Searching the catalogue
Here are some basic tips for searching music scores in the catalogue.
For more detailed help, go to the Finding Music Scores guide.
A keyword search is the best approach for finding music scores with their variant titles, languages and spelling.
Search using any distinctive words that describe the work you seek.
- use the plural of the musical GENRE, eg sonatas, suites, concertos
- include the name of the INSTRUMENT
- include the composer's SURNAME to help focus your results
- limit your search results to "PRINTED MUSIC"
- include a distinctive word, eg title word, opus number or thematic catalogue number. Consult the composer works' list in the Grove Music Online or The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians / 2nd. ed.
For example:
Uniform Titles
If a score is found and you wish to locate other editions of the same work, click on the hyperlinked "uniform title" listed in the catalogue record. This will redirect you to other works using the same title.
Catalogue Search
Use the library catalogue to search for relevant books, printed versions of journals and newspapers etc.
Australian Scores Online
- Trove Music, Audio and Video searchExplore oral history, folklore and interview recordings, sheet music, and information on other audio and video media collections, in physical and digital form.
- BabelScoresBabelScores is an online library of contemporary music, including well-known composers as well as emergent young talents from all over the world. It offers a large growing collection of streaming audio alongside the scores which are available in a virtual booklet format. 3 concurrent users.
- Australian Music CentreThe national service organisation dedicated to the promotion and support of both the artform of music and the creators and performers of contemporary classical, improvised jazz, experimental music and sound art in Australia