Card Catalog of the Scientific-Music Library of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, St. Petersburg

This microfiche set is a facsimile of the card catalog of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg. The catalog consists of the Manuscript Division (13 microfiche), the Book Division (33 microfiche), and the Printed Music Division (266 microfiche). The catalog contains cards for books on music from the 19th century to the middle 1990's such as biographies, histories of the theater, books on pedagogy, theory and other topics. In addition it covers music scores from the 18th century to the middle 1990's. Manuscripts, photographs, letters and other special collections items from the 19th and 20th centuries held by the Conservatory also have cards in this catalog.