Music Scores & Sheet Music: Websites

Use the internet wisely. The quality and trustworthiness of information available on the web varies greatly. Guidelines are available to help you evaluate Web-based sources when you are unsure of their credibility.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, International Music Score Library Project

Beethoven, Ludwig van, International Music Score Library Project

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg and The Packard Humanities Institute

Schubert, Franz, International Music Score Library Project

Schumann, Robert, Munchener DigitalisierungZentrum

International Music Score Library Project - includes hundreds of thousands of public domain scores, including those of a variety of classical composers

MusOpen - a non-profit organization providing access to public domain scores, including those of a variety of classical composers

Sheet Music from Canada's Past - from Library and Archives Canada and including over 20,000 pieces of music published in Canada from the 1900s to 1920

Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1920 - from Duke University Libraries and including over 3,000 pieces of music published in the United States between 1850 and 1920

Music for the Nation:  American Sheet Music 1820-1885 – from the United States Library of Congress and including over 47,000 music pieces published in the United States from 1870 to 1885

The University of Washington Libraries - Musical Scores – including music pieces from the 1600s to the 1800s