Instrumental music recordings | Specific song or aria on recordings
| Opera, Oratorio, or other Large Work on recordings
| Jazz music recordings
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Instrumental music recordings: use or combine any of the following. The catalog requires precise spelling. Consult Google as necessary.
- Instrument name
- Composer’s last name
- Opus or other number: Use only the number; omit letters or words proceeding the number such as “opus”, “op” or “K”. If few or no results are found, remove the number.
- Genre search or genre as part of the title: use the plural form such as “sonatas”, “symphonies” and “quartets”. Or, use the asterisk (*) to perform a “wildcard search” which searches all variations of the word. For example, symphon* locates symphony, symphonies, symphonien, and symphonie.
- Add the term “compact” to locate only CD recordings
Example: To locate Mozart’s violin concert, K. 218 on CD, perform this search:
Specific song or aria on recordings: use or combine the following. The catalog requires precise spelling. Consult Google as necessary.
- Composer’s last name
- Significant words from song or aria (typically in the original language)
- Add the term “compact” to locate only CD recordings
Example: To locate the aria “Una furtiva lagrima” by Donizetti on CD, perform this search:
Opera, Oratorio, or other Large Work on recordings: use or combine the following. The catalog requires precise spelling. Consult Google as necessary.
- Composer’s last name
- Title of larger work (typically in the original language)
- Add the term “compact” to locate only CD recordings
Example: To locate “The elixir of love” by Donizetti, perform this search:
Jazz music recordings: use or combine any of the following. The catalog requires precise spelling. Consult Google as necessary.
- Artist name(s)
- Instrument(s)
- Song title(s)
- Album title
- Ensemble type
- Ensemble name
- Add the term “compact” to locate only CD recordings
Example: To locate recordings with Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley sextet, perform this recording search:
