Item Detail
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Davis, Elizabeth A.
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Music Library Association
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A basic music library : essential scores and sound recordings
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Book
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3rd ed.
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Chicago, Ill.
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c1997
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American Library Association
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xvi, 665 p. ; 29 cm.
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English
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0838934617; 9780838934616
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Music libraries--Collection development.
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Music Libraries; Printed Music; Music Scores; Sound Recordings
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ML 113 .B3 1997
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Davis, Elizabeth, ed. A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings, 3d ed. Compiled by the Music Library Association. Chicago and London: American Library Association, 1997.
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A recommended guide for selecting and buying both printed and recorded music. Especially useful for librarians or other music collectors. Intended for small libraries.
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World-wide in scope. Represents the world of music in a balanced and diverse manner, geographically and culturally. Spans from Medieval music to current.
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Separated into two parts. Part One, Scores, consists of full and study scores for orchestral literature, chamber music, and solo editions (woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, keyboard, jazz fake books, and vocal). Part Two, Sound Recordings, is comprised of Western Classical Music, Traditional and Popular Music of the Americas and Europe, and Music of the Non-Western World. Appendixes list suppliers of scores and sound recordings. Bibliographic Resources found at end of book along with four indexes (scores by black composers, women composers, all scores, and sound recordings).
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Selective, and condensed list of priority musical scores. Sound recordings are international in coverage. Includes publishers and prices for printed music.
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BYU Mus Ref
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2198