M = Music Classification Numbers
M 1.A1-.A15 Music printed or copied in manuscript in the
United States or the colonies before 1860
M 2-2.3 Collections of musical sources
M 3-3.1 Collected works of individual composers
M 3.3 First editions
Solos
M 6-175 Solo instruments
Media music
M 176 Motion pictures
M 176.5 Radio and television
M 177-990 Two or more solo instruments
M 180-298.5 Duets
M 300-386 Trios
M 400-486 Quartetes
M 500-586 Quintets
M 600-686 Sextets
M 700-786 Septets
M 800-886 Octets
M 900-986 Nonets and larger chamber combinations
M 990 Chamber music for instruments prior to and
including the 18th Century
M 1000-1356.2 Large ensemble music
M 1000-1075 Orchestra
M 1100-1160 String orchestra
M 1200-1269 Band
M 1270 Fife, bugle and drum music, field music, etc.
M 1350-1353 Reduced orchestra
M 1356-1356.2 Dance orchestra and instrumental ensembles
M 1360-1490 Miscellaneous Instrumental
Categories
M 1360 Mandolin and similar orchestras of plectral
instruments
M 1362 Accordion band
M 1365 Minstrel music
M 1366 Jazz ensembles
M 1375-1420 Instrumental music for children
M 1450 Dance music
M 1470 Chance compositions
M 1473 Electronic music
M 1480 Music with color apparatus, etc.
M 1490 Music, printed or copied in manuscript,
before 1700
M 1497-1998 Secular vocal music
M 1500-1527.8 Dramatic music (opera, incidental, ballet,
media, etc.)
M 1528-1529.5 Duets, trios, etc., for solo voices
M 1530-1546.5 Choruses with orchestra or other ensemble
M 1547-1600 Choruses, part-songs, etc., unaccompanied or
accompanied with solo instrument or keyboard
M 1608 Choruses, etc, in tonic sol-fa notation
M 1609 Unison choruses with or without accompaniment
of every kind
M 1610 Cantatas, choral symphonies, etc., for
unaccompanied chorus (secular and sacred)
with or without solo voices
M 1611-1624.8 Songs for one voice
M 1625-1626 Recitations, gesprochene Lieder, with
accompaniment
M 1627-1853 National music
M 1900-1980 Songs (part and solo) of special character
M 1985 Musical games
M 1990-1998 Secular music for children
M 1999-2199 Sacred vocal music
M 1999 Collections
M 2000-2007 Oratorios
M 2010-2017.7 Services
M 2018-2029.5 Duets, trios, etc. for solo voices
M 2020-2036 Choruses, cantatas, etc.
M 2060-2101.5 Choruses, part-songs, etc., unaccompanied or
accompanied with solo instrument or keyboard
M 2101-2114.8 Songs for one voice
M 2115-2146 Hymnals
M 2147-2188 Liturgy and ritual
M 2147-2155.6 Roman Catholic
M 2156-2183 Protestant churches
M 2184 Other Christian churches
M 2186-2187 Jewish
M 2188 Other non-Christian religions
M 2190-2196 Sacred vocal music for children
M 2198-2199 Gospel, revival, temperance, etc., songs
M 5000 Unidentified compositions
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