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The Classification system

Professor Anderson's office 1981

An original system of Classification was devised by Alison (Dare) Hughes for the printed materials in the Gordon Anderson Collection to take into account the unique nature of the Collection. The physical layout is designed to facilitate browsing in broad subject areas. The Collection is arranged in six basic sections.

Main divisions

  1. Periodicals
  2. Collected articles
  3. Monographs
  4. Musical editions
  5. Collected facsimiles
  6. Photocopies & microfilms of manuscripts

Subdivisions for 3) Monographs & 4) Musical editions

A Reference F5

Performance practice

B Bibles, concordances etc. G Sacred music
C Studies of particular persons G1

Liturgical (Roman rite)

D Aspects of language G2

Non-liturgical (Hymns etc.)

E History G3

Medieval polyphony (Motet etc.)

E0

Musicology

 H Studies of particular Manuscripts.
E1

General History (non-medieval)

 I Secular music (Troubadours, trouveres, minnesinger, love poetry)
E2

History (specific countries)

J Instruments and instrumental music
E3

Medieval History

 K Music and the arts (dance, drama)
F Theory and composition L Festschriften
F1

Treatises

M Collected Monographs
F2

Studies of treatises

N Jazz
F3

History of theory

O Miscellanea
F4

Specific aspects of composition (notation, rhythm etc.)

P Congresses

Classification numbers

A classification number is typically in 3 parts:

Gushee, Marion Sibley Romanesque polyphony : a study of the fragmentary sources.
Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1965.

Has the classification number:

Section-3/G3/G982r
In the process of cataloguing the Anderson material, Alison (Dare) Hughes assigned Library of Congress Subject Headings, and some original descriptors, to reflect the specialised nature of the collection. Repository details and RISM references are given where one was available at the time of cataloguing. The above item has the following subject headings:
  • Bibliotheque municipale d'Autun France. Manuscript. 40 B.
  • Bibliotheque de Chartres. Manuscript. 4, 109, 130.
  • Kloster Einsiedeln. Manuscript. 121.
  • Biblioteca feliniana di Lucca. Manuscript. 603.
  • Bodleian Library. Manuscript. Bodley 572.
  • Bibliotheque nationale (France). Manuscript. Latin 11631, 12584, 12596.
  • Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Manuscript. Regin. 586, 592.
  • Organum.
  • Part-songs, Sacred -- History and criticism.
  • Manuscripts, Latin -- France -- Chartres -- History and criticism.
  • Manuscripts, Latin -- France -- Paris -- History and criticism.
  • Manuscripts, Latin -- Italy -- Lucca -- History and criticism.
  • Manuscripts, Latin -- Italy -- Rome -- History and criticism.
  • Manuscripts, Latin -- England -- Oxford -- History and criticism.