Music Research
Piano: A Starting Guide
Part I: Where to Find Piano Music in the UNLV Music Library
- Solo piano (1 performer):
- Collections: M20-22
- Sonatas: M23
- Suites: M24
- Individual works: M25
- Piano one hand: M26
- Variations: M27
- Marches and dances: M28-32
- Arrangements for piano solo: M32.8-39.6
- Piano 3 or more hands: M200-213
- 2 or more pianos: M214-216
- Solo instrument with piano accompaniment: M219-285
- Trios with piano: M310-344
- Piano trios (piano, violin, violoncello): M312
- Quartets with piano: M410-449
- Piano quartets (piano, violin, viola, violoncello): M412
- Quintets with piano: M510-549
- Piano quintets (piano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello): M512
- Sextets with piano: M610-649
- Septets with piano: M710-749
- Octets with piano: M810-849
- Nonets and larger combinations with piano: M910-949
- Piano concertos:
- With orchestra: M1010
- With orchestra (2-piano scores): M1011
- With string orchestra: M1110
- With string orchestra (2-piano scores): M1111
- Cadenzas: M1010.5, M1110.5
Note: For concertos for other instruments with piano reduction, see the research guide for that instrument.
- Piano music for children:
- Solo piano: M1378-1380
- Piano 4 hands, 2 or more pianos: M1389-1390
- Vocal music with piano:
- Operas and musicals (vocal scores with piano): M1503, 1507-1508
- Solo voice with orchestra (vocal scores): M1614, 1616, 1618
- Songs with piano: M1620-1622
- Popular music vocal collections with piano: M1630.18
- Oratorios (vocal scores): M2003, 2006-2007
- Masses (vocal scores): M2013
- Sacred choruses, cantatas, etc. (vocal scores): M2023, 2027-2028
- Incidental music (piano reductions): M1517-1518
- Ballets (piano scores): M1523, 1526
- Piano (general works): ML650 (Lied Main Stacks)
- History of the piano: ML651-661 (Lied Main Stacks)
- Study (general works): MT220
- Physiology of the hand: MT221
- Methods: MT222
- Beginning instruction: MT224
- Studies and exercises:
- General: MT225
- Left hand: MT226
- Pedaling: MT227
- Touch: MT228
- Wrist: MT229
- Intervals: MT230
- Scales, arpeggios, etc.: MT231
- Fingering: MT232
- Rhythm: MT233
- Phrasing: MT235
- Other: MT236-252
See also our lists of Piano Compact Discs in the UNLV Music Library and Piano Videos in the UNLV Music Library on this site.
Part II: Representative Subject Headings for Piano
Note: The headings below do not include the numerous chamber combinations of piano with other instruments. For more comprehensive results, perform a keyword search including the term piano or pianos along with other instruments sought.
- Piano music
- Sonatas (Piano)
- Suites (Piano)
- Variations (Piano)
- Piano music, Arranged
- Concertos (Piano)
- Variations (Piano with orchestra)
- Concertos (Piano with string orchestra)
- Piano with orchestra
- Piano with string orchestra
- Piano trios
- Piano quartets
- Piano quintets
- Piano--Studies and exercises
- Piano--Instruction and study
- Piano--Methods
- Piano--History
- Pianists
- Keyboard harmony
- Musical accompaniment
Part III: Useful Sources
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Online). London: Macmillan Reference; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2001-
Internet Access
Maurice Hinson Sources
Hinson, Maurice. Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, c2000.
Music Ref. ML128.P3 H5 2000
____________. Music for More Than One Piano : an Annotated Guide. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1983.
Music Ref. ML128.P3 H52 1983
EBook Access
____________. Music for Piano and Orchestra : an Annotated Guide. Enl. ed. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1993.
Music Ref. ML128.P3 H53 1993
____________. The Pianist's Guide to Transcriptions, Arrangements, and Paraphrases. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, c1990.
Music Ref. ML128.P3 H536 1990
____________. The Pianist's Reference Guide : a Bibliographical Survey. Los Angeles: Alfred Pub. Co., c1987.
Music Ref. ML128.P3 H54 1987
Other Piano-related Sources
Dees, Pamela Youngdahl. A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002-.
Lied Book Stacks ML102.P5 D44 2002
McGraw, Cameron. Piano Duet Repertoire : Music Originally Written for One Piano, Four Hands. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, c1981.
Music Ref. ML128.P3 M2
Palmieri, Robert. Piano: an Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Music Ref. ML102.P5 E53 2003
Patterson, Donald L. One Handed : a Guide to Piano Music for One Hand. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
Music Ref. ML128.P3 P38 1999
Wolcott, Michiko Ishiyama. Piano, the Instrument: an Annotated Bibliography. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001.
Lied Book Stacks ML128.P3 W65 2001
Wright, H. Stephen. Film Music at the Piano: an Index to Piano Arrangments of Instrumental Film and Television Music in Anthologies and Collections. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2003.
Lied Book Stacks ML128.M7 W75 2003
Ensemble Repertoire
Cobbett, Walter Willson. Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Oxford [England]; New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, c1963.
Music Ref. ML1100 .C7 1988
Cohn, Arthur. The Literature of Chamber Music. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Hinshaw, c1997.
Music Ref. ML1100 .C78 1997
Hinson, Maurice. The Piano in Chamber Ensemble : An Annotated Guide. 2nd ed. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, c2006.
Music Ref. ML128.C4 H5 2006
Part IV: Periodicals
Clavier
Lied Periodicals ML1 .C79
Contemporary Keyboard
Lied Periodicals ML1 .C9153
Keyboard
Lied Periodicals ML1 .C9153
Piano & Keyboard
Lied Periodicals ML1 .P66
The Piano Quarterly
Lied Periodicals ML1 .P66