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Music for the Creative Industries (HE): Books

Books in the Library
 
Here you can some of the books the Library has to support you if you are studying an HE course in music. These can be found in the Hockney Library on the ground floor of the David Hockney building.
 
You can see some key books below, click on the cover to see the book in the Library Catalogue. You can search for books in the Library Catalogue by using the search box at the top of the screen or by following this link, findbooks.bradfordcollege.ac.uk.
 
You can read an e-book by clicking on its cover. You may need to enter your College login and password in first. For more information about e-book click on the e-book tab.
 
Open the Reading List Tab to find mend books for each module.  Choose the module to see the books in the Library.
 
These aren't all the books in the Library,  if you are interested in something else you can use the catalogue  to search  for what your are interested in. The books are arranged in the Library using Dewey Decimal Classification. This is a number sequence from 000-999, with each subject having it own number, so all the book on the same subject should be near each other.  See below to see the important numbers for Art
Key Books
Music : the business

Music : the business

Shelfmark:

  

338.4778 HAR

Modern recording techniques

Modern recording techniques

Shelfmark:

  

621.3893 HUB

Introduction to Arts management

Introduction to Arts management

Shelfmark:

  

706.8 VOL

Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology

Shelfmark:

  

780.089 RIC

Cambridge History of world music

Cambridge History of world music

Shelfmark:

  

780.9 BOH

The story of Music

The story of Music

Shelfmark:

  

780.9 GOD

The Art of Music production

 

The Art of Music production

Shelfmark:

  

781.49 BUR

Art of songwriting

Art of songwriting

Shelfmark:

  

782.4213 WES

Sonic technologies

Sonic technologies

Shelfmark:

  

786.6716411 STR

Key E-Books
Finding Books
These are the main shelf marks for books on Music. If you are unsure where to find a specific title you can always ask at the Library Information Desk or search the Library Catalogue.
Shelf Mark Subject

302.23

Media Studies & Communication

306

Culture

338.4778

Music Business

394.2

Event Management

780

Music

780.7

Music Education

780.9

History of Music

781

Musical Forms – inc theory

781.4

Musical Techniques

781.49

Musical Production

781.542

Film Music

782

Vocal Music

786

Keyboard & Percussion

787

Stringed Instrument;

791.43

Film Studies

791.45

Radio

FC

Film Collection
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