Resources By Department: Music: Sheet Music

Sheet Music

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SCORE LIBRARY PROJECT Access to music scores free of charge.
SHEET MUSIC AND SONG SHEETS ON THE WEB Links to collections of sheet music available on the Web. Identified, described and organized by the New York Public Library for Performing Arts.

WORLDCAT Use WorldCat to find sheet music that is not owned by Renfro Library and not freely available through IMSLP. Most titles in WorldCat can be obtained at no cost via InterLibrary Loan (ILL).

HISTORIC AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC, 1850 - 1920 A collection of 3,042 scanned items with extensive indexing. Available as part of the American Memory project at the Library of Congress.
LESTER S. LEVY SHEET MUSIC COLLECTION Collection of sheet music made available by Johns Hopkins University.
TEMPLETON SHEET MUSIC COLLECTION Digital collection of ragtime, blues, show-tune, and war-song folios from the 1890s to the Great Depression. The library's collection consists of about 22,000 pieces, and plans to digitize the entire collection. (Mississippi State University Libraries)

PD INFO (PUBLIC DOMAIN INFORMATION PROJECT) PD Info is a website that provides links to public domain music, as well as information about "fair use" of copyrighted music. The "FAQ" and "Copyright Law" sections are especially helpful in determining what constitutes academic fair use.