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You can find e-books by searching the Library Search or by using the links below:
You can find e-books by accessing Library Search or by using the links below:
The following titles reflect the most recent textbooks purchased by the University of Manchester Library for your studies and research.
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The main collections of Music scores and books can be found on Red 2. There are separate sequences (classified at 780-789) and printed music (classified at M780-M789). There is also a separate M- sequence of minature/study scores, in boxes. Current and past issues of printed journals in Music are located after the books.
| Classification Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| M780.8 | Anthologies, Denkmäler |
| M780.92 | Collected editions of composer |
| M782.1 | Opera vocal scores |
| M783 | Church music |
| M784 | Secular vocal music |
| M785 | Full and study scores |
| M785.7 | Chamber music parts (divided by number of instruments) |
| M786 | Keyboard music |
| M787 | String solo music |
| M788 | Wind solo music |
| M789 | Music for percussion |
| Classification Number | Subject |
|---|---|
| 780.9 | Music history |
| 780.92 | Individual composers and musicians |
| 781.24 | Notation |
| 781.3 | Harmony |
| 781.4 | Counterpoint |
| 781.5 | Form and analysis |
| 781.632 | Orchestration |
| 781.633 | Score reading |
| 781.91 | Instruments, general |
| 782 | Opera |
| 783 | Church music |
| 784 | Secular vocal music |
| 785 | Orchestra |
| 786 | Keyboard |
| 787 | Strings |
| 788 | Wind |
| 789 | Percussion |
A card catalogue for printed music can be found on Red 2, and contains details of all music acquired by the Library up to September 1994. Library Search will find details of printed music acquired since then, as well as some older material.
You can download a guide to Red 2 in the box below.
You can find further information on theses held at the University of Manchester and elsewhere on our theses guide.
Doctoral/Research Theses
Electronic versions of many open-access University of Manchester research theses, submitted from the 2010 session onwards, are available on Pure, the University of Manchester’s internal repository.
The University of Manchester Library is one of the largest subscribers to e-journals and databases in the UK but we don’t have access to everything.
If you find that we don’t hold a book, report, journal article or conference paper that you need, you can use our Inter-Library Loans service.
It is worthwhile carrying out a search on Google Books to see if a book is available to view online.
If you have a reading list for your course and the books are in use by other students, you can check to see if it has been fully or partially digitised by Google.
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