Guitar, Lute, and Harp
Subject Headings
Lute, Harp, and other plucked instruments may be used instead of Guitar in the headings below
Concertos guitar
Concertos guitar solo with piano
Sonatas guitar
Guitar and clarinet music (clarinet used as example - use desired instrument)
Guitar music
Guitar music guitars 2
Guitar with orchestra (orchestra used as example - use jazz ensemble, etc.)
Plectral ensembles
Trios guitar
Quartets guitar
Quintets guitar [similarly for Quintets, Sextets, Septets, Octets, Nonets]
(For chamber music with keyboard see the Keyboard Music Guide
Subject Headings for books
Guitar
Harp
Lute
Call Numbers for music
| M115 - M119 | Harp solo |
| M125 - M129 | Guitar solo |
| M140 - M142 | Lute solo |
| M272 - M273 | Harp and piano |
| M276 - M277 | Guitar and piano |
| M282 - M283 | Piano and one other plectral instrument |
| M325 - M386 | Trios which may include one or more plectral instrument |
| M325 - M329 | Two plectral instruments and piano |
| M365 - M386 | Trios of three plectral instruments |
| M425 - M429 | Three plucked instruments and piano |
| M465 - M469 | Quartets of four plectral instruments |
| M525 - M529 | Four plectral instruments and piano |
| M565 - M569 | Quintets of five plectral instruments |
[For Sextets, Septets, Octets, Nonets use same formulae as Quartets and Quintets, e.g. M769 is music for Seven plucked instruments.]
| M1036 - M1037 | Concertos for harp (orchestra acc.) |
| M1037.4 | Concertos for other plectral instruments (orchestra acc.) |
| M1136 - M1137 | Concertos for harp (string orch. acc.) |
| M1137.4 | Concertos for other plectral instruments (string orch. acc.) |
Call Numbers for books
| [REF] ML128 .G968 | Bibliographies - Guitar |
| [REF] ML128.H198 | Bibliographies - Harp |
| [REF] ML128 .L9 | Bibliographies - Lute |
| ML1005 | Lute |
| ML1010-1013 | Harp |
| ML1015 | Guitar |
Selected SFCM Library resources
Bone, Philip James. The guitar and mandolin: biographies of celebrated players and composers. 2nd ed. with new preface. London: Schott & Co., 1972. ML399 .G96b
Coelho, Victor. The manuscript sources of seventeenth-century Italian lute music. New York: Garland, 1995. REF ML128.L9 C672 1995
Gilmore, George. Guitar music index: a cross-indexed and graded listing of music in print for classical guitar & lute Honolulu: Galliard Press, 1976-1981. REF ML128.G968 G4
The Guitar Review music index: an index of music published in Guitar Review. Guitar Review. REF ML128.G968 G9
Lyons, David. Lute, Vihuela, Guitar to 1800, a Bibliography. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1978. REF ML128.G968 L99
MacAuslan, Janna. Guitar music by women composers: an annotated catalog. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. REFML128.G968 M11 1997
Provost, Richard. The Art and Technique of Practice. San Francisco: Guitar Solo Pubs., 1992. MT580 .P82 1992
Jape, Mijndert. Classical Guitar Music in Print. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1989. REF ML128.G968 J3 1989
Performance on lute, guitar, and vihuela: historical practice and modern interpretation. Edited by Victor Anand Coelho. Cambridge, U.K.; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. ML1003.P438 C6 1997
Pohlmann, Ernst. Laute, Theorbe, Chitarrone: die Lauten-Instrumente, ihre Musik und Literatur von 1500 bis zur Gegenwart. 4. Aufl. Lilienthal/Bremen :Edition Eres, 1975. REF ML128.G968 P748
Rezits, Joseph. The Guitarist's Resource Guide: Guitar Music in Print and Books on the Art of Guitar. San Diego: Pallma Music Co., 1983. REF ML128.G968 R46
Periodicals
Chamber Music America
Classical Guitar
Early Music
Guitar Review
International Musician
Medical Problems of Performing Artists
Performance Practice Review
Soundboard
Web Sites
American Harp Society
Information about the society, awards, competitions, artist programs, conferences, summer institutes, etc.
Chanterelle Verlag
International publisher specializing in classical guitar music.
Guitar Foundation of America
A good resource for researching information about the guitar on the web. Site includes information about competitions, teachers, guitars and guitar building, etc.
Historical Harp Society
Web site of the HHS has information regarding harp conferences and workshops.
Lute Society of America
Links to other lute societies and to the society's own microfilm and publications catalogs.
The Mandolin Caf
Resource for both classical and blue-grass mandolin playing.
Mel Bay Publications
Pubisher who specializes in a variety of resources for the guitar.