Searching Ariadne for Audio Recordings

If you know the composer or performer, use an AUTHOR Search.

You may limit your AUTHOR search to musical recordings only. After performing your search, click the "Limit This Search" button at the top of the page. Select "Musical Recording" from the "Material Type" drop down menu. This will exclude scores and books, retrieving only sound recordings in various formats (including records, cassette tapes, and compact discs).

Limiting to Compact Disc - By Composer

If you are looking specifically for compact discs of a composer's works, use a KEYWORD Search. Type the field abbreviation a: followed by the composer's name and the words and compact disc, then press <Enter> or click Submit Search.

For Example:

If you know the distinctive title - TITLE Search

Use a TITLE search for musical works with distinctive titles (Dichterliebe, Fidelio, Rite of Spring) but not for generic titles (Concerto, Sonata, Symphony). Type some or all of the title, beginning with the first word.

You may limit your TITLE search to musical recordings only. After performing your search, click the "Limit This Search" button at the top of the page. Select "Musical Recording" from the "Material Type" drop down menu. This will exclude scores and books, retrieving only sound recordings in various formats (including records, cassette tapes, and compact discs).

Limiting to Compact Disc - By Title

If you are looking specifically for compact discs of a particular work, use a KEYWORD Search. Type the field abbreviation t: followed by the title and words and compact disc, then press <Enter> or click Submit Search.

For Example:

If you know the generic title, or title and composer or performer - KEYWORD Search

To search for works with generic titles (quartet, sonata, symphony, etc.), use opus numbers or thematic catalog numbers in your search. Type the composer's name with the numbers only, without other identifiers (Op., K, BWV, etc.).

Use AND to specify all words. Use OR to specify any single word. Use AND NOT to exclude words. See the Ariadne Guide or Boolean Logic for more help with Boolean searching.

Searching by KEYWORD can be very useful when searching for short selections such as jazz tunes, popular songs, or anonymous medieval motets. For prolific composers, you may need to use a KEYWORD search to combine author and title information. To use a KEYWORD search, type words that may appear in a title, as an author (composer, performer, editor, association, etc.), in a subject, or in the contents.

Multiple words are searched as an exact phrase. Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, AND NOT) to combine terms.

Limiting to Musical Recordings

You may limit your KEYWORD search to musical recordings only. On the KEYWORD search page, select "Musical Recording" from the "Material Type" drop down menu. This will exclude scores and books, retrieving only sound recordings in various formats (including records, cassette tapes, and compact discs).

Limiting to Compact Disc - General

You can limit to compact disc using the KEYWORD search. Type the words you want followed by the words and compact disc, then press <Enter> or click Submit Search.

For Example:

Searching for recordings by subject headings - SUBJECT Search

Use a SUBJECT search to find musical works for specific instrumental ensembles and materials about musical topics. You cannot guess what a subject heading might be -- you must use the book Library of Congress Subject Headings or select the appropriate subject heading from a bibliographic record in Ariadne.

You may also use a SUBJECT search to find materials about a composer or performer, rather than scores or recordings by that person.

Limiting to Musical Recordings

You may limit your SUBJECT search to musical recordings only. After performing your search, click the "Limit This Search" button at the top of the page. Select "Musical Recording" from the "Material Type" drop down menu. This will exclude scores and books, retrieving only sound recordings in various formats (including records, cassette tapes, and compact discs).

Limiting to Compact Disc - By Subject

If you are looking for recordings of a particular work, type the field abbreviation s: followed by the subject heading and words and compact disc, then press <Enter> or click Submit Search.

For Example: