Browsing the shelves by the appropriate “LC” call number can be an effective way to explore our printed music collections and our books about music and musical instruments. Here are some classification numbers you will want to know about.
Another good way to explore is to search the library catalogue by subject. Here are a few examples of useful subject headings for flute music and works about the flute.
| M 60 – M 64 | Music for solo clarinet (unaccompanied) |
| M 240 – M 244 | Music for clarinet and keyboard instrument |
| M 288 – M 289 |
Duets for two wind instruments (e.g. 2 flutes; flute & clarinet) |
| M 315 – M 319 | Trios for two wind instruments with keyboard (e.g. trio sonatas) |
| M 357.2 | Trios for woodwind instruments (original compositions) |
| M 358 – M 359 | Trio arrangements for winds |
| M 457.2 | Woodwind Quartets (e.g. any combination) |
| M 458 – M 459 | Quartet arrangements for winds |
| M 557 | Wind quintets (incl. flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon) |
| M 558 – M 559 | Quintet arrangments for winds |
| M 1020 | Flute with orchestra |
| M 1021 | Flute with orchestra – piano reduction |
| M 1120 | Flute with string orchestra |
| M 1121 | Flute with string orchestra – piano reduction |
| MT 340 – MT 348 | Instruction, Study & Teaching Materials for Flute |
| ML 935 – ML 937 | Books about the flute & piccolo and their music |
| ML 128 .F6 | Flute bibliographies (check the reference shelves first) |
| ML 27 .U5 N28 | Current journal for flute (The Flutist Quarterly) |
| For unaccompanied solo music | Flute Music |
| Sonatas (Flute) | |
| Suites (Flute) | |
| For flute with piano | Flute and piano music |
| Flute and piano music, arranged | |
| Flute with band – Solo with piano | |
| Concertos (Flute) – Solo with piano | |
| Sonatas (Flute and piano) | |
| For ensembles including flute | Flute music (Flutes (2)) |
| Woodwind trios (Flutes (3)) | |
| Woodwind trios (Clarinet, Flute, Oboe) | |
| Wind quintets (Bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe) | |
| For materials on the study & teaching of the flute | Flute – Methods |
| Flute – Orchestral excerpts | |
| Flute – Studies and exercises | |
| For books about the flute and its music: | Flute |
| Flute music – Bibliography |