Research Guides: Music Subject Guide: Useful Internet Resources

Free music scores

Many good sources of music scores are availabe online if you know where to find them. Don't just go with the cheap ones, but the more reliable and authoritative ones.

IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
Loads of music scores for free download
New York Philharmonic Leon Levy Digital Archives
Digitized music of orchestral scores and parts used and archived by the NY Philharmonic; Will see bowings and markings from legendary conductors such as Leonard Bernstein and Bruno Walter.
Neue Mozart-Ausgabe: Digitized Version
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Free digital version of the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, complete works of Mozart!
Munich Digitization Center
Digitization project of the Bavarian State Library and others in Germany. Provides free access to manuscripts of important composers such as Handel, Beethoven, etc.