Richardson Library: Choral Music Guide: Scores

Online Music Scores

8notes
Offers free print music for most instruments, including voice, recorder, bass guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and various ensembles.
Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
CPDL began in December of 1998 and has become one the largest free sheet music sites. The archive focuses on choral and vocal music in public domain.
Free-Scores.com
Free sheet music for voice, instruments, and ensembles.
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
IMSLP makes available public domain music scores, in addition to the music scores of all contemporary composers who wish to release them to the public free of charge.
J. S. Bach's Church Cantatas
Vocal scores of all of Bach's church cantatas.
Music Treasures Consortium
The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and print materials, held at the most renowned music archives.
Mutopia Project
Offers sheet music editions of public domain classical music for free download.
NMA Online: Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
The goal of Neue Mozart-Ausgabe online is to make Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's musical compositions widely and conveniently accessible to the public for personal study and for educational and classroom use. The digitized version offers the musical text and the critical commentaries of the entire Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, edited by the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum in cooperation with the cities of Augsburg, Salzburg, and Vienna.
UR Research--at the University of Rochester--Eastman School of Music--Sibley Music Library
UR Research is a digital repository of scores and books in public domain. Many of these are unique to the Sibley Music Library collection. Access is free.
Musica International: The Virtual Choral Library
Contains a virtual library of more than 160,000 pieces of choral music, with comprehensive descriptions and multimedia links, and information on 29,000 composers.

Printed Music Scores

How do I find printed choral music?

If you have a specific piece in mind, you can search by title, author (person/organization/composer), or both in the online catalog. Below are general call number ranges for choral music.

Suggested Call Numbers for Choral Music

Secular Vocal Music
M1530–1546.5	choruses with orchestra or other ensemble
M1547–M1600	choruses, part songs, etc., with accompaniment of keyboard or other solo instrument, or unaccompanied
M1608	choruses, etc., in tonic sol fa notation
M1609	unison choruses
M1610	cantatas, choral symphonies, etc., for unaccompanied chorus (secular and sacred) with or without solo voices
M1627–M1853	folk, national and ethnic music
M1990–M1998	secular vocal music for children
Sacred Vocal Music
M2000–M2007	oratorios
M2010–M2017.6	choral services, etc.
M2010–M2014	masses, requiems
M2018–M2019.5	duets, trios, etc.
M2020–M2036	choruses, cantatas, etc., with orchestra or other ensemble
M2060–M2101.5	choruses, part–songs, etc. with accompaniment of keyboard or other solo instrument, or unaccompanied
M2115--M2146	hymnals; hymn collections
M2147-M2188	liturgy and ritual
M2147-2155.6	Roman Catholic churches
M2156-2160.87	orthodox churches
M2161-2183	protestant churches
M2184	other Christian churches
M2186-2187	jewish
M2188	other non-Christian religions
M2190-M2196	sacred vocal music for children
M2198-M2199	popular religious and devotional music