Scores come in different types or formats. The online library catalog record for an item will give you clues as to what format the item is. All score formats listed in this guide are shelved together on the third floor of University Libraries.
A word about terminology: "printed music" is here used to refer to contemporary printed editions of music scores.
"Sheet music" usually refers to historic printed music (generally popular, but sometimes "classical") from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
shows all instruments/voices in a work of music.
Shows all instruments/voices in a work of music, but produced in a small size. Call numbers start with "MM" and are shelved separately from the other scores in our collection.
for operas or other choral/orchestral works; provides the vocal parts and presents the instrumental parts in a piano reduction or accompaniment.
For chamber music (2 or more players/singers) the printed music may be a score, showing all parts together, and/or include separate parts, one for each performer and their voice/instrument.
Usually for concertos, presents the soloist's part and and presents the orchestral parts in a piano reduction or accompaniment.
when a work is originally written for one instrument or instruments and is arranged for another instrument or instruments.
