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FINDING SHEET MUSICTHE QUICK GUIDE

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Cambridge University Library has circa 600,000 items of sheet music including both printed and manuscript music.

FINDING SHEET MUSIC

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Important things to know:

Not everything is on Newton or LibrarySearch

Only around a third of all sheet music can be found on the online catalogues

If you can’t find what you want please

ASK!

ONLINE CATALOGUES

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Music catalogues are among the most diverse in the library :

Online catalogues : Newton / LibrarySearch / JANUS

Card catalogues : With a choice of primary (more academic) or secondary (more ephemeral) music, in a variety of locations (although principally in the Anderson Room)

Sheaf catalogues : Secondary music “only” but with a few surprises

And the behind the scenes manual and computer catalogues for uncatalogued items (there are around 61,000 of these!)

FINDING SHEET MUSIC

Finding printed music at the UL

14:30 – 15:30, 18th October 2012

Morison Room, Cambridge University Library

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NEWTON

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If you find a non-borrowable copy on the electronic catalogues, it’s worth double checking the card catalogues for a borrowable copy

REMEMBER….

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Most sheet music is either catalogued in the card catalogues in the Anderson Room, or is in a behind the scenes manual or electronic catalogue.

THE CARD CATALOGUES

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There are two card catalogues – one each for primary and secondary material, with a further sheaf catalogue for earlier secondary.

THE CARD CATALOGUES

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Cards are arranged alphabetically by composer (anonymous works will be listed by title)

If we have very few works by a particular composer they will be arranged alphabetically by title within that composer

More works and they’ll be sub-divided by medium

THE CARD CATALOGUES

It’s in the cards

It’s in the cards…..

It’s in the cards……

• Sometimes you’ll spot a pencilled classmark at the top-right hand corner of a card catalogued item….

• If this happens ask Anderson Room staff for advice

Manuscripts• Most music manuscripts

including composers’ archives are held in the Manuscripts Department

• If they’re still in process of being catalogued and sorted, they’ll usually be in the Music Department

• If in doubt….

•ASK!

Manuscripts

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Books about music are almost all on LibrarySearch - If you can’t find something ask!

FINDING MUSIC LITERATURE

How to find sheet music

14:30 – 15:30, 18th October 2012

Morison Room, Cambridge University Library

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