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 Jon Sauceda with recommended titles.
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| 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 |
To locate repertoire by Black musicians, please see the Library Guide Music From People Of the African Diaspora.
To locate repertoire by women musicians, please see the Library Guide Women In Music.
