Digital scores
Overview of all the digitalized scores and books of the libary of the Conservatoire of Antwerp.
The library scans precious, unique and fragile works from the collection. Thus, scores and books are kept for eternity. In the meantime, you can consult them online through the library catalog (click on 'elektronisch beschikbaar' (
electronically available)).
Metasites
Sites that link directly to other sites with downloadable scores.
Specific sites
IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
Virtual library with tens of thousands of scores belonging to the public domain.
Münchner DigitalisierungsZentrum
Digitized works by, among others, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, Georg Friedrich Händel.
Music Scores
Downloadable sheet music in .pdf format; part of it is free. The repertoire includes works (original or arrangements) of about 80 well-known composers from Tylman Susato (16th century) to Gustav Holst (early 20th century) and a small amount of unknown contemporary colleagues. Contains sounding examples in .mid format (downloadable for members). The sheet music is arranged by difficulty and also by instrument.
Photogalery of RISM
Manuscripts of composers and copyists from the 17th and 18th centuries, preserved in the British Library.
The Juilliard Manuscript Collection
An online collection of 138 autographed manuscripts, sketches, prints and first editions. Contains a proof of Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Sheet Music Consortium
Unites the digital collections of UC Los Angeles, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins University and Duke University.
Online Musical Scores
You can browse various scores on the web, divided into opera, song, orchestra and choir, chamber music, piano and solo instruments.
The Library of Congress - American Memory Home
List of all digital collections of The Library of Congress. Includes photos, letters, manuscripts and the like of Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein and American music from the nineteenth century.
Acadia Early Music Archives
University of Acadia, Wolfville: Scores (modern) - renaissance - barok
The Danish National Digital Sheet Music Archive
National Library of Denmark, Copenhagen: Scores: manuscripts - editions
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: virtuelle Fachbibliothek
Music and theory from renaissance to romance
Digitale Staatsbibliotheek Berlijn
Scores and theoretical works
Digitale Universiteitsbibliotheek Dresden
About 1500 scores and parts from the early 18th century Dresdener court.
Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
Scores, manuscripts and theoretical works.
By composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig von Beethoven
Johannes Brahms
Serge Prokofiev
Anton Bruckner
By genre
Art Song Central
Free downloadable scores for singers and singers.
Choral Public Domain Library
Website with scores, texts, translations and information about composers.
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads
The Bodleian Library contains over 30,000 ballads. The original printed versions date from the sixteenth to twentieth century.
Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
A portal to worldwide collections of medieval polyphonic manuscripts from 800 to 1550.
English Broadside Ballad Archive
BContains images, a sung version and background essays about each ballad.