Performer Guides

Use this guide to find resources for music performance, including LC call number browsing ranges for repertoire, books, and journals..

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Email Kate Linton the Music Librarian for Instruction and Outreach for research assistance and searching strategies. 

Finding Repertoire for the Saxophone: 

If you're looking for new repertoire to perform, it is often helpful to browse the Music Library's scores. The following call number ranges are for saxophone music; individual works within these numbers are arranged alphabetically by composer or arranger:

  • M105-M109, Saxophone alone
  • M268-M269, Saxophone and piano
  • M1034 .S4, Saxophone with orchestra (full score)
  • M1035.S4, Saxophone with orchestra (piano reduction)
  • M1134.S4, Saxophone with string orchestra (full score)
  • M1134.S4, Saxophone with string orchestra (piano reduction)
  • M1205-M1206, Solo instrument with band

Excerpts, etudes, and instructional materials are classified in the MT range and housed in the same location as books about music (MLs):

  • MT500, General works
  • MT502, Systems and methods
  • MT505, Studies and exercises
  • MT506, Orchestral studies (excerpts)

Books and bibliographies MLs: 

  • ML128 .S247, Saxophone bibliographies 
  • ML975, General works
  • ML976, Construction
  • ML978, Music and playing

Advanced Search Using Subject Headings

Scores, books, and other materials are assigned subject headings (LCSH) by cataloging librarians. It describes what the item's content is about and helps you find related repertoire or search for different works based on instrumentation. Subject Headings are a controlled vocabulary system. 

Use the Advanced Search function in the VU Library Catalog and change the drop down menu to search "subject." 

  • Solo saxophone music, sonatas (saxophone); saxophone music; suites (saxophone) 
  • Saxophone and piano, rondos (saxophone and piano), sonatas (saxophone and piano), rondos (saxophone and piano) 
  • Duets, saxophone music (saxophone (2)); basson and saxophone music; oboe and saxophone music, etc.
  • Trios, woodwind trios (saxophone, oboe, flute) mix combinations, wind trios
  • Quartets, woodwind quartets, wind quartets, mix combinations
  • Quintets, woodwind quintets, mix combinations
  • Saxophone and Orchestra, concertos (saxophone); saxophone with orchestra 

 The following websites and resources consist of external databases and pages dedicated to clarinet repertoire and resources. Remember to search the library catalog to see if the library currently owns the item you are looking for. If the library does not own it, submit a purchase request.

North American Saxophone Alliance:

  • provides resources for saxophonists at all levels of skill, of all ages and backgrounds
  • fosters and facilitates the creation of new repertoire
  • Biennial conferences with regional conferences on alternating years

While the Wilson Music Library stores some music collections onsite, Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives houses the bulk of collections that include music materials. Certain materials of direct interest to music scholars (including music manuscripts) are better housed in the controlled environment at Special Collections. Materials acquired with the Academic Archives Purchasing Fund to support the partnership between Vanderbilt and the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) are also stored at SCUA. The collections listed below contain materials related to music, dance, and theater. A link is included to the appropriate Collection Finding Aid. Additional information on the Blair School of Music and materials related to the George Peabody College for Teachers are held in the University Archives.

Other special collections items or rare materials including manuscripts or facsimiles are available for viewing in the Music Library Special Collections Room. Please email a library staff member or speak with staff at the desk to book an appointment to view materials in the Special Collections Room. To learn more about special collections, visit the Special Collections at the Wilson Music Library LibGuide.