Solo Violin: M40-44
Violin with piano/keyboard: M217-223
Chamber music including strings (
NOTE: Not all works in these areas will include violin):
- Duets: M286-287, M290-291, M294-295
- Trios:
- Trios with keyboard: M310-314, M320-324, M330-334
- String trios: M349-353
- Other trios: M360-364, M370-374, M380-384
- Quartets:
- Quartets with keyboard: M410-414, M420-424, M430-434, M440-444
- String quartets: M450-454
- Other quartets: M460-464, M470-474, M480-484
- Quintets:
- Quintets with keyboard: M510-514, M520-524, M530-534, M540-544
- String quintets: M550-554
- Other quintets: M560-564, M570-574, M580-584
- Sextets:
- Sextets with keyboard: M610-614, M620-624, M530-634, M640-644
- String sextets: M650-654
- Other sextets: M660-664, M670-674, M680-684
- Septets:
- Septets with keyboard: M710-714, M720-724, M730-734, M740-744
- String septets: M750-754
- Other septets: M760-764, M770-774, M780-784
- Octets:
- Octets with keyboard: M810-814, M820-824, M830-834, M840-844
- String octets: M850-854
- Other octets: M860-864, M870-874, M880-884
- Nonets:
- Nonets with keyboard: M910-914, M920-924, M930-934, M940-944
- String nonets: M950-954
- Other nonets: M960-964, M970-974, M980-984
Violin with orchestra: M1012-1013
Violin with string orchestra: M1112-1113
Instruction and study: MT260-261
Studies and exercises: MT262-271
Orchestra studies: MT266
History of the Violin:
ML800-897 (Lied Book Stacks)
Part II: Representative Subject Headings for Violin
Note: The headings below do not include the numerous chamber combinations of violin with
other instruments. For more comprehensive results, perform a
keyword search
including the term "
violin."
Part III: Useful Sources
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Directories
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Online).
London: Macmillan Reference; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2001-
Internet Access
Emery, Frederic Barclay.
The Violinist's Dictionary, containing the explanation of about 4,000 words, phrases, signs, references, etc., foreign as well as English, used in the study of the violin and also by string players generally, with a list of important composers of violin music, and of old violin makers, as well as bow makers, also rules for the pronunciation of foreign terms. New ed., very much enl.
London: W. Reeves; New York: Scribner, 1925.
Lied Book Stacks ML102.V4 E5 1925
Jackson, Barbara Garvey.
The A.S.T.A. Dictionary of Bowing Terms for String Instruments. 3rd ed.
[Bloomington, Ind.?] : American String Teachers Association, 1987.
Music Ref. ML108.S382 A2 1987
The Strad Directory. Middlesex, UK: Orpheus Publications, 2003.
Music Ref. ML800 .S88x 2004
Violin Repertoire
Pedigo, Alan.
International Encyclopedia of Violin-Keyboard Sonatas and Composer Biographies. 2nd ed.,
rev. and enl. Booneville, Ark.: Arriaga Publications, 1995.
Music Ref. ML102.V45 P4 1995
Wilkins, Wayne.
The Index of Violin Music (Winds), Including the Index of Baroque Trio Sonatas.
Magnolia, Ark.: Music Register, 1973.
Lied Book Stacks ML128.V4 W54
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1973 Supplement to The Index of Violin Music.
Magnolia, Ark.: Music Register, [1974?]
Lied Book Stacks ML128.V4 W53 1973
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1974 Supplement to The Index of Violin Music (Strings) (1973) and the Index of Violin Music
(Winds) (1974) : Including the Index of Baroque Trio Sonatas.
Magnolia, Ark.: Music Register, [1975?]
Lied Book Stacks ML128.V4 W53 1974
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1975 Supplement to The Index of Violin Music.
Magnolia, Ark.: Music Register, 1975.
Lied Book Stacks ML128.V4 W53 1975
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1976-1977 Supplement to The Index of Violin Music.
Magnolia, Ark.: Music Register, 1977.
Lied Book Stacks ML128.V4 W53 1976-77
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1978 Supplement to The Index of Violin Music.
Magnolia, Ark.: Music Register, 1978.
Lied Book Stacks ML128.V4 W53 1978
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
Lawrence, Ian.
The Twentieth-Century String Quartet: an Historical Introduction and Catalogue. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow
Press, 2001.
Lied Book Stacks ML128.C4 L37 2001
Part IV: Periodicals
American String Teacher
Lied Periodicals
ML27.U5 A8356
American Suzuki Journal
Lied Periodicals
ML170 .A45x
Chamber Music
Lied Periodicals ML1 .C353
Journal of the Violin Society of America
Lied Periodicals ML1 .V298
The Strad
Lied Periodicals
ML5 .S89
Strings
Lied Periodicals
ML749.5 .S87
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