In addition to the 6,000+ scores to be found on the 2d floor of the Library, access to various online scores can be found below:
American Choral Music (Performing Arts Encyclopedia, The Library of Congress)Choral music in the public domain & available for users to download. The collection is the result of a collaborative effort between the Library of Congress and the Choral Directors Association (ACDA) since 2007 to advance and promote the performance of choral music.
Digitized items from the Howard W. & Nancy A. Wildin Music Collection of original popular sheet music.Items date back to the mid-19th century, and there are complete song folios, along with materials created for specific theater and dance productions.
Free Sheet Music for Everyone – free to download, modify, print, copy, distribute, perform, and record – all in the Public Domain or under Creative Commons licenses, in PDF, MIDI, and editable LilyPond file formats.
The digitized version offers the musical text and the critical commentaries of the entire Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, edited by the Internationale Stiftung Mozart in cooperation with the Mozart cities of Augsburg, Salzburg, and Vienna. The printed edition has been published by Bärenreiter-Verlag (www.mozart-portal.de and www.baerenreiter.com). Some restrictions apply to the reproduction of images of source materials, particularly in the supplement to the edition. For personal study and for educational and classroom use.
Primarily digitized materials held in the Edna Mae Sandborn Music Rare Book Room. Particularly strong in 18th century French opera. Includes printed books & manuscripts.