This guide is designed to help you find information about, and music for, the guitar. 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!
Renoir, The Spanish Guitarist (1897)
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| M125–M129 | Guitar alone: |
| M125 | Collections (more than one composer) |
| M126 | Original works: Collections (one composer) |
| M127 | Original works: Separate |
| M128 | Arrangements: Collections (one composer) |
| M129 | Arrangements: Separate works |
| M276–M277 | Guitar with piano accompaniment: |
| M276 | Collections |
| M277 | Separate works |
| M292–M293 | Duets for two plucked instruments (of all kinds): |
| M292 | Collections |
| M293 | Separate works |
| M294–M295 | Duets—one stringed and one plucked instrument |
| M296–M297 | Duets—one wind and one plucked instrument |
| M325–M329 | Piano and two plucked instruments |
| M330–M334 | Piano, one string, and one plucked instrument |
| M335–M339 | Piano, one wind, and one plucked instrument |
| M365–M369 | Three plucked instruments |
| M370–M374 | Three stringed and plucked instruments |
| M375–M379 | Three wind and plucked instruments |
| M380–M384 | Three stringed, wind, and plucked instruments |
Concertos and similar pieces
| M1037.4 .G8 | Guitar with orchestra: full scores, piano reductions, and cadenzas |
| M1137.4 .G8 | Guitar with string orchestra: full scores, piano reductions, and cadenzas |
Studies and methods
| MT580 | General works |
| MT582 | Systems and methods |
| MT583 | Teaching pieces |
| MT584 | Instructive editions |
| MT586 | Orchestral studies (excerpts) |
| MT587 | Two guitars |
| MT588 | Self-instructors |
| MT590–MT599 | Other instruments of the guitar family |
Classification Numbers for Books about the Guitar
| ML128 .G8 | Guitar bibliographies |
| ML1015.G9 | Other books |
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.
