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Free Music scores

Many good sources of music scores are available 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
The New York Philharmonic Archives, the oldest and most comprehensive collection of any symphony orchestra, contains approximately six million pages that date back to its founding in 1842, with holdings that include correspondence, business records, orchestral scores and parts, photographs, concert programs, and newspaper clippings, as well as concert and broadcast recordings dating from the 1920s.
Neue Mozart-Ausgabe: Digitized Version
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.