Music Research Guide: Home

1.  Research Desk at the

    Customer Service Center

2. Email: research@liberty.edu

3. Call 434-592-3362

 All cataloged materials in the JFL library receive Library of Congress Subject Headings. These headings are like keywords, but are more precise and less flexible. The following headings are samples of the patterns that LC headings follow for the field of music.

Miscellaneous Topic Headings

• Jazz
• Music Appreciation
• Music Composition
• Music Recording & Reproduction
• Music Theory
• Music Trade (instead of Music Business)
• Psychology/Social Aspects of Music
• Physics/Physiology of Music
• Technique - (vocal or type of instrument)
• Theater - Film score or Musical theater

Music Education

• Indicate area of music + the heading: Instruction and study
  • Ex: Music – Instruction and study
  • Choral singing – Instruction and study
  • School music – Instruction and study
  • Guitar – Instruction and study
• Additional headings:
  • Education - Music Education
  • Instructional study - Juvenile
  • Music for Children

Music History

• Use History and criticism or analysis as subheadings.
  • Ex: Music – History and criticism
•  Use composer’s name and dates (if you know them) +  Criticism and interpretation or Analysis
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 – Criticism and interpretation
• Use time period of piece or composer
  • Ex: Music – 19^th century – History and criticism
• Narrow search results by adding time period for music style.
  • Jazz - 2oth century
• Use type of instrument and appropriate subheading.
  • Piano – History

Worship Music

• Public worship
• Church music
• Ministers of music
• Contemporary Christian music

Ethnomusicology

• Ethnomusicology
• Music - social aspects
• Use Music + the name of the country or people group + desired subtopic
  • Ex: Folks songs - Hungary
• Use Music + name of country + desired subtopic
  • Ex: Music - Italy - History and criticism

M 1-5000          Music

M 1.A5 - 3.3     Collections

M 5-1480         Instrumental Music

M 1495-2199   Secular Vocal Music

M 1999-2199   Sacred Vocal Music

ML 1-3930       Literature of Music

ML 159-3785   History and Criticism

ML 3790-3792 Music Trade

ML 3800-3923 Philosophical, Societal, Physic, Acoustical, and Physiological Aspects of Music

MT 1-960        Instruction and Study

MT 170-810    Instrumental Techniques

MT 820-915    Singing and Vocal Technique

MT 955-960    Musical Theater

There is a Research Guide for Turabian here.

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