Online Resources For Music Study

Facsimiles on the Worldwide Web

British Library

• Music Manuscripts at the British Library include medieval to modern music.  Selected examples have been scanned and put online.

DIAMM

• Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music.  Over 50,000 images from medieval and early renaissance music manuscripts.

IMSLP.org

• Over 15,000 scans of manuscripts from libraries.  Manuscripts are listed alphabetically, but you can use the "Category Walker" to narrow down the results.

Library of Congress

• Several of the digital collections of the United States Library of Congress Music Division include music manuscripts.

Loeb Music Library

• Harvard University's Loeb Music Library has digitized some of its many music scores and libretti, viewable online or downloadable as .pdfs.

The Morgan Library & Museum

• Many of the precious manuscripts held by this New York City landmark have been digitized and made available online.

National Library of Austria

• The Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek's digital collection of manuscripts is extensive.  The website has a mirror version in English.

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Yale University's Oral History of American Music is available via an Aviary Platform.  A separate log on is required for each interview, but access is free and granted automatically:

• Oral History of American Music (in NewMusicBox)
• Instructions for Access