The Chatfield Music Lending Library is the only one of its kind in the world today. Dedicated to the preservation of our musical heritage, the library has collected and cataloged more than 5,000 pieces, many of which are no longer in print.
Over 22,000 pieces of sheet music (songs and instrumental works), contributed primarily by the Bagaduce Music Lending Library and the Bangor Public Library, and dating from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, have been scanned as se
American Civil War Music and Resources: Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has created this delightful site that brings together hundreds of items that tell of the musical culture of the American Civil War. First-time visitors will want to start by perusing the Civil War Sheet Music section. Here they will find 2,500 pieces culled from the Library's collection, including songs about various generals, battles, and a longing for the tranquility of home life. Further along, the site also includes the Civil War Era Band Music section. This area features over 700 musical compositions, along with over a dozen audio files of these fine ditties...
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web...
The Open Music Library is a new initiative from Alexander Street to build the world’smost comprehensive open network of digital resources for the study of music.Curated by a community of music scholars, students, teachers and librarians, the Open Music Librarybrings together peer-reviewed journal articles, books and music scores from the world’s digital collections.
