<strong>Uniform Title Handout - D. Pierce</strong>

The Basics of Music Uniform Titles

Uniform titles are the titles that are used in the catalog for music
materials to bring together all manifestations of a single work. They can
be found in either the "uniform title" or "other author" field in the UW Libraries catalog.
These can be broken down into 3 basic categories.

Form Titles

These titles include musical forms such as Concertos, Symphonies, Quartets, etc.
The basic order of the uniform title is:

Form title(most often found in the plural, but can be singular if the composer has written only one work in this form,
e.g. concertos vs. concerto)

Medium(i.e., instrumentation)

Distinctive number if one exists (e.g.opus no. or thematic catalog no.)

Key

Any indication that the piece is part of a larger work or an arrangement

Distinctive Titles

As a general rule, these appear in the language of the composer's original title.