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Music libraries

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A Traditional Music Library: Collection of traditional and folk music split into over 20 different songbooks or tune-books, each dedicated to a particular type of traditional folk or roots music. Features musical scores with chords from which users can print sheet music and lyrics, and MIDI files to illustrate what the tunes sound like.
Author: Smith, Rod
Subjects: music libraries, music research, musicology
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: directory
American Music Center: Centre intended to foster and encourage the composition of contemporary American music and to promote its production, publication, distribution and performance. Offers online catalogues, and information about facilities and activities.
Author: American Music Center
Subjects: classical music composers, contemporary music, music libraries
DeweyClass: 026.78
Resource type: institution
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads: Catalogue of Broadside Ballads in the Bodleian collection, including scanned images of each ballad sheet, accessible by title, first line, subject, author, performer and by publisher.
Author: Oxford University Bodleian Library
Subjects: music libraries
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: images, opac
British Library Music Collections: Information on the music collections of the British Library, including news, catalogues and a select bibliography.
Author: British Library
Subjects: music libraries
DeweyClass: 026.78
Resource type: institution
British Library OPAC 97: Access to the Reference and Document Supply Centre collections of the British Library. The Reference collections include Humanities and Social Sciences (1975-), Science, Technology and Business (1975-), Music (1975-) and older reference material (to 1975 only). Collections can be searched individually or together. The Document Supply collections cover Books and Reports (1980-), Journals and Serials (1700-) and Conferences (1800-).
Author: British Library
Subjects: library catalogues in england, music libraries, national libraries
DeweyClass: 025.3
Resource type: opac
British Music Information Centre: Library and information service for 20th Century British classical music, which aims to promote new music and maintain a collection of scores and recordings. Site includes concert listings and composer and ensemble information.
Author: British Music Information Centre
Subjects: british composers, contemporary music, music libraries
DeweyClass: 026.78
Resource type: institution
Britten-Pears Library: Library originally accumulated by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) and Peter Pears (1910-1986). Includes collections of manuscript and printed music, books on a wide range of subjects, sound and video recordings, photographs, and archives of letters, ephemera and papers of organisations with which Britten and Pears were closely associated. An electronic catalogue of holdings indexed to date is available for searching online.
Author: Britten-Pears Library
Subjects: british composers, music libraries
DeweyClass: 026.78
Resource type: bibliography, biography, opac
Classical Music Archives: A collection of over 27000 classical music files in Midi, Windows Media Audio, or MP3 format, from over 390 composers. Composers include Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Scarlatti and Schubert.
Author: Schwob, Pierre R.
Subjects: classical music composers, music collections, music libraries
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: sound collection
Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland: Archive and resource centre which documents and promotes contemporary Irish concert music. Features news, publications, articles and composer information.
Author: Contemporary Music Centre
Subjects: contemporary music, music libraries
DeweyClass: 026.78
Resource type: institution
Ensemble: Towards a Distributed National Library Resource for Music: Cross-institutional project to enhance and sustain the research library base for music through the creation of computerised bibliographic records for 110,000 items of printed music. The project proposal, details of schedules and targets, and information on core bibliographic standards are available.
Author: Ensemble Project
Subjects: music libraries, music research
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: documents
International Association of Music Information Centres: Worldwide network of organisations promoting new music. Provides information about the IAMIC, and links to member music information centres.
Author: International Association of Music Information Centres
Subjects: music libraries
DeweyClass: 026.78
Resource type: institution
International Association of Music Libraries: The International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres encourages and promotes the activities of music libraries, archives and documentation centres to support and facilitate the realization of projects in music bibliography, music documentation and music library and information science at national and international levels
Author: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
Subjects: music libraries
DeweyClass: 026.78
Resource type: institution
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (UK and Ireland Branch): Association representing music libraries and librarians throughout the world. Provides details of activities, committees, project groups, membership, and stock made available to paid-up members of IAML in the UK and Ireland.
Author: International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (UK and Ireland Branch)
Subjects: music libraries
DeweyClass: 026
Resource type: documents, images
Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music 1820-1860 and 1870-1885: Contains more than 62,500 pieces of American historical sheet music made available through digitisation. Includes popular songs, operatic arias, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra. Collection is searchable and browsable by author, subject and title. As well as providing historical sheet music, the collection aims to document social and political attitudes of a bygone era with music of many varieties and sources, and provides numerous exhibitions and commentaries.
Author: Music Division, Library of Congress
Subjects: music collections, music libraries, united states history to 1900
DeweyClass: 780.9034
Resource type: document collection
Music Libraries and Library Associations: Index of music library associations and music libraries arranged alphabetically and by location.
Author: School of Music, Indiana University
Subjects: music libraries
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: index
Music Libraries and Music Archives: An index of links to international music libraries and archives. Includes the American Music Centre, Finnish Institute of Recorded Sound, Italian Music Libraries and Scandinavian music databases.
Author: Sibelius Academy
Subjects: classical music links, music libraries
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: index
National Sound Archive Catalogue: Contains entries for published and unpublished recordings held by the British Library. Material covers various genres including pop, jazz, classical, world music, language, and wildlife sounds. Copies of recordings can be ordered, and, if an audio version is required, a 'listening appointment' can be made.
Author: British Library Board
Subjects: library catalogues in england, music libraries, national libraries
DeweyClass: 026.78
Resource type: opac
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Music Division: Information on the library's music collections, special features, exhibitions and selected Internet resources in music.
Author: New York Public Library
Subjects: music libraries
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: institution
Sacred Music: Listing of sacred music sources.
Author: University of Washington Music Library
Subjects: music education, music libraries
DeweyClass: 781.7
Resource type: index
San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum: Provides access to materials documenting the history of the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area from the Gold Rush to the present. Includes books, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, audio and video tapes, original artwork and artefacts, as well as archives of local dance organisations. The online catalogue is both searchable and browsable, and collections cover dance, music, theatre, opera, musical theatre, and design.
Author: San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum
Subjects: dance, design research, music libraries, opera, theatre studies
DeweyClass: 790
Resource type: museum
UCLA Music Library Home: Gateway to music libraries and their resources, including national collections, individual libraries and related links.
Author: University of California Los Angeles
Subjects: classical music links, music libraries
DeweyClass: 780
Resource type: index