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<H1>Search Composers, Works, sheet music editions, ...</H1>
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<LI>"When did Obscure-Composer-XXX live?"
<LI>"What did Composer-XXX write for my instrument?"
<LI>"I wish I could play Work-XXX by Composer-YYY. Who edits it, or has edited
it?"
<LI>"In which volume of Miscellaneous-Pieces does Short-Piece-XYZ show up?"
<LI>"Who wrote Work-With-The-Title-XYZ, and what is the
Opus-BWV-K�chel-Deutsch-Kirkpatrick-Hoboken-number, and am I spelling this
title correctly? I am not sure I got this right when they broadcasted it on
Channel-1234 yesterday." </LI></UL>
<P>Such questions are pretty Frequently Asked Questions in the music newsgroups,
and I regularly receive such a question by private e-mail - some people believe
I know everything because I have edited free sheet music to download on the Web
at the
<A href="../../scores/Instr.html#coulon">
Werner Icking Music Archive</A>.
<P>Most often I find the answers to these questions by browsing the collections
of some music libraries with their online public access catalogs (OPAC's). I
find these catalogs more valuable than the Web-search engines for these
purposes. I have compiled a list of such catalogs, to help you answering your
questions.
<H3>WWW access</H3>
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<LI><A href="http://www-sul.stanford.edu/webcat/">
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/webcat/</A>
is my favorite because its "power search" allows you to combine
some composer-title-instrument criteria. Select "Music Library" in the
"Search Limits-library" field. Type "score" in the "everything" field
to exclude sound recordings from the results.
<LI><A
href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library">http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library</A>
<LI><A href="http://www.kbr.be/">http://www.kbr.be/</A>
<LI><A href="http://opaline.bnf.fr/">http://opaline.bnf.fr/</A>
Complete for acquisitions since 1983. The Biblioth�que nationale de
France is gra _ du _ al _ ly computerizing
its older collections.
<LI><A href="http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html">
http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html</A> Most fruitful links are
Library of Congress, and Italian National Library Service
in "Other Catalogs".
<LI><A
href="http://mediatheque.ircam.fr/catalogue/index-e.html">
http://mediatheque.ircam.fr/catalogue/index-e.html</A>
modern repertoire.
<LI><A href="http://www.rism.harvard.edu/rism/DB.html">
http://www.rism.harvard.edu/rism/DB.html</A>
gives access to RISM {autographs}. </LI>
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<H3>TELNET access</H3>(IMO a good Telnet server is better than a bugged Web
server)
<UL>
<LI>
<A href="telnet://library.ox.ac.uk/">telnet://library.ox.ac.uk/</A>
other large collection, but not with a friendly interface (separating
scores from books and recordings is not always possible):
<LI>Smaller collections, but sometimes useful:
<UL>
<LI><A
href="telnet://mirlyn.telnet.lib.umich.edu/">
telnet://mirlyn.telnet.lib.umich.edu/</A>
<LI><A href="telnet://nyplgate.nypl.org/">telnet://nyplgate.nypl.org/</A>
(login as <STRONG>leo</STRONG>)
<LI><A href="telnet://porbase.ibl.pt/">telnet://porbase.ibl.pt/</A>
<LI><A href="telnet://melvyl.ucop.edu/">telnet://melvyl.ucop.edu/</A>
<LI><A
href="telnet://infogate.ucs.indiana.edu/">telnet://infogate.ucs.indiana.edu/</A>
<LI><A
href="telnet://illinet.aiss.uiuc.edu/">telnet://illinet.aiss.uiuc.edu/</A>
<LI><A href="telnet://libris.rice.edu/">telnet://libris.rice.edu/</A>
<LI><A href="telnet://hollis.harvard.edu/">telnet://hollis.harvard.edu/</A>
</LI></UL> </LI></UL>
(I do not wish to write an entire README article
for <STRONG>each</STRONG> server. Please read the HELP facilities available.)
<H3>Web catalogs of sheet music for sale, with a significant choice</H3>(give
hints about availability and prices)
<UL>
<LI><A href="http://www.jwpepper.com/">http://www.jwpepper.com/</A>
<LI><A
href="http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/">http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/</A>
<LI><A
href="http://www.frankmusiccompany.com/">http://www.frankmusiccompany.com/</A>
<LI><A
href="http://www.sheetmusicservice.com/">http://www.sheetmusicservice.com/</A>
<LI><A href="http://www.amazon.com/">http://www.amazon.com/</A>
<LI><A
href="http://www.vandoren.com/sheetmus/FRAMESM.htm">http://www.vandoren.com/sheetmus/FRAMESM.htm</A>
if it requires a clarinet or a sax it's there ! (Some pages in French)
<LI><A href="http://www.bibliofind.com/">http://www.bibliofind.com/</A> (used
sheet music)
<LI><A href="http://www.paris6musique.com/">
http://www.paris6musique.com/</A> (in French).
<LI><A href="http://www.notenbuch.de/">http://www.notenbuch.de/</A> (in German).
<LI><A href="http://www.musik-direkt.com/">http://www.musik-direkt.com/</A>
(click on English if necessary) </LI></UL>
If you are in luck you can even download the piece from the Web, and print
it. See Fred Nachbaur's
excellent guide about <STRONG>free</STRONG> sheet music sites:
<A href="http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/freeshee.htm">
http://www3.telus.net/dogstarmusic/freeshee.htm</A>
<P>I take this opportunity to thank all
these servers for the help they provide. If you know of another useful server
about the same topic, please let me know. I will try it out with my favorite
obscure composers, and if I am impressed by the server's knowledge I will add it
up to my list. Also let me know if either server no longer works. Sometimes
webmasters screw up a <STRONG>good</STRONG> server by trying to make it
"better-than-good".
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3-May-2002, <A
href="mailto:coulon@obs-nice.fr?Subject=musopac">Jean-Pierre Coulon</A>
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