

.25

Guitar

.251

Studies and exercises

.252

Duets, etc.

.253

Guitar and other instrument

.26

Mandolin

.27

Banjo

.271

Studies and exercises

.28

Zither

.29

Other

Bowed instruments

.3

Violin solos A-Z by composer

.31

Studies and exercises

.314

Teaching material

.32

Collections

.33

Violin duets (two violins)

 

781

.34

Viola solos A-Z by composer

.343

Viola duets (two violas)

.349

Collections

781

.35

Violoncello solos A-Z by composer

.351

Studies and exercises

.352

Duets, trios, etc.

.36

Collections

781

.37

Double bass

.371

Studies and exercises

781

.38

Obsolete bowed instruments, for example viols, viola da gamba

781

.39

Miscellaneous – collections for various instruments; combinations not found elsewhere, e.g duets for 2 stringed instruments, 1 wind + 1 string, etc.

Keyboard (TP / TPJ)

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

781

.4

Piano solos - A-Z by composer

.5

Piano solos – Collections

.53

Studies

.54

Teaching material, e.g. ballet exercises

.55

Piano arrangements of operatic works, etc.

.58

Pieces for left hand only

.59

Harpsichord and clavichors

.6

Piano duets – one piano - A-Z by composer

.61

Collections

.64

Piano duets – two pianos

.66

Other piano music, e.g. three pianos

781

.7

Organ music - A-Z by composer

.8

Organ music – Collections

.85

Harmonium

.87

Cinema organ

.88

Accordion

Miscellaneous instrumental (TP / TPJ)

.9

MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

.91

Percussion studies

Chamber & Orchestra (TP / TPS / TPJ)

CHAMBER AND ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

782

Collections … for two or more combinations not fitting elsewhere

.1

Trios for strings

.2

Trios for piano and strings

.21

Trios – other

.3

Quartets for strings

.4

Quartets for piano and strings

.41

Quartets – other

.5

Quintets, sextets, septets for strings alone and for piano and strings

.6

Chamber music for wind,    wind & strings,    wind, strings & piano

.61

Music for string orchestra (more than 9 players)

782

.7

Orchestral music – full score + parts - A-Z by composer

.71

(Kalmus) Orchestral excerpts – shelved by instrument

.76

Collections

782

.77

Miniature scores

 

Orchestral music (continued)

782

.78

Special types, e.g. incidental music

.783

Ballet music

.784

Aleatoric AE sets for scores and parts

782

.8

Military band music

.85

Brass band music

.86

Percussion band with other instruments

.89

Other instrumental music, e.g. dance band

.9

Miscellaneous collections of vocal and instrumental music not found elsewhere

.91

Electronic music scores

.92

Aleatoric music

782

.97

Collected editions of the works of individual composers (Kept in glass cabinets)

Collected Editions & Monumental Works

  • These are scholarly editions of musical scores. They are for in-library use only. They are marked in the library catalogue with the shelf number TPR 782.97...
  • They are shelved in the glass cabinets around the upper level of the library. Request a key in exchange for your library card at the Loans Desk.
  • For an overview of these materials, consult the article 'Editions, historical' in Grove Music Online or in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians in the Reference Section.

 

Glass Cabinet Contents 
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TPR 782.97 BEET

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TPR 782.97 CHEF v.40

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TPR 782.97 DENK (OSTE)

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TPR 782.97 HAND

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TPR 782.97 HAND

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TPR 782.97 LAS

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TPR 782.97 LIS

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TPR 782.97 MUS

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TPR 782.97 MUS

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TPR 782.97 SCHO

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TPR 782.97 SCHO

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TPR 782.97 SCHUB

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TPR 782.97 TRE

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TPR 782.97 WOLF