LibGuides: Music: Scores &amp; Sheet Music

In the Library

To find music scores in the Library OneSearch, search for a musician or genre and the word "scores." Use the Refine my Results filters on the left-hand side under Resource Type and check Scores.

Check the box for Available in the Library under Available at Cal State LA for print scores.

Public Domain Scores

International Music Score Library (IMSLP)
Virtual library of public domain music scores
Mutopia Project
Free sheet music for everyone
Sheet Music Consortium
Digitized sheet music holdings of 20+ educational institutions (mostly universities)
UCLA Contemporary Music Score Collection
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.

Sheet Music

8notes.com
Free sheet music & lessons
freesheetmusic.net
Includes classical and folk music
J.W. Pepper Sheet Music Co.
Purchase print or digital scores
Music Notes
Purchase & Download sheet music
Sheet Music Plus
Purchase & Download sheet music

Clasical & Historic Sheet Music

Library of Congress - Notated Music Collections
Library of Congress - Music Treasures Collection
University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library Collections
Beethoven-Haus Digital Archives
High-quality colour scan facsimiles of music manuscripts, written documents, music prints, pictures and objects
Choral Music Public Domain Library
Choral/vocal scores, texts, and translations in the public domain
Chopin Early Editions
The Chopin collection at the University of Chicago Library includes over 400 first and early printed editions of musical compositions by Frédéric Chopin, maintained in the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center.
The Josquin Research Project (JRP)
Fully searchable open-access Rennaisance music collection.
Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (DIAMM)
Digitized medieval music manuscripts.
Digital Mozart Edition
Digital editions of Mozart's works.
Schubert Online
More than 500 music manuscripts and more than 600 first and early editions of works by Franz Schubert. In addition, the digital collection includes a selection of autograph letters and biographical documents.