Flute: A Resource and Information Guide

Arts Library, UCSB

Note: This is a guide to selected resources on the Western transverse flute available in the Arts Library at UCSB. To access electronic items with the icon from off-campus, you must be affiliated with UCSB (student, faculty, or staff), and you must configure your browser to connect to the library's proxy server.

M CLASS NUMBERS

Scores are shelved under M, alphabetically by composer within each class number. The most important numbers to remember for finding scores of flute music are M62 (solo unaccompanied), M242 (flute solo with keyboard), and M1021 (flute concertos, piano reduction). Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings. Remember, though: many scores may be checked out. Always check in Pegasus, the UCSB library catalog, to determine the library's complete holdings of flute music.

Solo unaccompanied

M60 -- Collections of original and arranged works

M61 -- Collections of original works

M62 -- Separate works, original

M63 -- Collections of arranged works

M64 -- Separate works, arranged

Solo with piano

M240 -- Collections of original and arranged works

M241 -- Collections of original works

M242 -- Separate works, original

M243 -- Collections of arranged works

M244 -- Separate works, arranged

Solo with full orchestra

M1020 -- Full scores

M1021 -- Piano reductions

Solo with string orchestra

M1120 -- Full scores

M1121 -- Piano reductions

Chamber music

M288, 289 -- Two wind instruments

M317, 417, 517 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano plus two (three, four etc.) wind instruments

M322, 422, 522 (etc.) -- Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano plus two (three, four etc.) string(s) plus wind(s)

M357, 457, 557 (etc.) -- Wind trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)

M357.2, 457.2, 557.2 (etc.) -- Woodwind trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)

Orchestral music

M1001 -- Symphonies

M1002 -- Symphonic poems

M1003 -- Variations, suites

M1004 -- Overtures

ML AND MT CLASS NUMBERS

Books are shelved under ML, and instructional materials such as methods, studies, and orchestral excerpts under MT. Always check in Pegasus to determine the library's complete holdings. In Pegasus, to find books on the flute in both ML and MT: Select the Advanced Search tab. Then, from the pulldown menu ("Field to search"), select Subject and enter flute as your search term. Scroll down and select Book from the "Limit by format" menu:

Advanced Search

Subject	flute
Limit by format:	book

ML

ML931 -- General books on woodwind instruments

ML935 -- General books on the history of the flute

ML936 -- History of flute construction

ML937 -- History of flute playing

MT

MT340 -- General instructional works on the flute

MT342 -- Systems and methods

MT345 -- Studies and exercises

MT346 -- Orchestral studies

PEGASUS

A general guide to searching for music in Pegasus is available.

Basic keyword searching can be effective for finding flute music in Pegasus. To search for recordings, add and recording to your search, and to search for scores, add not recording. Examples:

Basic Search of Full Catalog

Keyword	sonatas flute and hindemith not recording	[to find a score of Hindemith's flute sonata]
Keyword	concertos flute and danzi and recording	[to find a recording of flute concertos by Danzi]

You can also search effectively in Advanced Search (select from the tab at the top). Examples:

Advanced Keyword Search

Author	hindemith
Title	sonatas flute
Limit by format:	Score

Author	danzi
Title	concertos flute
Limit by format:	Sound Recording

You can also use Command Line Search to find flute music in Pegasus. Select the Command Line Search link from the Advanced Search screen. To find scores, always add and wtp=score to your search, and to find recordings, add and wtp=recording. (Note: the code wtp indicates material type.)

Command Search

ttl=sonatas flute and wtp=score	[to find scores of flute sonatas]
ttl=sonatas flute and aut=hindemith and wtp=score	[to find a score of Hindemith's flute sonata]
ttl=concertos flute and wtp=recording	[to find recordings of flute concertos]
ttl=concertos flute and aut=danzi and wtp=recording	[to find a recording of flute concertos by Danzi]

The following search examples all use Library of Congress subject headings (sub and wsu codes) plus the wtp code to find chamber music with flute. Scores retrieved from these searches are mostly, though not exclusively, located on the shelves in the M classes indicated. For recordings, ask at the Music Service Desk (MSD).

sub=flute music flutes 2 and wtp=score	[scores of flute duets]	M288, 289
sub=sonatas flutes 2 and wtp=score	[scores of sonatas for two flutes]	M288, 289
sub=woodwind trios flutes 3 and wtp=score	[scores of flute trios]	M357.2, 358, 359
sub=woodwind quartets flutes 4 and wtp=score	[scores of flute quartets]	M457.2, 458, 459
sub=woodwind quartets flutes 4 and wtp=recording	[recordings of flute quartets]	ask at MSD
[etc.]

wsu=trios piano flute* and wtp=score	[scores of trios for piano, flute, and one other instrument]	M317, 322
wsu=quartets piano flute* and wtp=score	[scores of quartets for piano, flute, and two other instruments]	M417, 422
wsu=quintets piano flute* and wtp=score	[scores of quintets for piano, flute, and three other instruments]	M517, 522
wsu=quintets piano flute* and wtp=recording	[recordings of quintets for piano, flute, and three other instruments]	ask at MSD
[etc.]

wsu=wind trios flute* and wtp=score	[scores of wind trios that include flute]	M357
wsu=wind quartets flute* and wtp=score	[scores of wind quartets that include flute]	M457
wsu=wind quintets flute* and wtp=score	[scores of wind quintets that include flute]	M557
wsu=wind quintets flute* and wtp=recording	[recordings of wind quintets that include flute]	ask at MSD
[etc.]

MELVYL

To access Melvyl, the library catalog of the combined UC campuses, go to the home page of the UCSB Libraries. Melvyl has records for over 23 million items, which you can search by title, journal title, author (including composer or performer), subject, or general keywords. To combine search terms, select the Advanced option:

Advanced Search: Entire Collection

Author (last name first)	hindemith
Title	sonatas flute
Format:	Scores (music)

In addition to limiting your search to books, scores, recordings, or other formats, you can limit to any one UC campus, by publication year(s), and by language. UCSB faculty, students, and staff may request from other UC campuses items not held at UCSB (or held at UCSB but checked out); to do so, use the Request button on your search result page. You generally receive a book or score requested in Melvyl in just 3-5 days.

PERIODICAL LITERATURE

Current and bound issues of Flute Talk are shelved under ML929 .F6; you can find the latest issue in the current periodicals display shelves, visible to your right as you enter the music library. UCSB students may check out periodicals for one day (except for the latest issue, which does not circulate). See also Traverso: Historical Flute Newsletter, ML935 .T7 1999.

To search for journal articles on the flute, use the three databases listed below. All three can be accessed via the library's home page; point to Research in the column on the left, then click on Article Indexes & Databases and scroll down the alphabetical list of databases in the lefthand frame. Because these databases are licensed for UCSB use only, you need to configure your browser for the library's proxy server in order to use them from off campus.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

RILM indexes not just journal articles, but all types of music literature: books, dissertations, conference proceedings, reviews, etc. Coverage goes back to 1969. To get started, select "contains phrase" from the first menu and search on flute music. Use the Pub. Year or range box to limit your results chronologically.

International Index to Music Periodicals, Full Text (IIMP-FT)

IIMP indexes approximately 370 periodicals, including Flute Talk from 1996 to the present. In addition, IIMP-FT contains the full texts of several dozen music periodicals back to 1996.

Music Index Online

Indexes more than 640 music periodicals going back to 1979. Flute Talk is indexed back to 1988.

BOOKS

Ref = reference section of the music library, located beside the south windows
Non-circ = regular ML stacks, but noncirculating

In Pegasus, use the following subject headings to find books on the history of the flute and its construction and literature. Most (but not all) books with these subject headings are shelved under the ML classes indicated:

Flute -- Bibliography	ML128 .F7
Flute music -- Bibliography	ML128 .F7
Flute -- History	ML935
Flute music -- History and criticism	ML935
Flute -- Construction	ML936
Flute players	ML399, 419 (and elsewhere)

Bibliographies

Boenke, Heidi M. Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. 1988. Ref ML113 .M887 no. 16

General Catalogue of Flute Music. 1972. Ref ML128 .F7 G46

Gronefeld, Ingo. Die Flötekonzerte bis 1850: Ein thematisches Verzeichnis. 4 vols. 1992-94. Ref. ML128 .F7 G7 1992

Pellerite, James J. A Handbook of Literature for the Flute. 3d ed. 1978. Ref ML128 .F7 P4 1978

Pierreuse, Bernard. Flûte littérature: Catalogue général des oeuvres. 1982. Ref ML128 .F7 P54

Vester, Frans. Flute Music of the 18th Century: An Annotated Bibliography. 1985. Ref ML128 .F7 V46 1985.

Vester, Frans. Flute Repertoire Catalogue: 10,000 Titles. 1967. Ref ML128 .F7 V48

History, construction, playing

Bate, Philip. The Flute: A Study of Its History, Development, and Construction. 2d ed. 1979. ML935 .B25 1979

Boehm, Theobald. The Flute and Flute Playing in Acoustical, Technical, and Artistic Aspects. 2d ed., 1922; reprint, 1964. ML936 .B6 1964

Cooper, Albert. The Flute. 2d ed. 1984. ML936 .C66 1984

de Reede, Rien, ed. Concerning the Flute. 1984. ML55 .V39 1984

Powell, Ardal. The Flute. 2002. ML935 .P69 2002

Rockstro, Richard Shepherd. A Treatise on the Construction, the History, and the Practice of the Flute. 1928; reprint, 1986. ML936 .R8 1986

Solum, John. The Early Flute. 1992. ML935 .S66 1992

Toff, Nancy. The Development of the Modern Flute. ML935 .T63

Toff, Nancy. The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers. 2d ed. 1996. ML935 .T65 1996

Players and makers

De Lorenzo, Leonardo. My Complete Story of the Flute: The Instrument, the Performer, the Music. Rev. ed. 1992. ML935 .D47 1992

Dorgeuille, Claude. The French Flute School, 1860-1950. 1986. ML937 .D6713 1986

Estevan, Pilar. Talking with Flutists. 2 vols. 1976-78. Oversize ML399 .E77

Fairley, Andrew. Flutes, Flautists and Makers: Active or Born before 1900. 1982. Ref ML102 .F58 F35 1982

Galway, James. An Autobiography. 1979. ML419 .G28 A3 1979

Rampal, Jean Pierre. Music, My Love. 1989. ML419 .R33 A3 1989

Wye, Trevor. Marcel Moyse, an Extraordinary Man: A Musical Biography. 1993. ML419 .M69 W94

Search in Pegasus using the subject headings below. Most (but not all) instructional works with these headings are shelved under the MT classes indicated:

Flute -- Instruction and study	MT340, 342
Flute -- Methods	MT342
Flute -- Orchestra studies	MT346

WEB SITES

The Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection
FluteHistory.com

Author: Eunice Schroeder.