Recorder Music
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Classification Numbers for Recorder Music
Note: Some recorder music may be disguised as flute music, so check our Flute Reference Guide, too.
| M110.R4 | Recorder alone |
| M270.R4 | Recorder with piano accompaniment: collections |
| M271.R4 | Recorder with piano accompaniment: separate works |
| M288–M289 | Duets for two wind instruments (of all kinds): |
| M288 | Collections |
| M289 | Separate works |
| M290–M291 | Duets—one stringed and one wind instrument |
| M296–M297 | Duets—one wind and one plucked instrument |
| M315–M319 | Piano and two wind instruments |
| M320–M324 | Piano, one stringed, and one wind instrument |
| M335–M339 | Piano, one wind, and one plucked instrument |
| M355–M359 | Three wind instruments |
| M360–M364 | Three stringed and wind instruments |
| M375–M379 | Three wind and plucked instruments |
Quartets, quintets, sextets, septets, octets, and nonets follow similar patterns (in the M400s, 500s, 600s, 700s, 800s, and 900s, respectively).For more details, see M: Music and Books on Music, available at the reference desk or at the index table in the reference section (Z696.U5 M 1998).
Concertos and similar pieces:
| M1034.R4 | Recorder with orchestra, full scores |
| M1035.R4 | Recorder with orchestra, piano reductions |
| M1134.R4 | Recorder with string orchestra, full scores |
| M1135.R4 | Recorder with string orchestra, piano reductions |
Recorder studies and methods:
| MT350 | General works |
| MT351 | Systems and methods |
| MT352 | Studies and exercises |
| MT352.5 | Teaching pieces |
| MT352.6 | Instructive editions |
| MT352.7 | Two recorders |
| MT353 | Self-instructors |
Not all recorder music in the Cook Music Library is out on the shelf.Please consult IUCAT to find information about music that is checked out or in the Frontlog.
Subject Headings
(for subject searches in IUCAT or WorldCat)
| Solo recorder music: | sonatas (recorder); suites (recorder); variations (recorder); etc.;recorder music |
| Recorder and piano music: | sonatas (recorder and continuo); sonatas (recorder and piano); suites (recorder and piano); variations (recorder and piano); recorder and continuo music, etc. |
| Duets: |
recorder music (recorders (2)) flute and recorder music; recorder and xylophone music, etc. |
| Trios: | woodwind trios (bassoon, oboe, recorder)
(or other combinations) wind trios [mixed brass and woodwind, various combinations] trios [various combinations of instruments]; e.g., trios (recorder, violin, violoncello), trios (harpsichord, recorder, guitar) |
| Quartets: | woodwind quartets [various combinations];
also suites [various combinations of instruments]; variations [various combinations of instruments]; etc. wind quartets [mixed brass and woodwind, various combinations] Similar for quintets, sextets, septets, octets, and nonets. |
| Recorder and Orchestra: | concertos (recorder)
concertos (recorder) — solo with piano recorder with orchestra concertos (recorder with string orchestra) |
Selected Bibliography: Music, Writings
The Cambridge Companion to the Recorder.Ed. John Mansfield Thomson; asst. ed. Anthony Rowland-Jones.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ML990 .R4 C35.
Flûte à bec.3 vols.Ed. Susi Möhlmeier and Frédérique Thouvenot.Courlay: Editions J.M. Fuzeau, 2001. MT350. F65. A collection of facsimiles of most of the historical treatises.
Griscom, Richard, and David Lasocki.The Recorder: A Guide to Writings About the Instrument for Players and Researchers.New York: Garland, 1994. Ref. ML128 .R31 G7
Hunt, Edgar.The Recorder and its Music.Rev. ed.London: Eulenberg, 1977. ML935 .H93 1977.
Letteron, Claude.Catalogue général, musique pour flûte à bec, 1989 = General Catalogue, Music for Recorder.Paris: Zurfluh, 1989. Ref. ML128 .R31 L4.
Linde, Hans-Martin.The Recorder Player’s Handbook.Trans. Richard Deveson.London & New York: Schott, 1991. ML990 .R4 L513 1991
O’Kelly, Eve.The Recorder Today.Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.ML990 .R4 O4.
Rowland-Jones, Anthony.Playing Recorder Sonatas: Interpretation and Technique.Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.MT350 .R88 P7.
Wollitz, Kenneth.The Recorder Book.New York: Knopf, 1982.MT350 .W64 R4.
Classification Numbers for Books about the Recorder
Note: Some recorder books may be disguised as flute books, so check our Flute Reference Guide, too.
| Ref. ML128 .F58 | Recorder bibliographies |
| ML990 .R4 | General books |
Selected Periodicals
| The American Recorder (1960--) | ML1 .A524; also microfilm ML1323 |
| The Recorder Magazine (1990--) | ML935 .A2 R32 |
Selected Internet Resource
| The Recorder Home Page | https://www.recorderhomepage.net/ |