Finding works by underrepresented composers
- Kassia DatabaseKassia Database was created to display information about art songs written by women. It includes work from the Baroque period through the 21st Century. The works are grouped by level, voice type, language, composer, and composer date.
- Institute for Composer DiversityContains information about works by underrepresented composers. This includes orchestral works, chamber pieces, and art songs.
Print song indexes in the Curtis Library
Index to Poetry in Music by Call Number: ML128.S3 B799 2003ISBN: 0415943027Publication Date: 2003-03-14
Literature for Voice: An index of songs in collections by Call Number: ML128.S3 G64 1984ISBN: 0810817020Publication Date: 1984-04-01Covers through the year 2000.
Online Scores
- Art Song Transpositions This link opens in a new windowA digital sheet music database of thousands of art songs and arias, available for the first time in any key and an on-demand publishing service, delivering new transpositions based upon user requests.
- Babel Scores This link opens in a new window"BabelScores® looks into and selects the works of the most creative, original and innovative composers of the past few decades offering a wide catalogue and setting up a powerful circulation platform addressed to instrumentalists, ensembles, orchestras, composers, musicologists, conservatories, universities and festivals throughout the world."
- Classical Scores Library Volumes III & IV This link opens in a new windowClassical music scores both in-copyright and public domain editions. Volume III features modern editions of works by Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Byrd, Gibbons, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Monteverdi, Mozart, and Purcell, as well as classic works by Elgar, De Falla, Franck, Holst, Joubert, Maxwell-Davies, Musgrave, Saariaho, Sallinen, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, and many more. Volume IV places particular focus on canonical contemporary composers from the 20th and 21st centuries
- Henle Library App This link opens in a new window
The Henle Library app combines G. Henle Publisher’s reliable Urtext and the latest technology – on your tablet computer.
To set up your Henle account, you need to be on campus. Make sure that your device is connected to the campus wifi.
- Step #1:
- Download the Henle app to your tablet or iPad.
- Step #2:
- While on Curtis wifi, click the link above to be taken to the Henle Library webpage. (You might need to sign in to your Curtis Microsoft account first. Use your Curtis email address and password.)
- On the Henle Library App page, scroll down to "Create your account." Use your Curtis email and create a password.
- After clicking send, you should be taken back to the Henle Library page.
- Scroll back to “Create your account” section to confirm that your account has been created. You should receive an email from Henle saying your account has been created.
- Step #3:
- Go back to the app and sign in using your Curtis email and the password you used in step 2.
To revalidate your account, you need to be on Curtis wifi:
- Click the link above and login with your Curtis email and password. (You might need to sign in to your Curtis Microsoft account first. Use your Curtis email address and password.)
- You should be taken to the Henle Library webpage. Scroll down the page until you see “Revalidate Your Account.”
- Enter your full email address and password and click OK.
- You should see a message that your account has been revalidated. You may need to scroll back down the page to see this.
- If you have forgotten your password, go back to the app and click on “Forgot password.”
- Close the app, reopen it, and sign in again.
- IMSLP (free public domain music) This link opens in a new window
The International Music Score Library Project contains free public domain music including full scores and parts and recordings. - Nkoda This link opens in a new windowNkoda, the digital sheet music library, provides access to a wide range of copyrighted online scores from publishers including Bärenreiter, Boosey & Hawkes, and Ricordi. You can mark up your music, save it for offline access, and share your markings with your colleagues.
