FINDING MUSIC IN PRINT
Plenary session, 9/28/2009
SFCM databases:
Go to SFCM Library Databases and Indexes; http://www.sfcm.edu/departments/library/databases.aspx
Oxford Music Online (Includes: New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians)
Use bibliographies and works lists at end of articles about indiv composers.
RILM (Abstracts of Musical Literature)
– info about pieces and composers.
Index to Printed Music (Use IPM for finding individual pieces of
music published in standard scholarly editions.)
For off-campus access to any of the above use:
Login: sanfranmusic
Password: sanfranmusic
Outside resources
Catalogs
SFCM Library Catalog: http://wolfi.sfcm.edu )
FirstSearch (OCLC): www.worldcat.org (or use SFPL version: www.sfpl.org )
European Library
(the European FirstSearch): http://search.theeuropeanlibrary.org
SF Public Library Catalog: www.sfpl.org (also see their “Articles and Databases”)
Public
domain sheet music
American Memory (Library of Congress): http://memory.loc.gov/
Art Song Central
(public domain art song scores) http://artsongcentral.com/
ChoralWiki (Public
Domain Library) http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Duke http://library.duke.edu/music/sheetmusic/collections.html
Gordon J. Callon http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2273/scores.htm
Harvard http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/music/resources/digital.html
IMSLP – Petrucci
Music Library http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Indiana – Variations2
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores
Indiana Resources
page http://library.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/scores.html
Lester Levy: http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/
Sibley https://urresearch.rochester.edu/viewInstitutionalCollection.action?collectionId=63
WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive http://icking-music-archive.org/index.php
MUSIC RENTAL
Boosey &
Hawkes, Inc. www.boosey.com or www.ny.boosey.com Rental agent for Boosey, Ricordi, Durand,
etc.; Twentieth-century music. Retail and rental.
G. Schirmer, Inc.
www.schirmer.com rental agent for Schirmer, Chester/Novello,
AMP, Wilhelm Hansen; member of the Music Sales Group; famous yellow/gold
covers.
European American
Music
Rental agent for Schott,
Universal, Faber, Bärenreiter, etc.
MUSIC RETAIL
Hal Leonard
www.halleonard.com Largest print music publisher and
distributor; all instruments; DVDs; digital downloads; piano method; songbooks.
Sheet Music Plus www.sheetmusicplus.com
Amazon-like inventory and distribution.
Educational to contemporary classical; Over 1000 American and European
publishers
Kalmus www.kalmus.com Source for all titles currently or formerly
published under the Kalmus name; full orchestral and operatic parts catalog;
scores, chamber and solo titles from Kalmus Classic Edition.
Lucks Music
Music for symphonic orchestra, solo & ensemble,
pops, jazz. Research department available for assistance in finding music.
Music-Scores.com
www.music-scores.com Free classical sheet music; book and CD
recommendations;
free music scores and
PERFORMING RIGHTS
ASCAP
(American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) www.ascap.com
collects
performance royalties; active
members are composers, lyricists,
songwriters, and music publishers; music database;
legislative; licensing; insurance; music business;
catalogs; links; created in 1914 to provide the
essential link between the creators of music and
the users of music.
BMI
(Broadcast Music Incorporated) www.bmi.com
collects
license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and
distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed;
writer and publisher member catalogs; licensing.
Copyright Office of
the United States
www.lcWeb.loc.gov/copyright Copyright
information;
copyright law; forms; legislation.
VOICE AND
INSTRUMENT-SPECIFIC
Classical Vocal Repertoire
Flute World
www.fluteworld.com
Flutes; piccolos; sheet music.
Harp.com
http://us.harp.com/
Int’l Clarinet Association www.lib.umd.edu/PAL/SCPA/icarcinfo.html
Free clarinet sheet music downloads.
Jeanné www.jeanne-inc.com/
Music for double reeds.
Robert King Music
Sales
http://www.rkingmusic.com/
Brass music central.
Shar
www.sharmusic.com/
String music, supplies.
The Viola Web Site
www.viola.com
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