MUSIC RESOURCES FOR CHORAL & ORGAN

Lending Libraries

• Bagaduce Choral Lending Library
• (CHORAL) Worcester Music Project (WPI)   choral library holdings (for possibility of borrowing from WPI)
• WorcAGO Organ Library at Holy Cross library.holycross.edu (AGO accessions are prefixed with “AGO-” )
• WorldCat Inter-Library-Loan Network – has books and scores (it can take several variations of keywords to find what you’re looking for, but worth it!)

Free Internet PDF Organ Scores (no warranty for quality, etc. – these are links to explore)
With tons of gratitude to Richard Konzen – see his full PDF report

Of course, a google search can yield hidden gems of varying/unpredictable quality.

• Free Organ Score List from IMSLP
• IMSLP – Petrucci Music Library (See interesting NYT article 2/22/2011 and CBC News 4/25/2011)
• Sibley Library
• Sheet Music Fox
• Mutopia
• Bach Transcriptions (hosted by the Icking site)
• Orgaos de Portugal
• Jacques Duphly
• WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive
• JS BACH  Thematic Catalog (find out what the name of a particular fugue theme is! )  Scroll down (within that linked page) to select particular category/group of works
• Bach Organ works – (IMSLP) specific quick  links:  Part I BWV 525-595Part II BWV 690-676
• Bach Instrumental Thematic Catalogue (IMSLP) (PDF)

• (free PDF) THE ART OF TRANSCRIBING FOR THE ORGAN, by Herbert Ellingford (1876-1966) This venerable book is subtitled “A complete Textbook for the Organist in Arranging Choral and Instrumental Music,” and it really delivers on this. My restoration is of the original publication, complete with every musical example cleaned and restored for viewing on portable reading devices.

Organ Repertoire Lists

• ORGAN PLUS: A Catalouge of Ensemble Music for Organ with other Instruments – Spelman 1975   PDF

Choral

• NPM Choral Anthem Listings

• (CHORAL) Choral Public Domain Library – extensive free choral music

Hymn

• (HYMN) Hymnary – Hymn text and tune resources (including purchase of “flex” scores (transposable, lead sheets, etc.) (program notes, bios, etc.)

Staff Paper

• All formats of music staff paper (organ, piano, voice, instrumental) – blank

Program Notes

• Free alphabetized listing from Michael’s Music

References for Score Libraries

• Boston AGO Organ Library at BU
• Harvard University – Loeb Music Library
• Digital Bach
• Library of Congress Music Collection

Music Score Vendors with discounts or yearly sales

• Cliff Hill Music (20% off most titles- choral, organ; individualized customer service/recommendations, very knowledgeable) (a WorcAGO Sponsor!) 800-819-8772

Composer Sites Offering Free Scores

Used Score Vendors (Second-hand & estate links)

Out of Print Scores (The Sheet Music Warehouse):   Piano Solo,   Piano Duet,   Advanced Search

Unusual Score Resources

Misc Free Resources

The Classical Music Directory

Musical Databases List/Directory (unusual collections of information/resources)

Music Workshops

International Directory of Music Workshops, Conferences, & Festivals