Music Guide: Finding Scores

All new acquisitions of scores are being classified by the Library of Congress scheme and are shelved alongside music books on the first floor at Magee.

For example:

Nocturnes / Debussy                                              SCO M3.D32N62

Symphony No. 1 / Mahler                                      SCO  M3M25S8 No. 1

Quatuor pour la fin du temps / Messiaen                 SCO  M3.M48Q82

Concerto en Sol / Ravel                                         SCO M3.R28C65

All Scores in Magee Library have an SCO prefix and are shelved on the first floor of the Library at the end of the 'M' section.

Older scores are arranged according to the Dewey classification scheme and will look like the examples listed below.

Magnificat in D major  / Bach                         SCO 265 S/BAC

Tristan und Isolda / Wagner                            SCO 780 S/WAG

The music in the fairy queen / Purcell               SCO 782.1 S/PUR

Solomon : an oratorio / Handel                        SCO 782.23 S/HAN