Guides: Studio Guides: Viola: Search the Collection

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The library collection contains music scores, sheet music, miniature scores, CDs, LPs, DVDs, and books. To search for items in the library, please use our online catalog.

https://librarysearch.uncsa.edu/

The best way to search for music is through "Advanced Search." From there, you can narrow your search by title, and/or author. From there, you can narrow your search by "Resource type" (for example: scores, audio, etc.).

Physical Music Scores

Circulating Music Scores

The circulating music scores are located on the 4th floor of the library. LC scores are located under the call numbers M1 - M2000.

The hanging sheet music is located near the 4th floor Music and Media circulation desk. The sheet music is organized by groupings, composer, and title.

Below are just a few examples of music scores:

Viola Concerto by Walton, William
Call Number: DUET VIOLA & PIANO - Sheet Music Shelving (4th Floor)
ISBN: 9780193681316
This edition of the piano reduction is compatible with the Walton Edition full score and restores the solo line as edited and prepared by Frederick Riddle. It contains tempo markings and dynamic and expression marks from both of Walton's orchestrations (1929 and 1962), the 1962 version distinguished by lighter type.
Concerto for viola and orchestra : op. posth. by Bartók, Béla
Call Number: M1014.B33 C68 - Music Score Collection (4th Floor)

Music Reference Materials

Reference Music Materials

Reference Music Scores and Reference Music Book materials are located on the 4th floor. These music reference materials contain encyclopedias, annotated bibliographies, and completed works. Music reference materials are in-library use only.

Below are just a few examples of music reference materials:

Daniels' Orchestral Music by Daniels, David
Call Number: Ref. ML128.O5 D3 2015 - Music Reference Collection (4th Floor)
ISBN: 9781442245372
Publication Date: 2015
Daniels' Orchestral Music is the gold standard among conductors, music programmers, orchestra librarians, and any other music professional--or student--seeking to research an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season.
String music in print by Farish, Margaret K.
Call Number: Ref. ML128.S7 F4 1973 - Music Reference Collection (4th Floor)
Music for Viola by Williams, Michael D.
Call Number: Ref. ML128.V36 W53 - Music Reference Collection (4th Floor)
ISBN: 9780911772951
Music for Violin and Viola by Letz, Hans
Call Number: Ref. ML132.V4 L4 - Music Reference Collection (4th Floor)
ISBN: 9780781296908

Music Books

Circulating Music Books

Music Books are located on the 3rd floor of the library. These music books will be located under the following call numbers:

ML 1 - MT

Below are just a few examples of music books:

My Viola and I by Tertis, Lionel
Call Number: ML418.T47 A36 1991 - Music Books, Stacks (3rd Floor)
ISBN: 187108220X
Tertis's autobiography includes chapters on the beauty of tone in string playing and the Tertis model viola.
The Early Violin and Viola by Stowell, Robin
Call Number: ML855 .S8 2001 - Music Books, Stacks (3rd Floor)
ISBN: 9780521625555
This practical guide is intended for all violinists and viola players who wish to give - or to understand and appreciate - historically aware performances of early music for their instruments. It comprises discussion of the literature, history and repertory of the violin and viola, the myriad relevant primary sources and their interpretation, and the various aspects of style and technique that combine to make up well-grounded, period performances. It also considers various related family instruments, contains practical advice on the acquisition of appropriate instruments, and offers suggestions for further reading and investigation. Many of the principles outlined are put into practice in case studies of six works composed c.1700-c.1900, the core period which forms this series' principal (though not exclusive) focus. Music by Corelli, Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms is examined with a view to recreating performances as faithful as possible to the composer's original intention.
The History of the Viola by Riley, Maurice W.
Call Number: ML900 .R43 1993 - Music Books, Stacks (3rd Floor)
ISBN: 9780960315055
The Viola by Barrett, Henry
Call Number: MT280 .B37 1978 - Music Books, Stacks (3rd Floor)
ISBN: 9780817308858
The second edition is extensively expanded in its graded lists of studies and solos, in its encyclopedic catalog of viola literature in print, and (perhaps most important) in its treatment of the musical and pedagogical aspects of teaching the viola.