Library resources for brass chamber music
This guide serves as a starting point or browsing tool for finding music for, and information about, brass chamber music. Be sure to consult the guides for individual brass instruments and the other chamber music guides. Refer to the McGill Library catalogue and the Music Library's card catalogue of scores for complete holdings information. If you have further questions, please contact a member of the full-time staff for assistance.
Ce guide sert de point de départ ou d’outil de navigation. Consultez les guides pour chaque instrument à vent et les autres guides qui s'adressent à la musique de chambre. Consultez aussi le catalogue et le fichier pour obtenir les ressources documentaires complètes. Pour de plus amples renseignements, contactez un employé à temps plein.
Brass chamber performance study guide
Books and repertoire guides / Livres et guides de répertoire
Arling, Harry J. Trombone Chamber Music: An Annotated Bibliography. Nashville: Brass Press, 1978.
REF ML128 T76 A7
Baron, John H. Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2002.
REF ML128 C4 B37 2002
Clark, David Lindsey. Appraisals of Original Wind Music: A Survey and Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
ML128 W5 C6 1999
Cohn, Arthur. The Literature of Chamber Music. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, 1997.
REF ML1100 C673 1997
Gillaspie, Jon A., Marshall Stoneham, and David Lindsey Clark. The Wind Ensemble Catalog. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
REF ML128 W5 G52 1998
Heller, George N. Ensemble Music for Wind and Percussion Instruments: A Catalog. Washington, D.C.: Music Educators National Conference, 1970.
REF ML128 ML128 W5 H44
Horne, Aaron. Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
REF ML128 W5 H62 1996
Rangel-Ribeiro, Victor and Robert Markel. Chamber Music: An International Guide to Works and Their Instrumentation. New York: Facts on File, 1993.
REF ML128 C4 R3 1993
Scott, William. A Conductor’s Repertory of Chamber Music: Compositions for Nine to Fifteen Solo Instruments. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
REF ML128 C4 S37 1993
Secrist-Schmedes, Barbera. Wind Chamber Music: For Two to Sixteen Winds; An Annotated Guide. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002.
REF ML128 W5 S43 2002
Stoneham, A. M., Jon A. Gillaspie, and David Lindsey Clark. Wind Ensemble Sourcebook and Biographical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
REF ML128 W5 S76 1997
Stubley, Eleanor V. A Guide to Unpublished Canadian Brass Chamber Music Suitable for Student Performers. Toronto: Canadian Music Educators' Association in co-operation with the Canadian Music Centre, 1989.
REF ML128 C4 S78 1989
Online resources / Ressources en ligne
Oxford Music Online (includes Grove Music Online)
Periodicals / Périodiques
Brass Bulletin
ML5 B6864
Chamber Music
ML1 C353
NACWPI Journal (National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors)
ML1 N37x
Call numbers for browsing / Cotes à parcourir
| M300-M386 | Trios – one or more brass instruments / Trios – un instrument à cuivre ou plus |
| M357.4 | Brass trios / Trios de cuivres |
| M400-M486 | Quartets – one or more brass instruments / Quatuors – un instrument à cuivre ou plus |
| M457.4 | Brass quartets / Quatuors de cuivres |
| M500-M986 | Quintets and larger ensembles – one or more brass instruments / Quintettes et grandes ensembles – un instrument à cuivre ou plus |
| M557.4 | Brass quintets / Quintettes de cuivres |
| M657.4 | Brass sextets / Sextuors de cuivres |
| M757.4 | Brass septets / Septuors de cuivres |
| M857.4 | Brass octets / Octuors de cuivres |
| M957.4 | Brass nonets / Ensembles de cuivres |
| ML128 B73 | Brass instrument bibliography / Bibliographie – cuivres |
| ML128 C4 | Chamber music bibliography / Bibliographie – musique de chambre |
| ML128 W5 | Wind instrument bibliography / Bibliographie – instruments à vent |
| ML933 | Brass history / Histoire – cuivres |
| ML1100-ML1165 | Chamber music history / Histoire – musique de chambre |
| MT140-MT145 | Chamber music analytical guides / Analyse et appreciation – musique de chambre |
| MT728 | Chamber music studies and methods / Étude et enseignement – musique de chambre |
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