This guide is intended to help you use the UNT Music Library to find printed music for oboe, books about the oboe, journals devoted to the oboe, and more. 

The UNT Libraries use the Library of Congress call number system to classify books and scores in our collections. Call numbers for scores begin with the letter M. Here are important numbers to know for oboe music. Under each individual number, scores are usually in alphabetical order by composers' last names. Once you know this, you can browse if you want to select some music.

M 65-69—Oboe alone 

M 245-247—Oboe with piano accompaniment 

M 1022-1023—Oboe with orchestra 

M 1023—Oboe with orchestra, reduction for oboe and piano 

M 1122-1123—Oboe with string orchestra 

M 1123—Oboe with string orchestra, reduction for oboe and piano 

Call numbers for books about music begin with the letters ML or MT. ML stands for music literature, MT for music theory and music teaching. Here are some call number ranges for books about oboe.

ML 940—history and criticism  

ML 941—oboe reed making

MT 360—instruction and study

MT 362—methods

MT 365—studies and exercises

MT 366—orchestra studies

You can use our redesigned online catalog, called Discover, to search for scores, books, and recordings: 
https://discover.library.unt.edu/

If you would like to search for chamber music that includes oboe, please go to our music-specific search screen from our previous catalog:
https://iii.library.unt.edu/search~S7/X

On that screen you can click Instrumentation & Voice Search to search for music for specific combinations of instruments.