Chamber Music Library
Instructions for Use
CMNC's chamber music library is provided for the use of its workshop participants and coaches. Sorry, it is not a lending library. This listing of the scores currently in our library is provided for the use of chamber music enthusiasts everywhere. We hope you will use it to get new ideas about wonderful works to play. Browse through the library. Examine the difficulty ratings. Take notes and head for your favorite lending library, music store, or publishing house. When you have your music, call your friends together and enjoy playing a new work!
CMNC’s chamber music library is indexed by composer and by instrumental combination. The instrumentation classification has three parts:
1. A number which tells how many players are needed
2. An instrumentation code -- a single letter:
“S” if stringed instruments are used
“W” if woodwinds are used (includes Horn)
“M” for mixed strings and woodwinds
3. The suffix “K” if, in addition, a keyboard is used.
Here are some examples:
L. van Beethoven 3S
Trio in G major Op. 9 #1
Vn2, Va2, Vc2
Gordon Jacob
4M
Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Ob2, Vn2, Va2, Vc3
Johannes Brahms 3SK
Trio No. 1 in B Major Op. 8
Vn2, Vc2, Pn1
The number after the instrument name is a rough guide to how difficult that part is:
4 = easy
3 = intermediate
2 = advanced
1 = a professional level of skill will probably be needed to play the part.
"U" = difficulty rating has not been established .
The .pdf files (2006) include CMNC's catalog numbers and box numbers, to aid workshop use of our library. The letter S at the end of some catalog numbers indicates CMNC owns a score for the item.
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