Oboe and English Horn: A Starting Guide

Part I: Where to Find Oboe Music in the UNLV Music Library (including English Horn)

Solo Oboe: M65-69
Solo English horn: M110.E5
Oboe with piano/keyboard: M245-247
English horn with piano/keyboard: M270.E5, M271.E5
Chamber music including woodwinds (NOTE: Not all works in these areas will include oboe or English horn):

Duets: M288-291, M296-297
Trios:
- Trios with keyboard: M315-324, M335-339
- Other trios: M356-364, M375-384
Quartets:
- Quartets with keyboard: M419-424, M435-439
- Other quartets: M455-464, M475-484
Quintets:
- Quintets with keyboard: M519-524, M535-539
- Other quintets: M555-564, M575-584
Quintets:
- Quintets with keyboard: M519-524, M535-539
- Other quintets: M555-564, M575-584
Sextets:
- Sextets with keyboard: M619-624, M635-639
- Other sextets: M655-664, M675-684
Septets:
- Septets with keyboard: M719-724, M735-739
- Other septets: M755-764, M775-784
Octets:
- Octets with keyboard: M819-824, M835-839
- Other octets: M855-864, M875-884
Nonets:
- Nonets with keyboard: M919-924, M935-939
- Other nonets: M955-964, M975-984

Oboe with orchestra: M1022-1023
Oboe with string orchestra: M1122-1123
Candenzas (Oboe): M1022.5, M1122.5
English horn with orchestra: M1034.E5, M1035.E5
English horn with string orchestra: M1134.E5, M1135.E5
Cadenzas (English horn): M1034.5.E5
Instruction and study (Oboe): MT360-368 (Lied Library Stacks)
Studies and exercises (Oboe): MT360-368 (Music Library)
Instruction and study (English horn): MT376 (Lied Library Stacks)
Studies and exercises (English horn): MT376 (Music Library)
Orchestra studies: MT386
History of the oboe/English horn: ML940-943 (Lied Library Stacks)

See also our list of Oboe/English Horn Compact Discs in the Music Library on this site.

Part II: Representative Subject Headings for Oboe (English Horn)

Note: The headings below do not include the numerous chamber combinations of oboe (English horn) with other instruments. For more comprehensive results, perform a keyword search including the term(s) "oboe (English horn)."

Oboe
Oboe Music Concertos (Oboe with string orchestra) Sonatas (Oboe and continuo) Oboe with string orchestra Oboe and piano music Oboe--Instruction and study	Sonatas (Oboe and piano) Oboe--Studies and exercises Concertos (Oboe) Oboe--Orchestra studies Oboe with orchestra Oboe--History

English Horn
English horn music Concertos (English horn with string orchestra) English horn and piano music	English horn--Orchestra studies Concertos (English horn)

Part III: Useful Sources

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Online). London: Macmillan Reference; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2001-
Internet Access

Oboe/English Horn

Gifford, Virginia Snodgrass. Music for Oboe, Oboe d'Amore, and English Horn. (The music reference collection ; no. 1) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.
Music Ref. ML128.O2 G5 1983

Haynes, Bruce. Music for Oboe, 1650-1800: a bibliography. 2nd ed., rev. and exp. Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, c1992.
Music Ref. ML128.O2 H55 1992

McMullen, William Wallace. Soloistic English Horn LIterature From 1736-1984. (Juilliard performance guides ; no. 4) Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press, c1994.
Music Ref. ML128.O2 M3 1994

Ensemble Repertoire

Cobbett, Walter Willson. Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Oxford [England]; New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, c1963.
Music Ref. ML1100 .C7 1988

Cohn, Arthur. The Literature of Chamber Music. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Hinshaw, c1997.
Music Ref. ML1100 .C78 1997

Gillaspie, Jon A., Marshall Stoneham, David Lindsey Clark. Wind Ensemble Catalog. (Music reference collection ; no. 63) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Music Ref. ML128.W5 G52 1998

Part IV: Periodicals

The Double Reed
Lied Periodicals ML929.D69

Journal / International Double Reed Society
Lied Periodicals ML1 .I718

The Woodwind Quarterly
Lied Periodicals ML929 .W66

Chamber Music
Lied Periodicals ML1 .C353