Music Scores Online

Collection of 19th- and 20th-century classical guitar music including over 500 first and early editions of Fernando Sor, Mauro Giuliani, Matteo Carcassi, Ferdinando Carulli, and others.

Scores and books in the public domain. Many of these are unique to the Sibley Music Library collection.
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The scores and libretti in this collection include first and early editions and manuscript copies of music from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by J.S. Bach and Bach family members, Mozart, Schubert and other composers, as well as multiple versions of nineteenth century opera scores, seminal works of musical modernism, and music of the Second Viennese School.

The Juilliard Manuscript Collection is an extraordinary collection of 140 priceless autograph manuscripts, sketches, engravers proofs and first editions, which were donated to the school in February 2006 by Juilliard Board Chairman Bruce Kovner.

The collection includes the digital, open access scores from the Contemporary Score Edition series, the first open access edition of new music published by a library, and scores from the Kaleidoscope 2020 Call for Scores, an open access collaboration with the UCLA Music Library.

The oldest works in the music manuscript collection date back to medieval times; the library holds medieval liturgical manuscripts that form key resources for research into English plainsong as well as sixth century treatises on music. One of the most important collections of manuscript music is the group of nine lute manuscripts copied by Mathew Holmes in the early years of the seventeenth century.

Access nearly 1,000 rare and unique scores at the University of North Texas.

Several works by Issac Albéniz and Catalan composers Josep Anselm Clavé and Francesc Valls, among others.

BDPI (Biblioteca Digital del Patrimonio Iberoamericano) is a project launched by the Asociación de Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica (ABINIA). Its objective is the creation of a portal which provides access, from a single search point, to the digital resources of all the participating libraries.

Digital collection of relevant and culturally-significant Valencian scientific and literary works.

Just over 1,000 items, including medieval manuscripts and several 16th-century motet and madrigal books. Click on "Document type" to narrow your search.

Search for hundreds of music manuscripts with a simple keyword search or advanced search, or browse by author (composer), scribe, or manuscript shelf mark.

Images Online gives you instant access to thousands of the greatest images from the British Library's collections which include manuscripts, rare books, musical texts and maps spanning almost 3000 years.

Includes selected works from the Music and Theatre Collection in digital form in order to provide Internet access to the collections of the Royal Library.Both manuscripts and printed music have been included: some are published expressly for printing, others are primarily intended for study.

Includes printed music and sound recordings. Site is available in English, but use French site for searching.

CORSAIR is a single database providing unified access to over 250,000 records for medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, rare and reference books, literary and historical manuscripts, music scores, ancient seals and tablets, drawings, prints, and other art objects.

The Music Manuscripts Online Web pages provide access to digitized versions of more than 600 music manuscripts. Broaden your search and use the Library's CORSAIR database described above.

Over 12,000 Australian printed music items online from the 19th and early-20th centuries (classical and popular music).

This catalogue lists music manuscripts ca. 1600 – ca. 1800 and printed music before ca. 1800 in UK libraries. Concordances of printed editions in libraries worldwide are also included.

Manuscripts and printed scores from the music collection of SLUB.