Horn: A Resource and Information Guide

Arts Library, UCSB

M, ML, and MT CLASSES

In the UCSB Music Library, books and scores are arranged on the shelves according to the M class numbers of the Library of Congress Classification System. Scores are shelved under M, books on music under ML, and music instructional materials such as methods, exercises, and orchestral studies under MT. Within each class number, scores are shelved alphabetically by composer, books (in most classes) alphabetically by author. For horn music, the most important numbers to remember are M82 (solo unaccompanied), M257 (solo with piano), and M1029 (horn concertos, piano reduction). Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings--but remember that many items may be checked out. Always check in Pegasus, the UCSB library catalog, to determine the library's complete holdings of horn music. To browse M, ML, or MT class numbers in Pegasus, select the Advanced Search tab at the top. From one of the "Field to search" pulldown menus, scroll down and select Call Number (LC.) In the corresponding search box, enter the M, ML, or MT class number you want to search:

Advanced Keyword Search

Field to search:	Enter Word(s):
Call Number (LC)	m82

Field to search:	Enter Word(s):
Call Number (LC)	ml955

Scores: M Class

Solo unaccompanied

M80 -- Collections of original and arranged works

M81 -- Collections of original works

M82 -- Separate works, original

M83 -- Collections of arranged works

M84 -- Separate works, arranged

Solo with piano

M255 -- Collections of original and arranged works

M256 -- Collections of original works

M257 -- Separate works, original

M258 -- Collections of arranged works

M259 -- Separate works, arranged

Solo with full orchestra

M1028 -- Full scores

M1029 -- Piano reductions

Solo with string orchestra

M1128 -- Full scores

M1129 -- 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.)

M357.4, 457.4, 557.4 (etc.) -- Brass trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)

Orchestral music

M1001 -- Symphonies

M1002 -- Symphonic poems

M1003 -- Variations, suites

M1004 -- Overtures

Books: ML Class

ML933 -- General books on brass instruments

ML955 -- General books on the horn

ML956 -- Horn construction

ML958 -- Horn playing

Instructional works: MT Class

MT420 -- General instructional works on the horn

MT422 -- Systems and methods

MT425 -- Studies and exercises

MT426 -- Orchestral studies

Note: In Pegasus, in addition to searching by ML or MT class number, you can search the subject heading horn musical instrument to find all of the library's works on the horn in both the ML and MT classes. Select Subject Keyword from the pulldown menu on the Basic Search page and enter the subject heading:

Basic Search of Full Catalog

Search type:	Search for:
Subject Keyword	horn musical instrument

PEGASUS

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

Basic keyword searching can be effective for finding horn 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	beethoven and sonatas horn not recording	[scores of Beethoven's horn sonata]
Keyword	strauss and concertos horn and recording	[recordings of Strauss's horn concertos]
Keyword	schumann and concertstuck and recording	[recordings of Schumann's Concertstück]
Keyword	mozart and 447 not recording	[scores of Mozart's Horn Concerto in E-flat K. 447]

You can also search effectively in Advanced Search (select from the tabs at the top). Scroll down to limit to score or recording. Examples:

Advanced Keyword Search

Author	beethoven
Title	sonatas horn
Limit by format:	Score

You can also use Command Line Search to find horn 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.) Examples:

Command Search

sub=horn music horns 2 and wtp=score	[scores of horn duets]	M288, 289
sub=sonatas horns 2 and wtp=score	[scores of sonatas for two horns]	M288, 289
sub=brass trios horns 3 and wtp=score	[scores of horn trios]	M357.4, 358, 359
sub=brass quartets horns 4 and wtp=recording	[recordings of horn quartets]	M457.4, 458, 459
[etc.]

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

wsu=wind trios horn* and wtp=score	[scores of wind trios that include horn]	M357
wsu=wind quartets horn* and wtp=score	[scores of wind quartets that include horn]	M457
wsu=wind quintets horn* and wtp=recording	[recordings of wind quintets that include horn]	M557
[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, and general keywords. To combine search terms, select the Advanced option:

Advanced Search: Entire Collection

Author (last name first)	beethoven
Title	sonatas horn
Format:	Scores (music)

To request items from other UC campuses that are not held at UCSB (or are held at UCSB but checked out), use the Request button on your search results page. Melvyl requests are generally delivered within just 3-5 days.

PERIODICAL LITERATURE

Current and bound issues of Horn Call are shelved under ML1 .H67; the latest issue is always shelved in the current periodical area visible to your right as you enter the music library. For Horn Call Annual, see ML1 .H68. For an author/subject index to Horn Call (1971-95) and Horn Call Annual (1989-94), see ML1 .H68 no. 7. Note that UCSB students may check out periodicals for one day.

To search for periodical literature on the horn, use the three databases listed below. All three can be accessed from the library's home page; point to Research and select Article Indexes & Databases. To access from off campus, you must configure your browser to the library's proxy server (access is available to UCSB students, faculty, and staff only).

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 1967. To get started, try the search horn music in the first search box. Note that you can limit your search by using the Pub. Year or range box. To limit by language, select the "Change Search & Display Level" button on the right, and then select Advanced search mode and Continue. The Advanced search screen has a language box where you can limit your search to one or more languages.

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

Indexes approximately 400 periodicals, including Horn Call from 1996 to the present. In addition, IIMP-FT contains the full text for about 80 music periodicals, including Horn Call back to 1998.

Music Index Online

Indexes more than 640 music periodicals going back to 1979. Horn Call is indexed only back to 1994.

BOOKS

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

Bibliographies and discographies

Brüchle, Bernhard. Horn-Bibliographie. 3 vols. 1970-83. Ref ML128 .H67 B8

Hernon, Michael. French Horn Discography. 1986. Ref ML156.4 .H7 H5 1986

Marshall, Robert. Dennis Brain on Record: A Comprehensive Discography. 1996. Non-circ ML156.7 .B72 M37 1996

McBeth, Amy. A Discography of 78-rpm Era Recordings of the Horn. Ref ML156.4 .H7 M33 1997

Weyse, Volker. Solo-Horn und Blasorchester. 2000. ML128 .H67 W4 2000

Dictionaries

Hornisten-Lexikon = Dictionary for Hornists. 1986. Ref ML955 .H67 1986

Basic Histories

Humphries, John. The Early Horn: A Practical Guide. 2000. ML955 .H86 2000

Janetzky, Kurt, and Bernhard Brüchle. The Horn. 1988 ML955 .J313 1988

Morley-Pegge, Reginald. The French Horn. 1960; reprint, 1973. ML96.4 .M6 1973

Tuckwell, Barry. Horn. 1983. ML955 .T82 1983

Instructional Texts

Farkas, Philip. The Art of French Horn Playing. 1956. MT425 .F27 1956

_____. The Art of Brass Playing. 1962. ML339 .F27

_____. The Art of Musicianship. 1976. MT75 .F37

Gardner, Randy C. Mastering the Horn's Low Register. 2002. MT25 .G37 M38 2002

Hill, Douglas. Collected Thoughts on Teaching and Learning, Creativity, and Horn Performance. 2001. MT420 .H55 2001

_____. Extended Techniques for the Horn. 1983. MT420 .H4 E9 1983.

Reynolds, Verne. The Horn Handbook. 1997. MT420 .R49 1997

Schuller, Gunther. Horn Technique. 2d ed. 1992. MT420 .S35 1992

Yancich, Milan. A Practical Guide to French Horn Playing. 1971. MT422 .Y353

Pictorial Histories

Brüchle, Bernhard, and Kurt Janetzky. Kulturgeschichte des Horns. 1976. Ref ML955 .B75

Facsimiles

Das Horn bei Mozart = Mozart and the Horn. 1980. Non-circ ML96.4 .M939 1980

Biography

Pettitt, Stephen. Dennis Brain: A Biography. 2d ed. 1989. ML419 .B72 P5 1989

Author: Eunice Schroeder.