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RILM Classification System:
Super Classes
Reference and Research Materials
Collected Writings
Universal Perspectives
Historical Musicology (Western music)
Ethnomusicology (including history of music other than Western)
Sound Sources
Performance Practice and Notation
Theory, Analysis, and Composition
Pedagogy
Music and Other Arts
Music and Related Disciplines
Music in Liturgy and Ritual
Reference and Research Materials
01 Bibliography and librarianship
02 Libraries, museums, collections
03 Encyclopedias and dictionaries
04 Catalogues (library, museum, or exhibition)
05 Catalogues, thematic
06 Bibliographies, general
07 Bibliographies, music
08 Bibliographies, music literature
09 Discographies and filmographies
10 Iconographies
11 Chronologies and almanacs
12 Directories and membership lists
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Collected Writings
14 Periodicals and yearbooks
15 Festschriften
16 Congress reports, symposium proceedings
17 Essays and documents
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19 Universal Perspectives
General (historical/ethnographical)
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Historical Musicology (Western music)
20 The discipline
21 History, general
22 To ca. 500 (Antiquity)
23 To ca. 1400 (Middle Ages)
24 To ca. 1600 (Renaissance)
25 To ca. 1750 (Baroque)
26 To ca. 1825 (Classic and pre-Classic)
27 To ca. 1910 (Romantic and post-Romantic)
28 1910 to present (history)
29 1910 to present (musical life)
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Ethnomusicology (including history of music other than Western)
30 The discipline
31 General
32 Africa
33 Asia
34 Europe
35 North America (North of Mexico)
36 South and Central America and Caribbean
37 Oceania, Australia, New Zealand
38 Jazz and blues
39 Popular music
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Sound Sources
40 General (including conducting, organology)
41 Voice (including choral ensembles)
42 Keyboard, organ
43 Keyboard, general
44 String (chordophones)
45 Wind (aerophones)
46 Percussion (membranophones and idiophones)
47 Mechanical
48 Electrophones (synthesized sound)
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Performance Practice and Notation
50 Performance practice, general
51 Performance practice, to ca. 1600
52 Performance practice, ca. 1600-1825
53 Performance practice, ca. 1800-1900
54 Performance practice, 20th & 21st centuries
55 Notation and paleography
58 Editing
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Theory, Analysis, and Composition
60 Theory, general
61 Rhythm, meter, tempo
62 Tuning, temperament, scale structures
63 Harmony, counterpoint, voice-leading
64 Form and genre
65 Sound color, texture, register
66 Style analysis
67 Structural analysis
68 Computer and electronic composition
69 Melody and motive
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Pedagogy
70 General
71 Preschool, primary, and secondary schools
72 Colleges and universities
73 Conservatories and other professional training
74 Music education for amateurs
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Music and Other Arts
75 General
76 Dance
77 Dramatic arts
78 Poetry and other literature
79 Visual arts (including iconography)
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Music and related disciplines
80 General
81 Philosophy, aesthetics, criticism
82 Psychology and hearing
83 Physiology, therapy, medicine
84 Archaeology
85 Engineering and sound recording
86 Physics, mathematics, acoustics, architecture
87 Sociology
88 Linguistics, semiotics
89 Printing, engraving, publishing
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Music in Liturgy and Ritual
90 General
91 Jewish
92 Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox
93 Catholic
94 Protestant
95 Buddhist
96 Hindu
97 Islamic
99 Other
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