InfoGuides: Music Library: Find Composer's Collected Works

Find Composer's Collected Works

Many composers’ complete works have been published in a single scholarly edition (called a collected edition). To find scholarly editions, do the following:

1. Go Mason Library Homepage

2. Click on "Advanced Search."

3. Select "Author/Creator and type in the composer's name.

In the next row, select "Title" and type "Works." (You can also try these foreign alternatives: Werke, Samtliche Werke, Gesamtausgabe (German); Opere (Italian); Oeuvres (French)."

In the next row, select "Call Number" and type "M3." (Collected works are found in the M3 section of the library.)

To Locate Individual Works in Scholarly Editions, conduct a search in the Index to Printed Music:

Index to Printed Music This link opens in a new window
Digital finding aid for individual pieces of music published in the complete works of composers, in anthologies, and in other scholarly editions. Over 570,000 entries provide a granular level of detail about each piece, including performing forces, language, music incipits, multiple clefs and figured bass.