DDC Summary
DDC Summary
DDC Summary
SUMMARY
700.1–.9 Standard subdivisions of the arts
701–709 Standard subdivisions of fine and decorative arts and iconography
710 Area planning and landscape architecture
720 Architecture
730 Sculpture and related arts
740 Graphic arts and decorative arts
750 Painting and paintings
760 Printmaking and prints
770 Photography, computer art, cinematography, videography
780 Music
790 Recreational and performing arts
.2 Miscellany
782
700 The arts 700
783
702 Dewey Decimal Classification 702
.9 Commercial miscellany
Class auction and sales catalogs in which an exhibition is involved in 707.4
.9 Iconography
Including specific subjects (e.g., human figures, nature and still life,
architectural subject and cityscapes, symbolism and allegory, mythology and
legend, religion, other specific subjects)
Class significance and purpose of art in religion in 203; class significance and
purpose of art in Christianity in 246; class significance and purpose of art in
non-Christian religions in 292–299
See Manual at 704.9 and 753–758
784
708 The arts 708
.1 North America
For galleries, museums, private collections in Middle America, see 708.972
.11 Canada
.13–.19 United States
Add to base number 708.1 the numbers following —7 in notation 73–79
from Table 2, e.g., galleries, museums, private collections in Pennsylvania
708.148
For galleries, museums, private collections in Hawaii, see 708.9
.2 British Isles
Class here England
785
708 Dewey Decimal Classification 708
.2 Biography
Class here description, critical appraisal, works of artists not limited to or
chiefly identified with a specific form, e.g., painting, or group of forms, e.g.,
graphic arts
Class works of more than one artist in the same geographic area not limited by
continent, country, locality in 709.1; class works of more than one artist in the
same continent, country, locality in 709.3–709.9
See Manual at 709.2 vs. 381
788
715 Area planning and landscape architecture 715
720 Architecture
Including portable and temporary buildings, architecture and the environment,
buildings by shape, buildings with atriums, multiple-purpose buildings
Class here architectural structure; comprehensive works on architecture, area
planning, and landscape architecture; on architecture and area planning; on
architecture and landscape architecture; on architecture and structural engineering;
interdisciplinary works on design and construction of buildings
Class daylighting in 729. Class a multiple-purpose building with one primary
purpose with the single-purpose buildings of that type, e.g., an apartment building
with a floor of commercial space 728
For structural engineering, see 624.1; for engineering design and construction
of buildings, see 690; for solar heating, see 697; for area planning and
landscape architecture, see 710
789
720 Dewey Decimal Classification 720
SUMMARY
720.1–.9 Standard subdivisions
721 Architectural materials and structural elements
722 Architecture from earliest times to ca. 300
723 Architecture from ca. 300 to 1399
724 Architecture from 1400
725 Public structures
726 Buildings for religious and related purposes
727 Buildings for educational and research purposes
728 Residential and related buildings
729 Design and decoration of structures and accessories
790
720 Architecture 720
.95 Asia
Class here Buddhist, Oriental architecture
Class Buddhist architecture of a national style with the style, e.g., Japanese
Buddhist architecture 720.952
.954 India and neighboring south Asian countries
Class here Hindu, Jain architecture
791
722 Dewey Decimal Classification 722
792
725 Architecture 725
.6 Cathedrals
Including cathedrals of Eastern churches; Orthodox cathedrals; Roman Catholic
cathedrals; Anglican cathedrals; accessory structures
For details and parts of cathedrals, see 726.5
Use of this number for comprehensive works on cloisters discontinued; class in
726
793
727 Dewey Decimal Classification 727
794
729 Architecture 729
SUMMARY
730.1–.9 Standard subdivisions of sculpture and related arts together, of sculpture
alone
731 Processes, forms, subjects of sculpture
732 Sculpture from earliest times to ca. 500, sculpture of nonliterate peoples
733 Greek, Etruscan, Roman sculpture
734 Sculpture from ca. 500 to 1399
735 Sculpture from 1400
736 Carving and carvings
737 Numismatics and sigillography
738 Ceramic arts
739 Art metalwork
795
730 Dewey Decimal Classification 730
796
731 Sculpture and related arts 731
797
732 Dewey Decimal Classification 732
798
737 Sculpture and related arts 737
.4 Coins
Class here counterfeit coins
.409 3–.409 9 Specific continents and localities
Do not use for specific countries; class in 737.49
.49 Coins of specific countries
By place of origin
Add to base number 737.49 notation 3–9 from Table 2, e.g., Roman coins
minted in Egypt 737.4932
799
738 Dewey Decimal Classification 738
.2 Porcelain
Including specific types and varieties of porcelain; tableware and vessels
Class comprehensive works on porcelain, earthenware, stoneware in 738
For specialized porcelain products, see 738.4–738.8
[.202 8] Auxiliary techniques and procedures; apparatus, equipment, materials
Do not use for auxiliary techniques and procedures; class in 738.028.
Do not use for materials, apparatus and equipment; class in 738.1
.209 History and geographic treatment of porcelain
Class here brands
[.209 2] Biography
Do not use; class in 738.092
800
738 Sculpture and related arts 738
[.309 2] Biography
Do not use; class in 738.092
.309 3 Ancient world
Do not use for ancient and classical Middle Eastern and western
vessels; class in 738.3
.4 Enamels
Including basse-taille, champlevé, ronde bosse; cloisonné; surface-painted
enamels
For nielloing, see 739; for jewelry, see 739.27; for enameling glass, see
748.6
.5 Mosaics
Including mosaics used with architecture; mosaics applied to portable objects
Class here mosaic painting, comprehensive works on mosaics in all materials
For mosaics of a specific material not provided for here, see the material,
e.g., mosaic glass 748.5
.8 Other products
Including braziers, candlesticks, lamps, lighting fixtures, stoves; figurines; dolls
Class comprehensive works on handicrafting dolls in 745.592
801
739 Dewey Decimal Classification 739
802
739 Sculpture and related arts 739
.4 Ironwork
Including techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials; products
Class here wrought iron, cast iron, stainless steel
.402 8 Auxiliary techniques and procedures
Do not use for materials, apparatus and equipment; class in 739.4
Class here comprehensive works on techniques, procedures,
apparatus, equipment, materials together
Class comprehensive works on basic and auxiliary techniques and
procedures in 739.4
803
740 Dewey Decimal Classification 740
SUMMARY
740.1–.9 Standard subdivisions of graphic arts and decorative arts
741 Drawing and drawings
742 Perspective in drawing
743 Drawing and drawings by subject
745 Decorative arts
746 Textile arts
747 Interior decoration
748 Glass
749 Furniture and accessories
804
741 Graphic and decorative arts 741
805
741 Dewey Decimal Classification 741
806
741 Graphic and decorative arts 741
.7 Silhouettes
Class cut-out silhouettes in 736
.9 Collections of drawings
Regardless of medium or process
Class here exhibition catalogs, preliminary drawings as works of art in their
own right
Class collections by artists devoted to special applications in 741.5–741.7; class
collections of drawings by subject not from a specific period or place in 743.
Class preliminary drawings not treated as works of art in their own right with
the finished work, e.g., preliminary drawings for frescoes 751.7
.93–.99 Specific continents, countries, localities
Add to base number 741.9 notation 3–9 from Table 2, e.g., collections of
drawings from London 741.9421
Collections by individual artists are classed at country level only.
Notation 074 from Table 1 for collections is not added. For example, a
collection of an individual artist from London is classed in 741.942 (not
741.9421, 741.942074)
807
743 Dewey Decimal Classification 743
.6 *Drawing animals
[744] [Unassigned]
Most recently used in Edition 9
.1 Antiques
For a specific kind of antique, see the kind, e.g., brasses 739.5, passenger
automobiles 629.222
See Manual at 745.1
.102 8 Auxiliary techniques and procedures; apparatus, equipment, materials
Including techniques of reproduction, execution, identification
Class here basic techniques and procedures
.5 Handicrafts
Creative work done by hand with aid of simple tools or machines
Including work in bread dough
Class home (amateur) workshops in 684; class interdisciplinary works on
handicrafts in 680. Class the handicraft aspects of another form of art with the
art, e.g., printmaking using rubber stamps 761
For decorative coloring, see 745.7; for floral arts, see 745.92
See Manual at 680 vs. 745.5
809
745 Dewey Decimal Classification 745
810
745 Graphic and decorative arts 745
.7 Decorative coloring
Including painting and lacquering; stenciling; decalcomania; gilding
Class gilding as an aspect of bookbinding in 686.3; class gilding as an aspect of
illumination of manuscripts and books in 745.6; class printing, painting, dyeing
textiles in 746.6
811
746 Dewey Decimal Classification 746
.5 Bead embroidery
.6 Printing, painting, dyeing
Including hand decoration, stenciling; resist-dyeing
.7 Rugs
Class here carpets
812
746 Graphic and decorative arts 746
748 Glass
Class here glassware
For glass sculpture, see 730
.092 Biography
Class here glassmakers
813
748 Dewey Decimal Classification 748
.6 Methods of decoration
Including cutting, enameling, sandblasting; engraving; etching
Class methods of decoration of specific articles in 748.8
For painted glass, see 748.5
[.609 2] Biography
Do not use; class in 748.2092
.8 Specific articles
Including mirrors, ornaments; bottles; specific articles of tableware; drinking
glasses; paperweights; glass beads
Class manufacture of glass bottles in 666; class works on more than one type
of tableware, comprehensive works on tableware in 748.2; class mirrors as
furniture, glass lamps and lighting fixtures in 749
814
749 Graphic and decorative arts 749
SUMMARY
750.1–.8 Standard subdivisions
751 Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials, forms
752 Color
753 Symbolism, allegory, mythology, legend
754 Genre paintings
755 Religion
757 Human figures
758 Nature, architectural subjects and cityscapes, other specific subjects
759 History, geographic treatment, biography
.2 Miscellany
815
750 Dewey Decimal Classification 750
.5 *Techniques of reproduction
Execution, identification, determination of authenticity of reproductions, copies,
forgeries, alterations
Including forgeries and alterations
For printmaking and prints, see 760
*
*Do not use notation 092 from Table 1 for individual painters; class in 759.1–759.9
816
751 Painting and paintings 751
.7 *Specific forms
Including murals and frescoes; painted graffiti, street art; panoramas,
cycloramas, dioramas; scene paintings; glass underpainting; miniatures
Class miniatures done as illuminations in manuscripts and books in 745.6; class
glass underpainting as a technique of glass decoration in 748.6
752 *Color
Class technology of color in 667; class comprehensive works on color in the fine
and decorative arts in 701
[756] [Unassigned]
Most recently used in Edition 11
*
*Do not use notation 092 from Table 1 for individual painters; class in 759.1–759.9
817
757 Dewey Decimal Classification 757
.02 *500–1399
Including Gothic painting and paintings
Class here medieval painting and paintings
For early Christian painting and paintings before 500, Byzantine
painting and paintings before 500, see 759.01
.03 *1400–1599
Class here Renaissance painting and paintings
For Renaissance painting and paintings before 1400, see 759.02
.04 *1600–1799
Including baroque painting and paintings
.05 *1800–1899
.06 *1900–1999
Class here modern painting
For 1800–1899, see 759.05; for 2000–2099, see 759.07
.07 *2000–2099
.1 North America
For painting and paintings of Middle America, see 759.9
.11 Canada
.13 United States
Class painting and paintings of specific states in 759.14–759.19
See also 759.97295 for painting and paintings of Puerto Rico
.14–.19 Specific states of United States
Add to base number 759.1 the numbers following —7 in notation 74–79
from Table 2, e.g., painting and paintings of California 759.194
Class individual painters in 759.13
For painting and paintings of Hawaii, see 759.9969
*
*Do not use notation 092 from Table 1 for individual painters; class in 759.1–759.9
819
759 Dewey Decimal Classification 759
.2 British Isles
Class here England
.2 Miscellany
820
760 Printmaking and prints 760
[762] [Unassigned]
Most recently used in Edition 7
821
765 Dewey Decimal Classification 765
769 Prints
Works produced using a printing block, screen, or plate
Including collecting and reproduction of prints; iconography
Class here description, critical appraisal, collections regardless of process
Class collecting and reproduction of specific forms of prints in 769.5; class postage
stamps by subject in 769.56; class printmakers regardless of subject in 769.92;
class sports cards in 796.075
.075 Museum activities and services
Do not use for collecting; class in 769
[.09] History, geographic treatment, biography
Do not use; class in 769.9
.5 Forms of prints
Including lettering, inscriptions, designs on name cards, diplomas, decorative
prints, art posters; bookplates; paper dolls; paper money; counterfeit paper
money; stamps other than for prepayment of postage
Class prints other than postage stamps on a specific subject regardless of form
in 769; class comprehensive works on posters in 741.6
For sports cards, see 796.075
[.509 2] Biography
Do not use for individual printmakers; class in 769.92
822
769 Printmaking and prints 769
823
770 Dewey Decimal Classification 770
SUMMARY
770.1–.9 Standard subdivisions
771 Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials
772 Metallic salt processes
773 Pigment processes of printing
774 Holography
776 Computer art (Digital art)
777 Cinematography and videography
778 Specific fields and special kinds of photography
779 Photographic images
.2 Miscellany
.28 Auxiliary techniques and procedures
Do not use for apparatus, equipment, materials; green technology
(environmental technology); class in 771
For comprehensive works on basic and auxiliary techniques and
procedures, see 771
.285 Computer applications
Do not use for comprehensive works on digital photography; class in 770
824
771 Photography, computer art, cinematography, videography 771
774 *Holography
Class here holographic images
827
778 Dewey Decimal Classification 778
[.2] Projection
Projection relocated to 771; comprehensive works on filmstrips, slides relocated
to 779
*Do not use notation 0285 from Table 1 for comprehensive works on digital photography; class in
*
770 and its subdivisions without use of notation 0285, e.g., digital trick photography 778.8. Do not
use notation 092 from Table 1 for photographers; class in 770.92
828
778 Photography, computer art, cinematography, videography 778
.6 *Color photography
Including photography of colors in monochrome; direct process reproduction
in color photography; additive processes in color photography; processing
techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials in color photography;
subtractive processes, production of color films and prints by subtractive
analysis and subtractive synthesis, respectively
Class here photography of colors
Class color photomicrography in 778.3
Color photography of specific subjects relocated to 778.9
.602 8 Auxiliary techniques and procedures; apparatus, equipment, materials
Class processing auxiliary techniques and procedures, apparatus,
equipment, materials in color photography in 778.6
780 Music
After general topics (780 and 781) the basic arrangement of the schedule is based
on the voice, instrument, or ensemble making the music. Any tradition of vocal
music (e.g., classical, popular) is classed in 782–783; any tradition of instrumental
music (e.g., classical, popular) is classed in 784–788
Unless other instructions are given, class a subject with aspects in two or more
subdivisions of 780 in the number coming last, e.g., sacred vocal music 782.2 (not
781.7)
This schedule does not distinguish scores, texts, or recordings
(Option: To distinguish scores, texts, recordings, use one of the following:
(Option A: Prefix a letter or other symbol to the number for treatises, e.g., music
for violin M787.2, violin recordings R787.2 or MR787.2; use a special prefix to
distinguish miniature scores from other scores, MM787.2
(Option B: Add 026 to the number for treatises, e.g., scores for music for violin
787.2026
SUMMARY
780.1–.9 Standard subdivisions; analytical guides, program notes; texts; treatises
on music scores and recordings; performances
781 General principles and musical forms
782 Vocal music
783 Music for single voices
784 Instruments and instrumental ensembles and their music
785 Ensembles with only one instrument per part
786 Keyboard, mechanical, electrophonic, percussion instruments
787 Stringed instruments (Chordophones)
788 Wind instruments (Aerophones)
830
780 Music 780
832
780 Music 780
.8 Groups of people
.89 Ethnic and national groups
For folk music, see 781.62
See Manual at 781.62 vs. 780.89
833
781 Dewey Decimal Classification 781
SUMMARY
781.1 Basic principles of music
.2 Elements of music
.3 Composition
.4 Techniques of music
.5 Kinds of music
.6 Traditions of music
.7 Sacred music
.8 Musical forms
.2 *Elements of music
Including time; musical sound; melody; harmony; harmonic organization,
comprehensive works on harmony and counterpoint; tonal systems; texture
Class here scientific principles
Class figured bass in 781.47; class comprehensive works on serialism in 781.3
For playing time, see 781.4
.3 *Composition
Including indeterminacy and aleatory composition; serialism; computer
composition; extemporization (improvisation); arrangement; arrangements
*
*Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9
834
781 Music 781
.4 *Techniques of music
Including techniques for acquiring musical skills and learning a repertoire (e.g.,
sight and score reading, listening and ear training, memorizing); performance
techniques
Class specific performance techniques in 781.44–781.48
For techniques of composition, extemporization, see 781.3
.44 *Rehearsal and practice
Standard subdivisions are added for either or both topics in heading
.45 *Conducting
.46 *Interpretation
Including rubato
.47 *Accompaniment
Including continuo (figured bass, thorough bass)
.48 *Breathing and resonance
Standard subdivisions are added for either or both topics in heading
Class breathing and resonance associated with instrumental performance in
784.193
.49 *Recording of music
See also 006.5 for computer hardware and software used in digital
sound recording; also 621.389 for sound recording and reproducing
equipment; also 780.26 for treatises on music recordings
.5 *Kinds of music
Including music for specific times; music in specific settings (e.g., outdoor
music, indoor music, specific indoor settings [e.g., domestic setting, court
setting, theater setting, concert hall setting]); music for specific media; music
accompanying public entertainments; program music; music accompanying
activities; music accompanying stages of the life cycle; music reflecting other
themes and subjects
Class music in religious settings in 781.7; class dramatic vocal music in 782.1;
class musical forms depicting nonmusical concepts in 784.18, e.g., nocturnes
784.18
.6 *Traditions of music
Works emphasizing a specific tradition
See Manual at 781.6; also at 781.6 vs. 780, 780.9
(Option: If 781–788 is used for only one tradition of music, class all other
traditions in 789)
*
*Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9
835
781 Dewey Decimal Classification 781
.644 *Soul
Class here comprehensive works on rhythm and blues [formerly
781.643], R&B; specific soul styles
For traditional rhythm and blues, see 781.643
.646 *Reggae
Class here specific reggae styles
.648 *Electronica
Class here specific electronica styles
Class comprehensive works on electronic music in 786.7
.65 *Jazz
Including early jazz; origins of jazz; traditional jazz; mainstream jazz;
modern jazz; avant-garde jazz; hybrid styles
See Manual at 781.62 vs. 781.63–781.66
Third stream relocated to 781.68
.66 *Rock (Rock‘n’ roll)
Class here specific rock styles
See Manual at 781.62 vs. 781.63–781.66
.68 *Western art music (Classical music)
Limited to classical music as a tradition in contrast to other traditions
Including third stream [formerly 781.65]
Class here comprehensive works on traditions of art music
Class classical music in general in 780
For nonwestern art music, see 781.69
.69 *Nonwestern art music
.7 Sacred music
Including general principles of sacred music; sacred music of classical (Greek
and Roman) and Germanic religions; sacred music of other religions and sects
Class sacred music accompanying stages of life cycle in 781.5; class works
about church music that are limited to Christian church music in 781.71; class
sacred vocal music in 782.2
.700 1–.700 9 Standard subdivisions
Notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9, e.g.,
performances of sacred music 781.70078
*
*Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9
837
781 Dewey Decimal Classification 781
SUMMARY
782.001–.009 Standard subdivisions
.01–.08 [General principles of vocal music and musical forms]
.1 Operas and related dramatic vocal forms
.2 Nondramatic vocal forms
.3 Services (Liturgy and ritual)
.4 Secular forms
.5 Mixed voices
.6 Women’s voices
.7 Children’s voices
.8 Men’s voices
.9 Other types of voices
.4 *Secular forms
Including forms derived from poetry; madrigals; song cycles; secular cantatas
For villancicos that are Christmas carols, see 782.28
.42 *Songs
Class here comprehensive works on songs
For sacred songs, see 782.25
.421 General principles of songs
.421 6 Songs of specific traditions of music
.421 62 Folk songs
Songs originating within and associated with an ethnic or national
group
Including general principles of folk songs; influence of other
traditions of songs; folk songs of specific ethnic and national
groups
Class folk rock songs in 782.42166. Class songs of a specific style
of music provided for in 782.42164–782.42166 with the style
of song, e.g., reggae songs 782.421646, Afro-Cuban jazz songs
782.42165
See Manual at 781.62 vs. 780.89; also at 781.62 vs.
781.63–781.66
.421 620 01–.421 620 07 Standard subdivisions
Notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9,
e.g., performances of folk songs 782.421620078
.421 620 08 Groups of people
[.421 620 089] Ethnic and national groups
Do not use; class in 782.42162
.421 620 09 History, geographic treatment, biography
Class geographic treatment of folk songs of specific
ethnic and national groups in 782.42162
.421 64 *Western popular songs
Including ragtime
Class comprehensive works on western popular music in 781.64;
class western popular songs originating within and associated with
an ethnic or national group in 782.42162; class country music
songs in 782.421642
For jazz songs, see 782.42165; for rock songs, see 782.42166
See Manual at 781.62 vs. 781.63–781.66
*
*Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9
841
782 Dewey Decimal Classification 782
.5 *Mixed voices
Class here choral music, music intended equally for choral or part-song
performance, choral music with solo parts, unison voices
For part songs, see 783.1
.6 *Women’s voices
Including soprano voices (treble voices); mezzo-soprano voices; contralto
voices (alto voices)
Class here music intended equally for women’s or children’s voices
Class music for children’s voices in 782.7
.7 *Children’s voices
Including soprano voices (treble voices); mezzo-soprano voices; contralto
voices (alto voices); changing voices
Class music intended equally for women’s or children’s voices in 782.6
.8 *Men’s voices
Including treble and alto voices; countertenor, falsetto, castrato voices; tenor
voices; baritone voices; bass voices
.2 *Solo voice
Class here comprehensive works on types of single voices
For specific types of single voices, see 783.3–783.9
.3 *High voice
Class woman’s soprano voice in 783.6; class child’s soprano voice in 783.7;
class man’s treble voice and alto voice, tenor voice in 783.8
.4 *Middle voice
Class woman’s mezzo-soprano voice in 783.6; class child’s mezzo-soprano
voice in 783.7; class baritone voice in 783.8
*
*Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9
844
783 Music 783
.5 *Low voice
Class woman’s contralto voice in 783.6; class child’s contralto voice in 783.7;
class bass voice in 783.8
.6 *Women’s voices
Class here music intended equally for women’s or children’s voices
Class music for children’s voices in 783.7
.7 *Children’s voices
Class music intended equally for women’s or children’s voices in 783.6
.8 *Men’s voices
.9 *Other types of voice
Including speaking voice; sprechgesang; whistle; voice instruments
.209 2 Biography
Class here biographies of conductors known equally well for
conducting operas and orchestral music
Class biographies of conductors known primarily as opera conductors
in 782.1092
.3 *Chamber orchestra
For chamber music, see 785
.4 *Light orchestra
Including school orchestra; orchestra with toy instruments; dance orchestra
(dance band); big bands
Class here salon orchestra
.7 *String orchestra
.8 *Wind band
Band consisting of woodwind instruments, brass instruments, or both
Including marching band; military band; woodwind band
For brass band, see 784.9
.9 *Brass band
785 Ensembles with only one instrument per part
Including ensembles by size (e.g., duets, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets,
septets, octets, nonets and larger ensembles); ensembles consisting of two or
more instrumental groups (e.g., ensembles with keyboard, ensembles without
electrophones and with percussion and keyboard, ensembles without keyboard,
ensembles without keyboard and with percussion); ensembles consisting of
only one instrumental group (e.g., keyboard, mechanical, aeolian, electrophone,
percussion ensembles; string ensembles; woodwind ensembles; brass ensembles)
Class here chamber music
Class works for solo melody instrument with keyboard or other accompaniment in
786–788
See Manual at 784–788
*
*Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9
847
785 Dewey Decimal Classification 785
‡Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9 for the instrument and its music together,
‡
.2 ‡Pianos
Including prepared pianos
.3 ‡Clavichords
.4 ‡Harpsichords
Class here spinets, virginals
.5 ‡Organs
Including reed organs and regals; electronic organs; comprehensive works on
keyboard electrophones
Class here keyboard wind instruments
Class concertinas, accordions in 788.8. Class a keyboard instrument whose
sound is generated by conventional means, even though amplified or modified
electronically, with the instrument, e.g., electric piano 786.2
.8 ‡Percussion instruments
Including idiophones (vibrating sonorous solids), comprehensive works on
percussion instruments of definite pitch; keyboard idiophones; celestas; set
idiophones (e.g., percussed idiophones, plucked idiophones, friction idiophones,
concussion idiophones); single idiophones; comprehensive works on percussion
instruments of indefinite pitch
For mechanical idiophones, see 786.6; for drums, see 786.9; for struck
stringed instruments, see 787.7
‡Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9 for the instrument and its music together,
‡
.2 ‡Violins
Class here comprehensive works on violin family
For violas, see 787.3; for cellos, see 787.4; for double basses, see 787.5
.3 ‡Violas
.4 ‡Cellos (Violoncellos)
.5 ‡Double basses
.6 ‡Viols and related instruments
Standard subdivisions are added for viols and related instruments together, for
viols alone
Including descant viols; treble viols; tenor viols; bass viols (viola da gambas);
viola d’amores; hurdy-gurdies (vielles)
For double basses, see 787.5
.7 ‡Plectral instruments
Including specific kinds of zithers (e.g., stick, tube, trough zithers; frame,
ground, harp, raft zithers; board zithers; plucked board zithers); lyres
Class here zithers, comprehensive works on struck stringed instruments
For plectral lute family, see 787.8; for harps and musical bows, see 787.9
‡Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9 for the instrument and its music together,
‡
.3 ‡Flute family
Including nose flutes; transverse flutes (side-blown flutes); piccolos and fifes;
bass flutes; duct, end-blown, notched flutes; recorders; multiple flutes; pan
pipes; vessel flutes
.4 ‡Reed instruments
Including bagpipes; single-reed and double-reed bagpipes
For double-reed instruments, see 788.5; for single-reed instruments, see
788.6; for free reeds, see 788.8
.5 ‡Double-reed instruments
Including crumhorns, racketts; oboes; cors anglais (English horns); bassoons;
double bassoons (contrabassoons)
For bagpipes, see 788.4
.6 ‡Single-reed instruments
Including clarinets; bass clarinets
For bagpipes, see 788.4; for saxophones, see 788.7
.7 ‡Saxophones
Including soprano saxophones; alto saxophones; tenor saxophones; bass
saxophones
‡Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9 for the instrument and its music together,
‡
.8 ‡Free reeds
Instruments consisting of sets of individual free reeds
Including mouth organs; harmonicas; concertinas; accordions
‡Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 780.1–780.9 for the instrument and its music together,
‡
(.43) †*Blues
Class here traditional rhythm and blues; specific blues styles
Comprehensive works on rhythm and blues relocated to 789.44
(.44) †*Soul
Class here comprehensive works on rhythm and blues [formerly 789.43],
R&B; specific soul styles
For traditional rhythm and blues, see 789.43
(.46) †*Reggae
Class here specific reggae styles
(.48) †*Electronica
Class here specific electronica styles
(.5) †*Jazz
Including early jazz; origins of jazz; traditional jazz; mainstream jazz; modern
jazz; avant-garde jazz; hybrid styles
(.501) Philosophy and theory
Do not use for hybrid styles; class in 789.5
SUMMARY
790.01–.09 Standard subdivisions of recreation; recreation centers
.1–.2 [General kinds of recreational activities and the performing arts in
general]
791 Public performances
792 Stage presentations
793 Indoor games and amusements
794 Indoor games of skill
795 Games of chance
796 Athletic and outdoor sports and games
797 Aquatic and air sports
798 Equestrian sports and animal racing
799 Fishing, hunting, shooting
SUMMARY
791.01–.09 Standard subdivisions
.3 Circuses
.4 Motion pictures, radio, television
.5 Puppetry and toy theaters
.6 Pageantry
.8 Animal performances
856
791 Recreational and performing arts 791
.3 Circuses
Including animal performances; clowns; acrobatics and trapeze work; freaks
and sideshows; parades
Class here amateur circuses
857
791 Dewey Decimal Classification 791
858
791 Recreational and performing arts 791
.45 Television
Regardless of distribution medium or method
Including types of presentation; television adaptations, television genres;
television plays
Class here dramatic programs, entertainment programs; mini-series,
extended pilots of television series; television-like programs developed
originally for Internet transmission; comprehensive works on dramatic,
entertainment, documentary, educational, news programs
Class texts of plays in 800. Class subject-oriented programs themselves with
the subject, e.g., programs on flower gardening 635.9; class critical appraisal
of programs associated with a specific person with the person, e.g., programs
of a television photographer 777.092, of a director 791.4502; class use of
video recordings not provided for here with the use, e.g., video recordings of
rock music 781.66
For documentary, educational, news programs, see 070.1
See also 384.55 for communication aspects of television; also 791.43 for
direct-to-video and direct-to-DVD releases of motion pictures
See Manual at 780.92 and 791.092; also at 791.43 and 791.44, 791.45,
792.9; also at 791.43 vs. 791.45; also at 791.43, 791.45 vs. 777; also at
808.82 vs. 791.43, 791.44, 791.45, 792.9
Made-for-television movies, video recordings of motion pictures relocated to
791.43
.450 1–.450 8 Standard subdivisions
Notation from Table 1 as modified under 792.01–792.02, e.g., special
effects for television 791.4502. Class programming (scheduling) in
384; class types of presentation in 791.45
.450 9 History, geographic treatment, biography
Class here description, critical appraisal of specific companies,
stations, networks
Class description, critical appraisal of specific programs in 791.45
.450 92 Biography
Do not use for people associated with only one aspect of
television, e.g., actors; class in 791.4502
859
791 Dewey Decimal Classification 791
.6 Pageantry
Including parades, floats for parades; pageants; cheerleading; beauty contests;
beauty pageants
Class interdisplinary works on pageants, processions, parades in 394
For circus parades, see 791.3; for water pageantry, see 797.2
See also 794.1 for living chess
.8 Animal performances
Including cockfighting; bullfighting; rodeos; Wild West shows
For circus animal performances, see 791.3; for equestrian sports and
animal racing, see 798
.3 *Pantomime
Including panto (pantomime in the nonsilent British tradition, usually performed
around Christmas time)
Class here mime, silent pantomime
.5 *Opera
Including opera productions; production and stage guides
Class here dramatic vocal forms
Class interdisciplinary works on dramatic vocal forms, on opera in 782.1. Class
critical appraisal of operas associated with a specific person other than the
composer or librettist with the person, e.g., operas associated with a singer
782.1092, with a director 792.502
For musical plays, see 792.6; for variety shows, see 792.7
See Manual at 782.1 vs. 792.5, 792.6
.509 History, geographic treatment, biography
Class here description, critical appraisal of specific theaters and
companies
Class specific productions in specific theaters or by specific companies in
792.5
.6 *Musical plays
Including dancing; musical play productions; production and stage guides
Class here ballad operas, musicals, revues
Class comprehensive works on theatrical dancing in 792.7; class comprehensive
works on choreography in 792.8; class interdisciplinary works on musical plays
in 782.1. Class critical appraisal of musical plays associated with a specific
person other than the composer or librettist with the person, e.g., musical plays
associated with a singer 782.1092, with a director 792.602
See Manual at 782.1 vs. 792.5, 792.6
.609 History, geographic treatment, biography
Class here description, critical appraisal of specific theaters and
companies
Class specific productions in specific theaters or by specific companies in
792.6
*
*Use notation from Table 1 as modified under 792.01–792.09
861
792 Dewey Decimal Classification 792
.9 Stage productions
Including collections of reviews
Class here production scripts, stage guides; description, critical appraisal of
specific productions in specific theaters and companies
Class description, critical appraisal, production scripts of operas in 792.5; class
description, critical appraisal, production scripts of musical plays in 792.6;
class description, critical appraisal, production scripts of ballets in 792.8. Class
critical appraisal of productions associated with a specific person other than the
playwright with the person, e.g., productions associated with a director 792.023
See Manual at 791.43 and 791.44, 791.45, 792.9; also at 808.82 vs. 791.43,
791.44, 791.45, 792.9
.4 Games of action
.5 Forfeit and trick games
.7 Games not characterized by action
For charades and tableaux, see 793.2
.73 Puzzles and puzzle games
Standard subdivisions are added for either or both topics in heading
Including acrostics, quizzes, rebuses; jigsaw puzzles; crossword puzzles;
maze puzzles
Class puzzles as formal instructional devices for the teaching of a specific
subject with the subject, plus notation 07 from Table 1, e.g., puzzles
teaching the use of the Bible 220.07
For mathematical games and recreations, see 793.74
.734 Word games
Including anagrams, palindromes
863
793 Dewey Decimal Classification 793
.735 Riddles
Class riddles as folk literature in 398.6; class riddles as jokes by known
authors, interdisciplinary works on riddles in 808.88
See Manual at T3—8 vs. 398.6, 793.735
.74 Mathematical games and recreations
.8 Magic and related activities
Standard subdivisions are added for magic and related activities together, for
magic alone
Including scientific recreations; card tricks; juggling; ventriloquism
Class here conjuring
.1 Chess
Including strategy and tactics (e.g., openings, middle games, end games);
individual chessmen; collections of games; special forms of chess; variants of
chess
[.102 85] Computer applications
Do not use; class in 794.1
.2 Checkers (Draughts)
.3 Darts
864
794 Recreational and performing arts 794
.6 Bowling
Class here variants of bowling, e.g., ninepins (skittles), tenpins
See also 796.31 for lawn bowling
.7 Ball games
Including pinball games
Class athletic ball games, comprehensive works on ball games in 796.3
For bowling, see 794.6
.72 Billiards
Class here carom billiards
For pocket billiards, see 794.73
.73 Pocket billiards
Including English billiards; pool (American pocket billiards); snooker
.8 Electronic games
Including computerized athletic and outdoor sports and games
Class here computer, video games
Class computerized war games (battle games) in 793.9; class computerized
adventure, fantasy, mystery games in 793.93. Class computerized forms of a
specific indoor game or amusement with the game or amusement in 793–795,
plus notation 0285 from Table 1, e.g., computerized checkers 794.20285
See Manual at 793.93 vs. 794.8
[.802 85] Computer applications
Do not use; class in 794.8
865
795 Dewey Decimal Classification 795
.4 Card games
Including games based chiefly on chance; games in which card position is a
major element
.41 Games in which skill is a major element
Including cribbage; whist and bridge whist; auction bridge; contract bridge;
pinochle; rummy and its variants
.412 Poker
796 Athletic and outdoor sports and games
Standard subdivisions are added for any or all topics in heading
Including modern pentathlon
Class here government policy on sports
Use 796 for athletics covering sports as a whole. Use 796.42 for athletics limited to
track and field
Class exercise and sports activities as means of improving physical fitness in 613.7;
class computerized athletic and outdoor sports and games in 794.8
For aquatic and air sports, see 797; for equestrian sports and animal racing,
see 798; for fishing, hunting, shooting, see 799. For a specific sport of modern
pentathlon, see the sport, e.g., pistol shooting 799.3
See also 617.1 for sports medicine
SUMMARY
796.01–.09 Standard subdivisions and general kinds of sports and games
.1 Miscellaneous games
.2 Activities and games requiring equipment
.3 Ball games
.4 Weight lifting, track and field, gymnastics
.5 Outdoor life
.6 Cycling and related activities
.7 Driving motor vehicles
.8 Combat sports
.9 Ice and snow sports
866
796 Recreational and performing arts 796
[.068] Management
Do not use; class in 796.06
.07 Education, research, related topics
Including coaching
.071 Education
Do not use for teaching; class in 796.07
.08 Groups of people
Class general kinds of sports and games for specific groups of people in
796.04
See Manual at 796.08 vs. 796.04
.087 People with disabilities and illnesses, gifted people
Class sports and games modified for participation of people with physical
disabilities in 796.04
.1 Miscellaneous games
Not provided for elsewhere
Including singing and dancing games; active games
For activities and games requiring equipment, see 796.2
.15 Play with remote-control vehicles; play with kites
Standard subdivisions are added for play with remote-control vehicles and
play with kites together; for play with remote-control vehicles alone
Toy or model vehicles
Including play with remote-control vehicles (e.g., remote-control ships,
remote-control aircraft, remote-control land vehicles)
Class here control line vehicles; comprehensive works on model vehicles
Class paper airplanes in 745.592; class comprehensive works on play with
toys in 790.1
For play with model trains, play with remote-control trains, see 790.1
See Manual at 796.15 vs. 629.04
Play with robots relocated to 796.16
.16 Play with robots [formerly 796.15]
.2 Activities and games requiring equipment
Not provided for elsewhere
Including flying discs, marbles, Yo-Yos; pitching games
867
796 Dewey Decimal Classification 796
868
796 Recreational and performing arts 796
869
796 Dewey Decimal Classification 796
870
796 Recreational and performing arts 796
.357 Baseball
Including strategy and tactics (e.g., pitching, catching, infield play,
outfield play, batting, base running, world series games, all-star games);
umpiring; specific types of baseball (e.g., precollege baseball, college
baseball, professional and semiprofessional baseball); variants of
baseball
.357 01–.357 09 Standard subdivisions
Notation from Table 1 as modified under 796.33202–796.33207,
e.g., coaching 796.35707
.358 Cricket
Including strategy and tactics (e.g., bowling, fielding, wicketkeeping,
batting); umpiring; specific types of cricket (e.g., amateur cricket, county
cricket, international cricket); variants of cricket
.358 01–.358 09 Standard subdivisions
Notation from Table 1 as modified under 796.33202–796.33207,
e.g., coaching 796.35807
871
796 Dewey Decimal Classification 796
.5 Outdoor life
Including beach activities
Class a specific activity of outdoor life not provided for here with the activity,
e.g., fishing 799.1
For aquatic sports, see 797.1–797.3
872
796 Recreational and performing arts 796
.51 Walking
Class here backpacking, hiking
For walking by kind of terrain, see 796.52
See also 796.58 for orienteering
See Manual at 913–919 vs. 796.51
.52 Walking and exploring by kind of terrain
Including canyoning (canyoneering), gorge walking; spelunking
.522 Mountains, hills, rocks
Including rock climbing; sport climbing; indoor climbing
Class here mountaineering
.54 Camping
Including snow camping; kinds of camps (e.g., institutional camps, day
camps); camps operated for profit; activities
Class beach activities in 796.5
.56 Dude ranching and farming
.58 Orienteering
Class orientation in 912.01
873
796 Dewey Decimal Classification 796
.8 Combat sports
Class here interdisciplinary works on martial arts
Class combat with animals in 791.8; class Oriental martial arts forms in 796.815
For martial arts as exercises for physical fitness, see 613.7
.81 Unarmed combat
For boxing, see 796.83
.812 Wrestling
Including arm wrestling; Greco-Roman wrestling; freestyle wrestling
(catch-as-catch-can wrestling); sumo
.815 Oriental martial arts forms
Including judo; jujitsu; karate; aikido; Chinese forms of martial arts;
taekwondo; kempo and kung fu
Class martial arts forms including both Oriental forms and other military
forms, e.g., boxing, fencing, in 796.8
.83 Boxing
.86 Fencing
Including bojutsu, kendo
Class here sword fighting
874
796 Recreational and performing arts 796
.939 Snowboarding
Including big air, halfpipe, slopestyle snowboarding; snowboard cross
(boardercross), parallel giant slalom racing
Class here alpine and freestyle snowboarding
.94 Snowmobiling
.96 Ice games
Including bandy; broomball; ringette
.962 Ice hockey
Including strategy and tactics; refereeing; specific types of ice hockey
(e.g., junior hockey, college hockey, professional hockey, international
hockey)
Class comprehensive works on hockey in 796.356
.962 01–.962 09 Standard subdivisions
Notation from Table 1 as modified under 796.33202–796.33207,
e.g., coaching 796.96207
.964 Curling
.98 Winter Olympic games
Arrange specific games chronologically
Class a specific activity with the activity, e.g., skating 796.91
.980 93–.980 99 Geographic treatment
Do not use for specific games; class in 796.98
.1 Boating
Including boat racing and regattas
875
797 Dewey Decimal Classification 797
.5 Air sports
Including bungee jumping; flying motor-driven aircraft (e.g., racing, flying
for pleasure, stunt flying); balloon flying; gliding and soaring; parachuting
(skydiving)
.2 Horsemanship
Including riding; training of both horse and rider, dressage; riding exhibitions
and competitions; jumping
Class training of only the horse in 636.1
For horse racing, see 798.4
876
798 Recreational and performing arts 798
.4 Horse racing
Including steeplechasing (National Hunt racing); harness racing
Class here flat racing
.400 1–.400 5 Standard subdivisions
.400 6 Organizations and management
Including racetracks
[.400 68] Management
Do not use; class in 798.4006
.400 7–.400 8 Standard subdivisions
.400 9 History, geographic treatment, biography
Class here specific races
.401 Betting
Including pari-mutuel
.8 Dog racing
Including sled dog racing; greyhound racing
.1 Fishing
Including freshwater fishing; coarse fishing; net fishing; other methods of
fishing
Class fishing for specific kinds of freshwater fishes in 799.17; class shellfishing
in 799.2; class interdisciplinary works on fishing in 639.2
.12 Angling
Including bait fishing; fly fishing; casting; bait-casting (spin-fishing);
trolling
Class here game, pan fishing
Class specific methods of freshwater fishing in 799.1; class specific methods
of saltwater fishing in 799.16; class game fishing in the sense of fishing for
salmon, trout, graylings, specific methods of fishing for specific kinds of fish
in 799.17; class comprehensive works in 799.1
.16 Saltwater fishing
Class fishing for specific kinds of saltwater fishes in 799.17
877
799 Dewey Decimal Classification 799
.2 Hunting
Including methods (e.g., shooting game, hunting with aid of animals); hunting
specific kinds of animals (e.g., birds, small game hunting, big game hunting,
specific kinds of big game)
Class here sports trapping; comprehensive works on hunting and shooting
sports, on commercial and sports hunting
For commercial, subsistence hunting, see 639; for shooting other than game,
see 799.3
.202 Miscellany
.202 8 Auxiliary techniques and procedures; apparatus, equipment, materials
Including blowpipes, bolas, boomerangs, lassos, nets, slings, spears;
guns; bows and arrows
Class here basic techniques and procedures
[.202 85] Computer applications
Do not use; class in 799.2028
[.209] History, geographic treatment, biography
Do not use; class in 799.29
.29 History, geographic treatment, biography
Add to base number 799.29 notation 1–9 from Table 2, e.g., hunting in
Germany 799.2943
878