Repertoire Resources (Print & Online)

Based on Timothy Perry’s 2014 national Conference CODA presentation, this page lists books in print that address repertoire ideas, arranged conveniently by category.

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Orchestral music

• Guide to Operatic Duets (Richard Boldrey)

• Music for Silent Films 1894–1929: A Guide

• Chamber Orchestra & Ensemble Repertoire: A Catalog of Modern Music (Dirk Meyer)

• A Conductor’s Repertoire of Chamber Music (William Scott)

• A New Catalog of Music for Small Orchestra (Cecilia D. and Henry Saltonstall)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Classical Music (Steven G. Pallay)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Opera and Operetta (Steven G. Pallay)

• The Edwin A. Fleischer Music Collection

• Library of Congress: Orchestral Music Catalogue (Oscar George Theodore Sonneck)

• String Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography (Aaron Horne)

• Daniels’ Orchestral Music, online (David Daniels)

Choral/orchestral music

• Guide to Operatic Duets (Richard Boldrey)

• Music for Silent Films 1894–1929: A Guide

• Chamber Orchestra & Ensemble Repertoire: A Catalog of Modern Music (Dirk Meyer)

• A Conductor’s Repertoire of Chamber Music (William Scott)

• A New Catalog of Music for Small Orchestra (Cecilia D. and Henry Saltonstall)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Classical Music (Steven G. Pallay)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Opera and Operetta (Steven G. Pallay)

• The Edwin A. Fleischer Music Collection

• Library of Congress: Orchestral Music Catalogue (Oscar George Theodore Sonneck)

• String Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography (Aaron Horne)

Music for the theatre and film

• Guide to Operatic Duets (Richard Boldrey)

• Music for Silent Films 1894–1929: A Guide

• Chamber Orchestra & Ensemble Repertoire: A Catalog of Modern Music (Dirk Meyer)

• A Conductor’s Repertoire of Chamber Music (William Scott)

• A New Catalog of Music for Small Orchestra (Cecilia D. and Henry Saltonstall)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Classical Music (Steven G. Pallay)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Opera and Operetta (Steven G. Pallay)

• The Edwin A. Fleischer Music Collection

• Library of Congress: Orchestral Music Catalogue (Oscar George Theodore Sonneck)

• String Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography (Aaron Horne)

• The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia (Thomas S. Hischak)
• The Disney Song Encyclopedia (Thomas S. Hischak and Mark A. Robinson)
• Arias, Ensembles, & Choruses: An Excerpt-Finder for Orchestras (John Yaffé and David Daniels) (see footnote on this page)
• The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia (Thomas S. Hischak)

Music for smaller ensemble

• Guide to Operatic Duets (Richard Boldrey)

• Music for Silent Films 1894–1929: A Guide

• Chamber Orchestra & Ensemble Repertoire: A Catalog of Modern Music (Dirk Meyer)

• A Conductor’s Repertoire of Chamber Music (William Scott)

• A New Catalog of Music for Small Orchestra (Cecilia D. and Henry Saltonstall)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Classical Music (Steven G. Pallay)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Opera and Operetta (Steven G. Pallay)

• The Edwin A. Fleischer Music Collection

• Library of Congress: Orchestral Music Catalogue (Oscar George Theodore Sonneck)

• String Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography (Aaron Horne)

General resources

• Guide to Operatic Duets (Richard Boldrey)

• Music for Silent Films 1894–1929: A Guide

• Chamber Orchestra & Ensemble Repertoire: A Catalog of Modern Music (Dirk Meyer)

• A Conductor’s Repertoire of Chamber Music (William Scott)

• A New Catalog of Music for Small Orchestra (Cecilia D. and Henry Saltonstall)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Classical Music (Steven G. Pallay)

• Cross Index Title Guide to Opera and Operetta (Steven G. Pallay)

• The Edwin A. Fleischer Music Collection

• Library of Congress: Orchestral Music Catalogue (Oscar George Theodore Sonneck)

• String Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography (Aaron Horne)

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• The Da Capo Catalog of Classical Music Compositions (Jerzy Chwialkowski)
• Collection of Catalogues

Regarding Arias, Ensembles, & Choruses, the first printing contains an error in the Title Index regarding alphabetizing the titles, whereas the second printing fixes the error. To determine which printing you have, look at p. 471: if the first listed title is “A cette voix,” you have the flawed printing. To acquire a PDF of the corrected Title Index, follow this procedure:

1. Go to ipsilonmusic.com
2. Click on Enter Site
3. Click on the AEC link at the top
4. Click on Download updated AEC Title Index in the left sidebar (click to display it, control-click to download it).

Alternately you can email David Daniels directly with the subject line: AEC Title Index.