Searching by the Author/Creator alone, for prolific composers, will produce an overwhelming number of search results.
Searching by Title alone, for generic titles (e.g. sonata, concerto or symphony) will produce and overwhelming number of search results.
Searching by Title requires the title in the original language of the composition. E.g. for The Magic Flute one should use Die Zauberflöte; for the Nutcracker ballet one should use Shchelkunchik.
Libraries tend to collect anthologies, complete versions or complete editions (e.g. all of a composer's works, all of a composer's sonatas, an entire opera) rather than individual scores. The individual compositions contained in such works are provided in their contents notes. While a Title search will not find these, a Keyword search will.
Note: One musical score or recording can have a number of different titles. E.g. these all refer to the same piano concerto by Mozart:
Searching with the uniform title will find all editions or versions of a specific score, including those in other languages. For the example above, the uniform title is:
In a library catalogue, use the Author/Creator search and add the composer's name (and dates) in front of the uniform title. For the example above, the Author/Creator search is:
Search for music in the library catalogue using any of the following:
The Repertoire section under each of the Instruments pages is a useful starting point.
For more assistance, watch the following short videos:
Search for music in the library catalogue by Subject. Notes:
Example library catalogue Subject searches:
Other useful library catalogue Subject searches include:
