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Mini Scores

Library of Congress Classification

M1000-1075 Orchestra
M1100-1160 String orchestra
M1200-1270 Band
M1350-1366 Other ensembles
M2020-2101.5 Choruses

All M Call Numbers can be found on the 2nd floor of the Hamilton Library.

Here are some helpful subject headings to get you started on your search for miniature scores:

miniature scores
Symphonies -- Scores
Oratorios -- Scores
Overtures -- Scores
Orchestral music -- Scores
Symphonic poems -- Scores
Concertos (Violin with string orchestra) -- Scores
Operas -- Scores
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra -- Scores

Specific miniature scores can also be searched with subject headings that combine the publisher information with the terms miniature scores and its corresponding number.

i.e., Eulenburg miniature scores ; no. 430

Petite suite pour orchestre Call Number: M1003.D28 P4
Prometheus overtue: op. 43 Call Number: M1004 B4 op.43, K35
Serenades nos. 4-6: K. 203, 204, 239 Call Number: M178.M6 K3 no.955 1960z
Twelve etudes, op. 10; Twelve etudes, op. 25; Three etudes, op. posth Call Number: M25 .C46 op. 10 1950z

Digital Scores

Acknowledgements

These digital scores suggestions are from some of the Research Guides at Central Michigan University, Harvard University, University of Hartford, and Yale University.

Acknowledgements

These digital scores suggestions are from some of the Research Guides at Central Michigan University, Harvard University, University of Hartford, and Yale University.

Hawaii Sheet Music Index The Hawaii Sheet Music Index is a special database accessible through the Hawai'i Voyager online catalog of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library.
The Index was developed in 1990 by librarian Michaelyn Chou with a federal grant through Alu Like. Data collection was done by Native Hawaiian librarian Robert Velligas. The index includes approximately 1,300 bibliographic records for Hawaiian language songs and songs about Hawaii. Searches may be done by song title, subtitle, first line, composer, lyricist, and place name, if applicable. Titles in the union catalog are held by the Bishop Museum Library, the Hawaii State Library, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa Hamilton Library, Hawaiian Collection.

Acknowledgements

These digital scores suggestions are from some of the Research Guides at Central Michigan University, Harvard University, University of Hartford, and Yale University.

Acknowledgements

These digital scores suggestions are from some of the Research Guides at Central Michigan University, Harvard University, University of Hartford, and Yale University.

Acknowledgements

These digital scores suggestions are from some of the Research Guides at Central Michigan University, Harvard University, University of Hartford, and Yale University.

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