This guide is designed to help you find information about, and music for, the oboe. Use this as a starting point, or browsing tool. As always, consult our catalog for complete holdings information, and when uncertain, ask at the Reference Desk!
Eakins: Portrait of Benjamin Sharpe (1903)
You can recommend purchases of oboe-related scores, audio/video recordings, or books. Please notify Music Librarian Dan Zager with recommended titles.
Location:
Miller Center, 27 Gibbs St. (across the street from Eastman School of Music) 2nd – 4th floors
Phone (Library Office): 585-274-1350
Phone (Reference): 585-274-1320
Phone (Special Collections): 585-274-1335
Phone (Circulation Desk): 585-274-1300
Fax: 585-274-1380
https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/
Hours During School Terms
Monday – Thursday 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
| M65–M69 | Oboe alone: |
| M65 | Collections (more than one composer) |
| M66 | Original works: Collections (one composer) |
| M67 | Original works: Separate |
| M68 | Arrangements: Collections (one composer) |
| M69 | Arrangements: Separate works |
| M110.E5 | English horn |
| M245–M247 | Oboe with piano accompaniment: |
| M245 | Collections (different composers) |
| M246 | Separate works, original |
| M247 | Separate works: arrangements |
| M270.E5 | English horn |
| M288–M289 | Duets for two wind instruments (of all kinds): |
| M288 | Collections |
| M289 | Separate works |
| M290–M291 | Duets—one stringed and one wind instrument |
| M296–M297 | Duets—one wind and one plucked instrument |
| M315–M319 | Piano and two wind instruments |
| M320–M324 | Piano, one stringed, and one wind instrument |
| M335–M339 | Piano, one wind, and one plucked instrument |
| M355–M359 | Three wind instruments |
| M360–M364 | Three stringed and wind instruments |
| M375–M379 | Three wind and plucked instruments |
Concertos and similar pieces
| M1022 | Oboe with orchestra, full scores |
| M1022.5 | Cadenzas for such works |
| M1023 | Oboe with orchestra, piano reductions |
| M1034.E5 | English horn |
| M1122 | Oboe with string orchestra, full scores |
| M1122.5 | Cadenzas for such works |
| M1121 | Oboe with string orchestra, piano reductions |
| M1134.E5 | English horn |
Oboe studies and methods
| MT360 | General works |
| MT362 | Systems and methods |
| MT363 | Teaching pieces |
| MT364 | Instructive editions |
| MT365 | Studies and exercises |
| MT366 | Orchestral studies (excerpts) |
| MT367 | Two oboes |
| MT368 | Self-instructors |
| MT376 | English horn |
Classification Numbers for Books about the Oboe
| ML128 .F58 | Oboe bibliographies |
| ML940 | General works |
| ML941 | Construction |
| ML942 | Music and playing |
