Music
This guide provides selected resources available to you through UCalgary Library and beyond
Digital Scores & Sheet Music
- Classical Scores LibraryClassical Scores Library contains 400,000 pages of classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 8,000 musical scores.
- Petrucci Music Library - International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)A virtual library containing scores and parts for public domain music, as well as music from composers who are willing to share their work free of charge.
- Early Music OnlineThese digitised volumes contain approximately 10,000 musical compositions, which have been individually indexed. The volumes mainly consist of partbooks of vocal polyphony, but also include some early printed tablatures for keyboard or plucked string instruments
- Harvard Loeb Library Digital Scores & LibrettiThe Loeb Music Library digitizes scores and libretti selected for their rare or unique natures and their popularity as objects of research and teaching. This digital collection includes manuscripts, first editions, and early editions of music from the 17th to the early 20th century. Many items, such as variant editions and annotated proofs of 19th-century operas and related libretti, are meant to be seen and used together. As a group, they give scholars a window into the study of historical performance practice.
- Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet MusicThis collection consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music from 1780 to 1980. Browse by category or searchContent warning: These songs were collected to document the history of the United States through sheet music. Therefore, users of the collection will find a large number of songs with explicitly racist, xenophobic, sexist, and other offensive content. While this subject matter is in many cases reprehensible, it is preserved here for purposes of research and study. Strong consideration should be given to a song’s history and context prior to a public performance.
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870 to 1885Consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 to 1885. Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra.
- BabelScores: Contemporary Music OnlineBased in France, BabelScores features scores and audio of classical contemporary music from the last 40 years. Connected to publishers and independent composers, a virtual music-score reader provides a booklet-style for comfortable reading and perusal of works. Some works allow for simultaneous listening and score reading, useful for music analysis and assisting performers in choosing suitable works.
- Canadian Sheet MusicThis digitized portion of University of Toronto Music Library's Sheet Music archival collection, contains over 2000 titles by a Canadian composer or published by a Canadian imprint with the majority published between 1880-1930.
On the Shelves
To browse scores, use the call number starting with M, which are located on the third floor in the TFDL:
M6 - M1494 |
Instrumental |
More Scores
- Canadian Music Centre Music LibraryThe CMC provides access to an extensive printed and digital score collection of work by Canadian composers. CMC Prairie Region is located in Craigie Hall, Room G203, near the entrance to University Theatre.
- Southern Alberta Music Performance LibraryCollection of over 4,000 choral, jazz and wind ensemble, and orchestral music works, accessible to community members. The collection is located on the 3rd Floor of the TFDL.
- Last Updated: Sep 3, 2024 2:56 PM
- URL: https://libguides.ucalgary.ca/guides/music
- Print Page Print Page