Performing Arts Library

Finding Works in Collected Editions

Collected editions are sets of printed music that include either selected/complete works of a particular composer (usually classified in M3) or works by various composers of a particular period, region, or genre (usually classified in M2).  These scholarly editions are intended chiefly as sources of study.  Because most of the collections are cataloged as a whole in KentLINK, the contents of individual volumes are usually not listed.

1. Consult a reference source to determine which collected edition includes the work you seek:

   • Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of Music: A Guide to their Contents / compiled by Anna Harriet Heyer [Performing Arts Library Reference ML113 .H52 1980 v. 1-2]

   • Collected Editions, Historical Series and Sets, and Monuments of Music: A Bibliography / George R. Hill, Norris L. Stephens [Performing Arts Library Reference ML 113 .H55 1997]: Less comprehensive than Heyer, but more current

   • New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. [Music and Main Library Reference, ML 100 .N48 2001]: In the list of works following entries for prolific composers, the "Edition" column often indicates which series and volume of a collected edition includes a particular work

2. Search KentLINK to determine if KSU holds the volume in question.

3. Select "Author" tab and enter composer's name (last name first). 

4. Choose form of composer's name with greatest number of entries.

5. Click "Limit/Sort" button.

6. Limit search to printed music, click on "Other Material Type" menu and select "Music Score."  After "Words in Title" menu, type one of the following: "works," "instrumental music," "vocal music," or "chamber music."

7. Click "Submit."