Research Guides: Music Education: Scores

Finding Scores

There are many scores in Douglass Library that may be useful in preparing music plans. However, they can be hard to search for in the collection. Some call number ranges that may be useful include:

M1375-1420---Instrumental music for children

M1495---Collections of vocal music

M1627-1853---Folk, national and ethnic music

M1900-1985----Songs of specific groups or on specific topics

M1990-1998---Secular vocal music for children

M2190-2196---Sacred vocal music for children

MT170-810---Instrumental techniques

MT820-915---Singing and vocal technique

MT918-948---School music

MT950---Music to accompany instruction in ballet, folk dancing, gymnastics, etc.

Online Scores

Classical Scores Library
Rutgers-affiliated users only. Classical Scores Library contains thousands of scores of both public domain and in-copyright works.
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Free to any user. The IMSLP Petrucci Music Library contains scores from thousands of composers. These are user-submitted scans of works in the public domain, meaning that they can be scanned and disseminated, legally, for anyone to download and print.
Choral Public Domain Library
CPDL currently hosts free scores of at least 35600 choral and vocal works by at least 3549 composers. Many of these scores are editions created by volunteer editors.