HOW TO FIND SONGS

HOW TO FIND INDIVIDUAL SONGS IN THE LIBRARY'S CATALOGS

          Individual song titles are not searchable in the 
          library's catalogs.

          If the song you want is part of a larger work (a 
          song cycle such as Schwanengesang; an opera such 
          as Aida; a musical such as Oklahoma; etc.) search:

     In the music card catalog

          directly under the distinctive title of the larger 
          work, or under the composer plus the title of the 
          larger work, whether or not that title is 
          distinctive.

          Example:  Aida  or,
                    Verdi, Giuseppe.  Aida.

     In MELVYL

          after limiting your search to UCSB by using the 
          command, SET LIBRARY UCSB directly under the 
          distinctive title of the larger work, or under the 
          composer plus the title of the larger work if that 
          title is distinctive.

          Example:  fi xt aida   or,
                    fi pa verdi, giuseppe and ut aida

     In PEGASUS

          directly under the distinctive title of the larger 
          work.

          Example:  t aida

     Positive results from these searches will mean that 
     UCSB owns the song you are seeking and a call number 
     will be provided.  Both printed music and recordings 
     are accessible through these catalogs.  As of Spring, 
     1992, the music card catalog is up to date; both MELVYL 
     and PEGASUS are incomplete, but the percentage of 
     UCSB's collection included in these online catalogs 
     increases steadily.


HOW TO IDENTIFY UCSB-OWNED ANTHOLOGIES WHICH CONTAIN A SONG YOU ARE SEEKING:


FOR PRINTED MUSIC  

     Check the following sources to determine what published 
     anthologies include the song title you are seeking:


          SEARS.  Song Index.  1926.  (REF ML128 S3S4)

          DE CHARMS.  Songs in Collections.  1966.  (REF ML 
          128 S3D4)

          HAVLICE.  Popular Song Index.  1975-1989.  (REF 
          ML128 S3H4)

          UTK Song Index.  1990.  (REF ML128 S3U2  
          microfiche)

     Each of these indexes includes a number of published 
     solo song collections and lists each song from each 
     collection, usually by title, by first line, and by 
     composer.  The selection of collections to be indexed 
     varies. There is overlap and each index contains a 
     variety of types of songs - art songs, folk songs, 
     popular songs, etc.  Each source also contains a list 
     of the collections indexed which has been annotated 
     with UCSB's call numbers.

     1. Look up the song you are seeking by title, first 
        line, or by composer.

     2. Note the numbers of the collections which are listed 
        as containing that song.

     3. Look up the collections numbers in the list of    
        collections and copy down UCSB's call numbers.

     4.  Retrieve the collection from the open stacks.


FOR RECORDED SONGS   

     Check the following sources to determine which recorded 
     anthologies include the song you are seeking:

          MUSIC LIBRARY.  1991.  (CD-ROM - ask at the Music 
          Service Desk)

          EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC.  Sibley Music Library 
          Catalog of Sound Recordings.  1977.  (REF ML156.2 
          E157)

          STAHL.  Selected Discography of Solo Song.  1972 + 
          supplements.  (REF ML156.4 V7S8 1972)

     MUSIC LIBRARY is a database of LP's, 45 and 78rpm
     records, cassettes, tape reels, CDs, and cylinders.  It 
     covers classical, popular, and traditional forms of 
     music from all over the world.  Since it is compiled 
     from the OCLC Online Union Catalog which contains the 
     cataloged sound recordings collections of hundreds of 
     libraries across the country, the coverage is 
     extensive.  

     The EASTMAN set is the printed catalog of sound 
     recordings in one of the greatest music libraries in 
     the country.

     STAHL (the latest supplement came out in 1984) is a 
     printed discography of recordings of solo songs.


     Each of these sources allows you to identify the record 
     albums which contain a particular song.

     1.  Note the performer and the album title of 
         recordings which contain the song you are seeking. 

     2.  Use these elements to search the library's 
         catalogs.  In this manner, you will determine which 
         recorded anthologies include the song you are 
         seeking and are owned by UCSB.

     3.  Note the call number for the albums you want to  
         hear, and take this information to the Music 
         Service Desk.

     NOTE: Records must be used in the Arts Library.



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Prepared by
Susan Bower
Arts Library
April 1992





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