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Subject Headings
Browsing the catalog for music? Get started with the following subject headings:
oboe music | sonatas (oboe) | concertos (oboe) | variations (oboe) | suites (oboe) | oboe and piano music | oboe -- orchestral excerpts | trios (oboe) | quartets (oboe) | quintets (oboe) | oboe -- studies and exercises
To specify some or all instruments for multi-instrument works, include them in parentheses, e.g.: trios (piano, flute, cello); quintets (trumpet, trombone)
Looking for a specific format, like sheet music, CD, or book? Use the menu to the left of search results to limit your results to that format.
Audition Excerpts
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LexcerptsOver 1,000 excerpts of sheet music from over 200 public domain works. Provides a quick and comprehensive way to reference original parts, scores, and recordings for the most prominent orchestral excerpts requested by professional audition committees.
Call Numbers
Sheet Music
One Instrument
M65 - M69: Solo oboe
M110.E5: English horn
Two Instruments
M245 - M247: Oboe with piano accompaniment
M270.E5: English horn with piano accompaniment
M288 - M289: Two wind instruments)
M290 - M291: One bowed instrument, one wind instrument)
M296 - M297: One wind instrument, one plucked instrument)
Three Instruments
M315 - M319: Piano, two wind instruments
M320 - M324: Piano, one bowed instrument, one wind instrument
M335 - M339: Piano, one wind instrument, one plucked instrument
M355 - M359: Three wind instruments (various combinations)
M360 - M364: Three bowed and wind instruments (various combinations)
M375 - M379: Three wind and plucked instruments (various combinations)
More than Three Instruments
Call numbers for instrumental music relate to instrumentation - call numbers for quartets (M400), quintets (M500), sextets (M600), septets (M700), octets (M800), and nonets (M900) will follow similar instrumentation outlined in the M300 groupings.
Example
M355 - M359 = Three wind instruments (various)
M455 - M459 = Four wind instruments (various)
M555 - M559 = Five wind instruments (various)
Orchestral Accompaniment
M1022 - M1023: Oboe with orchestra (full scores, piano reductions)
M1034.E5 - M1035.E5: English horn with orchestra (full scores, piano reductions)
M1122 - M1123: Oboe with string orchestra (full scores, piano reductions)
M1134.P5 - M1135.P5: English horn with string orchestra (full scores, piano reductions)
Books
ML128.O2: Oboe bibliographies
ML940 - ML942: General books about the oboe (history, criticism, construction, music)
Studies & Methods
MT360 - MT376: Technique, teaching pieces, orchestral studies, etc.
Professional Organizations
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International Double Reed SocietyEstablished in 1971, IDRS is a world-wide organization of double reed (oboe and bassoon family) players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts.