Music Theory
Subject Headings
Music theory
Composition music
Counterpoint
Harmonic analysis
Melody
Modulation (Music)
Music acoustics and physics
Music philosophy and aesthetics
Musical analysis
Musical form
Musical meter and rhythm
Schenkerian analysis
Transposition (Music)
Twelve-tone system
Call Numbers
| ML96.5 | Facsimilies |
| ML134 | Thematic catalogs of individual composers |
| ML410 | Composer biographies |
| ML432 | Biographies of theorists |
| ML430 - ML455 | History of composition |
| ML457 | Performance practice |
| ML3800 - ML3920 | Philosophy and physics of music |
| MT5.5 - MT7 | Music theory: instruction and study |
| MT50 | Harmony textbooks and treatises |
| MT90 - MT146 | Analytical guides |
| MT93 | Guides to single works |
Selected SFCM Library resources
The Cambridge history of Western music theory. Edited by Thomas Christensen. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. REF ML3800 .C165 2002
Diamond, Harold J., 1934- Music analyses: an annotated guide to the literature.New York: Schirmer Books ; Toronto: Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, c1991. REF ML128.A5 D537 M9
Early twentieth-century music. Edited by Jonathan Dunsby. Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1993. MT90.D926 E12
Madden, Charles (Charles B) Fractals in music: introductory mathematics for musical analysis. 1st ed. Salt Lake City: High Art Press, 1999. MT6.M17 F73 1999
Ottman, Robert W. Advanced harmony : theory and practice. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000. MT50 .O91 2000
Pinksterboer, Hugo. The rough guide to reading music and basic theory. London: Rough Guides, 2001. MT7.P65 R6 2001
Schachter, Carl. Unfoldings: essays in Schenkerian theory and analysis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999 MT6.S282 U6 1999
Periodicals
Journal of Music Theory
Perspectives of New Music
Source
Tempo
Web Sites
Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature
CHMTL brings together various activities, publications (both electronic and conventional), and projects centered at the School of Music at Indiana University. In addition to its current activities, CHMTL anticipates expansion with additional full-text databases, a new series of publications, conferences, and occasional fellowships for visiting scholars.
Internet Resources for Music Scholars
Site of the Loeb Music Library of Harvard University which includes links to home pages for scholarly societies, organizations, music databases, MIDI information, and electronic journals.
Society for Music Theory
The principal U.S. organization for music theorists, the SMT site provides links to online resources and databases.