Index to Printed Music : Collections & Series 
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Description: Use the Index to Printed Music to find individual pieces of music printed in standard scholarly editions. The Index Database currently contains ca. 135,000 records, with over 20 fields of information: names (composers, poets, librettists, editors); titles and alternate titles; language of text and text incipit; performing forces (medium); identifying numbers (item numbers, opus/thematic catalogue numbers, key); formats (full score, piano vocal score, parts, etc.); language; presence of non-standard clefs; figured bass and how treated; duration of piece (if given in item); genres; musical incipit (if needed for identification); citations for performing editions based on the main work; and RISM source numbers.
The Index Database is linked to the Bibliography Database (ca. 9,300 citations as contained in Collected Editions, Historical Series & Sets & Monuments of Music: A Bibliography, by George R. Hill and Norris L. Stephens [Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press, 1997]). This database is searchable by composer, title, and series name and number. Linking the Bibliography and Index records is a standard edition number. From the Bibliography record, this number allows users to view all index entries for a particular title. From an Index record, this number enables users to link to the Bibliography title for quick searching in library catalogues.
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s)
Music, Film & Performing Arts
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Related Databases
Music Index
Oxford Music Online
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RIPM : Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600
