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Honoring Trans and Gender-Expansive Students in Music Education by Matthew L. Garrett; Joshua Palkki
Call Number: MT1.G24 H66 2021
ISBN: 9780197506608
Publication Date: 2021
Music - Media - History: Re-Thinking Musicology in an Age of Digital Media by Elias Berner, Matej Santi, editors
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 3839451450
Publication Date: 2021
Popular Music Pedagogies: A Practical Guide for Music Teachers by Matthew Clauhs; Bryan Powell; Ann C. Clements
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 1000285359
Publication Date: 2020
Sounding Together: Collaborative Perspectives on U.S. Music in the 21st Century by Charles Garrett (Editor); Carol Oja (Editor)
Call Number: ONLINE
ISBN: 0472901303
Publication Date: 2021

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Guide to Call Numbers for Music Books

Most located on the 3rd floor of the Library; Reference books located on the 1st floor.

ML	1-3930	Literature of Music
	48-54.8	Texts for Music
	110-158	Bibliography
	155-158	Sound Recordings
	159-3799	History and Criticism
	410	Composer Biographies
	459-1380	Instruments and Instrumental Music
	1100-1380	Chamber and Orchestral Music, Band (Military Music), Electronic Music
	1400-3275	Vocal Music
	1500-1554	Choral Music (Sacred and Secular)
	1600-2881	Secular Vocal Music
	2900-3275	Sacred Vocal Music
	3400-3465	Dance Music
	3469-3541	Popular Music
	3544-3776	National Music
	3800-3923	Philosophy and Physics of Music
	3928-3930	Juvenile Literature

MT	1-960	Musical Instruction and Study
	40-67	Composition
	68	Improvisation
	70-86	Orchestra and Orchestration
	90-146	Analytical Guides, etc.
	170-810	Instrumental Techniques
	820-949	Singing and Voice Culture
	955-960	Production of Operas, Music in Theaters

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