The Dickinson classification is a library classification scheme used to catalogue and classify musical compositions. It was developed by George Sherman Dickinson (1886âÂÂ1964), and published in 1938. It is used by many music libraries, primarily those at Vassar and Columbia Universities.
It is also recorded, albeit incompletely, by Carol June Bradley in The Dickinson Classification for Music, published in 1972.
Class 000 â Miscellaneous
000 Several or special classes
- 010 Manuscripts
- 020 Incunabula, rare editions
- 030 Facsimiles
- 040 Monuments ()
- 050 Collected works of one composer
- 055 Thematic catalogues
- 060 Partial collections, several classes, of one composer
- 070 Methods, tutors, etc., with some text
- 080 Other miscellaneous
- 090 Historical collections compiled to illustrate the history of music or some phase of it
Classes 100âÂÂ600 â Instrumental
100 Keyboard
200 Bowed strings
300 Winds
400 Plucked strings, percussion, mechanical and miscellaneous instruments
Plucked strings
Percussion
Mechanical and miscellaneous instruments
500 Chamber ensembles
- 520 Bowed string ensembles
- 530 Wind ensembles
- 540 Plucked string with percussion
- 550 Bowed string and wind ensembles
600 Orchestral ensembles
Classes 700âÂÂ900 â Vocal (with or without instruments)
700 Vocal solo and solo ensembles
800 Choral ensembles
- 810 Secular choral works
- 850 Sacred choral works
- 880 Liturgic choral works
900 Dramatic ensembles
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