Collections
General Music Collection
The Music Library and Music Media Center collections strive to support the researchers and performers in the music and other departments at Duke, as well as the recreational performing and listening needs of the broader Duke community. Our collection contains approximately 120,000 print items (books, scores, and journals), 25,000 sounds recordings in various formats, and 13,000 microforms. Please note that, until recently, the majority of our LP recordings have not been in the online catalog. We are currently in the process of cataloging these items to increase their availability; thank you for your patience during this transition. Due to space limitations approximately 25-30% of our print collection is housed at the LSC with a 24-hour delivery time.
Subject areas especially
well-represented in the collections are:
- Keyboard music (monographs as well as scores)
- Musical instruments
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
- The Strauss Family (Johann Sr. and Jr., Eduard, and Joseph)
- Viennese printing and publishing in the 19th century
- British music in general
- Venetian music in the baroque and early classic periods
- Latin American music
- Music of the Indian subcontinent
Archives & Special Collections Holdings in Music
919-660-5870
(Perkins Circulation Desk)
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