Research Guides: Music: Scores, Recordings, & Research: Scores

Find Scores in Sterne Library

Search the UAB Libraries Catalog (OneSearch) to find scores by Title, Author (composer), Keyword, or Subject. Most scores that you can check out are shelved on the third floor of Sterne Library, but note the location for specific scores you find in OneSearch.

To search OneSearch for scores:

Select Advanced Search.
Select Scores from the Material Type drop-down box.
Type relevant terms in the Search boxes.
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Score Collections on the Open Web

Choral Wiki (Choral Public Domain Library)
Public domain choral and vocal scores, texts and translations, and composer biographies.
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Public domain choral and vocal scores, texts and translations, and composer biographies.
HathiTrust Digital Library
"Collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world" (from the site). Full text available for scores in public domain. Includes options to Refine/Limit search results to Music or Musical Score under Original Format.
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"Collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world." (from the site). Full text available for scores in public domain. Includes options to Refine/Limit search results to Music or Musical Score under Original Format.
International Music Score Library Project
Wiki collection of over 200,000 public domain scores. Copyright status varies by country, but fair use guidelines (including educational use) apply.
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Wiki collection of over 200,000 public domain scores. Copyright status varies by country, but fair use guidelines (including educational use) apply.
Notated Music - Library of Congress
Searchable listing of the scores and sheet music available across collections at the Library of Congress. Includes over 90,000 images of music in the LOC collections.
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Searchable listing of the scores and sheet music available across collections at the Library of Congress. Includes over 90,000 images of music in the LOC collections.
Online Resources for Music Scholars - Digital Scores (Harvard College Library)
Searchable list of score collections linked this guide to "beginning electronic research on a wide variety of topics in music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, composition, and performance practice" (from the site). Resources available to Harvard affiliates only are marked.
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Searchable list of score collections linked this guide to "beginning electronic research on a wide variety of topics in music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, composition, and performance practice" (from the site). Resources available to Harvard affiliates only are marked.
VARIATIONS Prototype: Online Musical Scores
Selected scores in the public domain including opera literature, song literature, orchestral and choral literature, chamber music literature, piano literature, and solo instrumental literature.
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Selected scores in the public domain including opera literature, song literature, orchestral and choral literature, chamber music literature, piano literature, and solo instrumental literature.