Classification scheme for non-classical and classical sound recordings


This is a re-structuring of the first part of the Library of Congress M schedule for music. Its purpose is to keep records of non-classical music shelved/filed together. Examples have been added to most numbers in an attempt to show the kinds of works included for the number. If it is unclear where a sound recording belongs, consult the Nonprint Catalog Librarian.

Non-Classical Sound Recordings and Classical collections
Classification code = M

M 1 [Reserved]

~~~~~~ JAZZ (including Blues) ~~~~~~

M 2  Collections: cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:Chicago : the blues today!
Impulse! jazz : a 30 year celebration.
Jazzwomen.
The legendary big band singers.
Nica's dream : all jazz groups of the 50's and early 60's.

M 2.1  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Examples:Barber, Patricia. Moderncool.
Fitzgerald, Ella. All that jazz.
Nelson, Oliver. Blues and the abstract truth.
Rocket 88 (Musical group). Rocket 88.
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra. Desert lady, fantasy.

~~~~~~ POPULAR (Pop, Rock, R & B, Country & Western, New Age, etc.) ~~~~~~

M 3  Collections: cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:Everything new is old ; everything old is new.
Great moments at the Grand Ole Opry.
Motown dance party, volume I.
A Night at Studio 54.
The Roots of rock 'n roll.

M 3.1  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Examples:ABBA (Musical group). Greatest hits.
Anderson, John. All the people are talkin'.
Beatles. Hey Jude.
Knight, Gladys. Imagination.
Presley, Elvis. Worldwide gold award hits.

~~~~~~ FILMS, MUSICALS, TV & RADIO, REVUES ~~~~~~

This section differs from the others in that the collection vs. individual decision is based on the films, musicals, tv shows (etc.) instead of composers or performers. Multiple films or shows are collections, even if they are composed or performed by the same person. A single film or show would go under M4.1, even if there are multiple composers or performers for the works.

M 4  Collections: cutter by type & title; add date.
.F5 Films           .T4 TV
.M8 Musicals    .T5 Theater (not musicals)
.R3 Radio
  Examples:Herrmann, Bernard. Citizen Kane.
Weill, Kurt. Berlin & American theater songs.
Barry, John. Moviola.
Broadway magic.
Kern, Jerome. Kiri sings Kern.

M 4.1  Individual shows, films, etc.: cutter by title (of show, film, etc.); add date.
  Examples:Annie get your gun.
Atomic café.
Wonder, Stevie. Music from the movie Jungle Fever.
Les misérables : original Broadway cast recording
Badalamenti, Angelo. Twin Peaks.

~~~~~~ RELIGIOUS, GOSPEL ~~~~~~
(Collections of religious music whether deemed popular or classical are classed here.)

M 5  Collections: cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:African American congregational singing : nineteenth-century roots.
Jubilee to gospel : a selection of commercially recorded Black religious music, 1921-1953.
Make a joyful noise : mainstreams and backwaters of American psalmody, 1770-1840.
Tibetan Buddhism : tantras of Gy ut o.
Vespro per la Madonna = Vespers for the Virgin Mary.

M 5.1   Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Examples:Anderson, Marian. He's got the whole world in His hands : spirituals.
Boston Camerata. A Renaissance Christmas.
Cappella Nova. The miracles of St. Kentigern : Scottish medieval plainchant.
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England), Choir. Psalms from St. Paul's.
Williams, Marion. Born to sing the Gospel.

~~~~~~ FOLK MUSIC ~~~~~~

Class folk, traditional, and national music under the number for the country (or countries). Popular, rock, and classical music tend to be classed under the numbers for those types of music, rather than by nationality of the performer.

M 6   Collections (music from more than one region): cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:Blow, ye winds, in the morning.
The Christmas revels : traditional and ritual carols, dances and processionals.
Music of the world's peoples, v. 1

M 6.1   Individual performers or groups (music from more than one region): cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Example:

Looking home

AMERICAS
M 7   Collections (several regions, spanning both continents): cutter by title; add date.
  Example:Gloriae Dei Cantores. Music of the Americas, 1492-1992.

NORTH AMERICA
M 7.1  Collections (U.S. & Canada): cutter by title; add date.
  Example:Heartbeat : voices of First Nations women.

UNITED STATES
M 7.2  Collections: cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:American songs of Revolutionary times and the Civil War era.
American fiddle tunes.
Black American history in ballad, song, and prose.
Folk song America : a 20th century revival.
American labor song-poems and labor protest, 1865-95.

M 7.21  Collections -- elements of the population: cutter A-Z for element then cutter for title, add date.
  Examples:Old-country music in a new land : folk music of immigrants from Europe and the Near East.
Spiew juchasa = Song of the Shepherd : songs of the Slavic Americans.

M 7.22   Cutter by region/state, A-Z; cutter for title; add date.
  Examples:Folksongs of the Louisiana Acadians.
Brave boys : New England traditions in folk music.

M 7.23  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Examples:Baez, Joan. Greatest hits.
Burch, Sharon. Yazzie girl.
Folkmasters (Musical group). Get on board.
Guthrie, Arlo. Outlasting the blues.
New York Vocal Arts Ensemble. Listen to the mocking bird.

CANADA
M 7.3  Collections: cutter by title; add date.

M 7.32  Cutter by region/province, A-Z; cutter for title; add date.

M 7.33  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Example:Bottine Souriante (Musical group). La travers ee de l'Atlantique.

CENTRAL AMERICA
M 7.4  Collections: cutter by title; add date. Include here collections of music from both South and Central America.

M 7.42  Cutter by country, A-Z; cutter for title; add date.

M 7.43  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.

SOUTH AMERICA
M 7.5  Collections: cutter by title. Include here collections of music from both South and Central America.

M 7.52  Cutter by country, A-Z; cutter for title; add date.
  Example:Peru : music from the land of Macchu Picchu.

M 7.53  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.

EUROPE (except the British Isles & Ireland)
M 8  Collections: cutter by title; add date.

M 8.1  Cutter by country, A-Z; cutter for title; add date.
  Examples:Music of Bulgaria.
Music of ancient Greece.
Chants des femmes de la vieille Russie.

M8.2   Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Example:Sing we now of Christmas : six centuries of European Christmas music.

BRITISH ISLES
M 9  Collections (all areas): cutter for title; add date.
  Examples:The English and Scottish popular ballads.
Songs of courtship.

ENGLAND
M 9.1  Collections: cutter by title; add date.

M 9.2  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Example:Baltimore Consort. The art of the bawdy song.

WALES
M 9.3  Collections: cutter by title; add date.

M 9.4  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.

SCOTLAND
M 9.5  Collections: cutter by title; add date.
  Example:Historic instruments in performance.

M 9.6  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Examples:Baltimore Consort. On the banks of Helicon : early music of Scotland.
Capercaillie (Musical group). Sidewaulk.
MacColl, Ewan. Scottish traditional songs.
Silly Wizard (Musical group). Live Wizardry.
Tannahill Weavers. The Tannahill Weavers.

NORTHERN IRELAND/ULSTER
M 9.7  Collections: cutter by title; add date.

M 9.8  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Example:Wilkinson, Desi. The three piece flute.

IRELAND/EIRE
M 10   Collections: cutter by title; add date. Include here collections containing music from both the Republic of Ireland and Ulster.
  Examples:The Banks of the Shannon.
Boston College Irish Studies Program celebrates Gaelic Roots.
Farewell to Lissycasey : the traditional music of County Clare.
Irish music : the living tradition.
A river of sound : the changing course of Irish traditional music.

M 10.1   Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Examples:Bothy Band. Afterhours.
Burke, Kevin. Fiddle tunes from County Sligo.
Celtic Thunder (Musical group). Celtic Thunder.
N i Bheaghlaoich, Seosaimh in. Taobh na gr eine = Under the sun.

AFRICA
M 11   Collections: cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:African rhythms and instruments.
Africa dances.

M 11.1  Cutter by country, A-Z; cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:Music of the Nile Valley.
Ghana : music of the northern tribes.
Songs the Swahili sing : classics from the Kenya coast.

M 11.2   Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Example:Camara, Ladji. Africa, New York : drum masterpieces.

ASIA
M 12   Collections: cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:Tuva : voices from the center of Asia.

M 12.1  Cutter by country, A-Z; cutter by title; add date.
  Examples:Chinese classical music.
Japon : musique du Kabuki ; musique du Jiuta-Mai.
Korean court music.
Turquie : musique Soufi : il ah i et nefes.

M 12.2  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.
  Example:Goswami, Gour. The Indian bamboo flute : two masters in tradition.

AUSTRALASIA
M 13   Collections: cutter by title; add date.
M 13.1  Cutter by country, A-Z; cutter by title; add date.
  Example:Bali : musique pour le gong g ed e.

M 13.2  Individual performers or groups: cutter by performer & title; add date.

~~~~~~ CLASSICAL MUSIC ~~~~~~

Collections of 3 or more composers

M 14   Vocal & instrumental works
  Examples:Bergonzi, Carlo. Arias and songs of the Italian Baroque.
Callas, Maria. Callas-- 5 heroines.
Caruso, Enrico. The legendary Enrico Caruso : 21 favorite arias.
Mediaeval and Renaissance sounds.
French and Italian songs of the 15th century.

M 15   Instrumental works only
  Examples:Concertino : the chamber ensemble of the Moscow Philharmonic Society.
Dance music of the high Renaissance. Vol. 2
Brown, Rachel. French baroque flute music.
Cuarteto Latinoamericano. Memorias tropicales.

Collections of particular solo instruments:

M16   Organ
  Example:Moosmann, Christoph Maria. Annum per annum.

M17   Harmonium

M20   Piano
  Examples:Ashkenazy, Vladimir. The young Ashkenazy.
Berezovsky, Boris. Piano recital.
Heifetz, Inna. Inna Heifetz plays Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev.

(continue to follow L.C. schedule thereafter)

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