Call Numbers for Music books

Call Numbers for CDs, scores, and books beginning with the letter M are on the 3rd floor of the Mary Idema Pew (Allendale) Library. E.g., M3.B35 2019 for the Beethoven Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte.

Place requests for items that have a location of "ASRS"!

• ML Books about music. E.g., ML410 .B42 D45 2019 for the Beethoven Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte Critical Commentary.
• MT Books about teaching music or more technical information about music

To Find Books at GVSU:

• On the Library homepage, use the search box to find "piano music" or "piano teachers" or pianists and other words like history or interpretation or analysis, or biography.
• Use separate boxes for your composer, piece title, type of piece, or other keywords.
• When searching for a type of piece, use the plural, e.g., "sonatas" or "concertos" (not concerti).You may use keywords like "piano sonatas op. 23" if you change the drop-down menu at the end of the search box to "all of these" instead of "as a phrase."

Searching for Specific Items:

• Search by COMPOSER, PERFORMER or by TITLE:
• Choose BASIC SEARCH. Click on Author (for performer) or on Title.
• Type composer's or performer's name (e.g., stravinsky igor OR ellington duke). Click on Search.