1. General music history books (Grout etc.), also Weiss-Taruskin and Strunk. 2. General music theory books (A-S, etc.) 3. by shelf (a) Small reference materials (Liber Usualis, Dictionaries,
etc.) 4. (a) PMFC 5-11, 17-23B, LIM facs., De Musica Mensurata 5. (a) (lacuna) 6. Mathematics. Economics. Miscellaneous. Cookbooks. 7. Music history by period (excluding trecento and minimalism). Non-western music. Music theory. 8. (I.1) History and Philosophy (non-music), bound fiction 9. CDs (alpha by composer, then period, then ensemble type). DVDs (music then feature films). Phonograph records. |
why? because i can never find my own books before i'm rushing off to class, and i have bought books twice thinking i didn't own them, and yes, i know the house looks like a Mondrian painting; no that wasn't a coincidence.