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Browse by subject in the catalog, for example:
Clavichord
Harpsichord > History
Harpsichord music > History and criticism
Organ > History
Organ-builders
Organ music > History and criticism
Browse the shelves by call number:
Call Number | Topic |
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ML550 – ML597 | Organ history and construction |
ML600 – ML649 | Organ music and playing |
ML650 – ML697 | Piano and pre-piano history and construction |
ML700 – ML747 | Piano and pre-piano music and playing |
Search subjects or performer names in the catalog, for example:
Organists > Biography
Pianists > Biography (Includes performers of pre-piano instruments)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Couperin, François
Scarlatti, Domenico
Call Number | Topic |
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ML396 | Collected organist biographies |
ML397 | Collected pianist/keyboardist biographies |
ML410 | Composer biographies (for composer-performers) |
ML416 | Organist biographies |
ML417 | Pianist/keyboardist biographies |
See all piano reference books in the catalog:
Harpsichord reference
Keyboard reference
Organ reference
Browse the Reference shelves by call number:
Call Number | Topic |
---|---|
ML102 O68 | Organ dictionaries & encyclopedias |
ML128 O68 | Organ bibliographies |
ML652 | Piano construction and makers |
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