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There are lots of articles that explain downloading free sheet music. Even more discuss public domain. This article has the websites I use to find free public domain sheet music! Yup! No membership required! The Library of Congress: Music, Theatre and Dance http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/ihas-browse.html The Library of Congress has over 10,400 pieces of sheet music - all Free! This is a huge collection! Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/ It contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960. An image of the cover and each page of music will also be retrieved if the music was published before 1923 and is in the public domain. UCLA Music Library http://digital.library.ucla.edu/apam/ Indiana University Sheet Music http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/s/sheetmusic/ Sheet music is held in several repositories at Indiana University. This web site allows you to search some of the holdings from the Lilly Library's approximately 150,000 pieces of sheet music, including those for which there are digitized images available. Historic American Sheet Music - Duke University http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/ The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University holds a significant collection of 19th and early 20th century American sheet music. The Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of 3042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920. Mutopia http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ Welcome to the Mutopia Project ... a place where music is free for everyone! Download it, print it out, and share it. Mutopia is similar in spirit to Project Gutenberg, but consists of free sheet music. Project Gutenberg - Music http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/4 An excellent site for public domain sheet music. The sheet music is scribed by thousand of volunteers! Have fun! About the Author Kathryn Schulte is a collector of antique sheet music. She has a collection with over 500 peices of music. Free affiliate programs can be found at Easy Affiliates. Products for a new online business entrepreneur can be found at Prairie Farm Press. |
