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MUSIC

Multiple subjects may be used to describe a work fully: for example, a discography of folk music could be assigned "MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional" and "MUSIC / Discography & Buyer's Guides".

MUS000000	MUSIC / General
MUS004000	MUSIC / Business Aspects
	MUSIC / Buyer's Guides see Discography & Buyer's Guides
	MUSIC / Christian see headings under Religious
MUS012000	MUSIC / Discography & Buyer's Guides
MUS014000	MUSIC / Ethnic
MUS015000	MUSIC / Ethnomusicology
MUS049000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General
MUS002000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Ballet
MUS053000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Big Band & Swing
	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Bluegrass see Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
MUS003000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Blues
MUS005000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Chamber
MUS026000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Children's
MUS051000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Choral
MUS006000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical
	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Computer see Genres & Styles / Electronic
MUS010000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
MUS011000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Dance
MUS013000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic
MUS017000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional
MUS019000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal
MUS024000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / International
MUS025000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz
MUS036000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Latin
	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Lullabies see Genres & Styles / Children's
MUS045000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Military & Marches
MUS046000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals
MUS027000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / New Age
MUS028000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera
MUS029000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
MUS030000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Punk
MUS031000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop
MUS047000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Reggae
	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Religious see headings under Religious
	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rhythm & Blues see Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'n B
MUS035000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock
	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Salsa see Genres & Styles / Latin
MUS039000	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'n B
	MUSIC / Genres & Styles / World Beat see Genres & Styles / International
MUS020000	MUSIC / History & Criticism
MUS050000	MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician
MUS022000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / General
MUS001000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Appreciation
MUS007000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Composition
MUS008000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Conducting
MUS016000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Exercises
MUS038000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Songwriting
MUS040000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Techniques
MUS041000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory
MUS042000	MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Voice
	MUSIC / Instruments see headings under Musical Instruments
MUS052000	MUSIC / Lyrics
MUS023000	MUSIC / Musical Instruments / General
MUS023010	MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Brass
MUS023060	MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Guitar
MUS023020	MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Percussion
MUS023030	MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
MUS023040	MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Strings
MUS023050	MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Woodwinds
MUS037000	MUSIC / Printed Music / General
MUS037010	MUSIC / Printed Music / Artist Specific
MUS037020	MUSIC / Printed Music / Band & Orchestra
MUS037120	MUSIC / Printed Music / Brass *
MUS037030	MUSIC / Printed Music / Choral
MUS037040	MUSIC / Printed Music / Guitar & Fretted Instruments
MUS037050	MUSIC / Printed Music / Mixed Collections
MUS037060	MUSIC / Printed Music / Musicals, Film & TV
MUS037070	MUSIC / Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores
MUS037080	MUSIC / Printed Music / Percussion
MUS037090	MUSIC / Printed Music / Piano & Keyboard Repertoire
MUS037100	MUSIC / Printed Music / Piano-Vocal-Guitar
MUS037130	MUSIC / Printed Music / Strings *
MUS037110	MUSIC / Printed Music / Vocal
MUS037140	MUSIC / Printed Music / Woodwinds *
MUS032000	MUSIC / Recording & Reproduction
MUS033000	MUSIC / Reference
MUS048000	MUSIC / Religious / General
MUS048010	MUSIC / Religious / Christian
MUS009000	MUSIC / Religious / Contemporary Christian
MUS018000	MUSIC / Religious / Gospel
MUS021000	MUSIC / Religious / Hymns
MUS048020	MUSIC / Religious / Jewish
MUS048030	MUSIC / Religious / Muslim
	MUSIC / Sacred see headings under Religious

If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area.

NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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