This guide is designed to help you find information about, and music for, percussion. 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!
Vessel from Çatalhöyük (22nd cent. B.C.)
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Percussion Works for one performer
| M146 |
Drum(s), including timpani, drum set, side drum, etc., and works for one percussionist playing two or more different percussion instruments. |
| M147 | Bells, glockenspiel, etc. |
| M175.X6 | Xylophone, marimba, vibraharp, vibraphone |
Collections of percussion works for one performer with piano accompaniment
(collections containing works by more than one composer or a variety of different works by the same composer):
| M284.B4 | Bells |
| M284.C94 | Cymbals |
| M284.D8 | Drum |
| M284.G65 | Glockenspiel |
| M284.P4 | Percussion (one percussionist playing two or more different percussion instruments) |
| M284.T5 | Timpani |
| M284.X9 | Xylophone, marimba, vibraphone |
Separate percussion works for one performer with piano accompaniment
(one work by one composer):
| M285.B4 | Bells |
| M285.C94 | Cymbals |
| M285.D8 | Drum |
| M285.G65 | Glockenspiel |
| M285.P4 | Percussion |
| M285.T5 | Timpani |
| M285.X9 |
Xylophone, marimba, vibraphone |
Works for all percussionists or percussion and a combination of other instruments
| M298 | Duets |
| M340–344 | Trios with piano |
| M385 | Trios without piano |
| M445–449 | Quartets with piano |
| M485 | Quartets without piano |
| M545–549 | Quintets with piano |
| M585 | Quintets without piano |
| M645–649 | Sextets with piano |
| M685 | Sextets without piano |
| M745–749 | Septets with piano |
| M785 | Septets without piano |
| M845–849 | Octets with piano |
| M885 | Octets without piano |
| M945–949 | Nonets with piano |
| M985 | Nonets without piano |
Percussion solo with orchestral accompaniment
| M1038 | Percussion with orchestra (full scores) |
| M1039 | Percussion with orchestra (piano reductions) |
| M1039.4.X9 | Xylophone with orchestra (piano reductions) |
| M1138 | Percussion with string orchestra (full scores) |
| M1139 | Percussion with string orchestra (piano reductions) |
Percussion instruction and method books; studies; orchestral excerpts and parts
| MT655–656 | General |
| MT660 | Timpani |
| MT662 | Drum, bass, drum, snare, drum, etc., including drum set |
| MT663 | Bongo, conga drums |
| MT664 | Tabla |
| MT719 | Xylophone, marimba, vibraphone |
| MT722 | Implements put to musical use (e.g., kitchen utensils) |
Classification Numbers for Books on Percussion
| ML102.P4 | Percussion dictionaries and encyclopedias |
| ML128.P23 | Percussion bibliographies |
Books on percussion history and criticism
| ML1030 | General |
| ML1035 | Drums including drum set |
| ML1036 | Timpani |
| ML1038 | Other percussion instruments alphabetically |
| ML1039 | Bells, carillons, gongs, chimes, including change ringing, peals, etc. |
| ML1048 | Xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, etc. |
| ML1049 | All other percussion instruments not mentioned in ML1038 |
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.
