World War I Resources from the International Association of Music Libraries

Seeking Material about the First World War?

 Our professional association has helpfully compiled a list of useful resources about the First World War.  If you're planning a performance on this theme, maybe these might be helpful:-

"World War I began 100 years ago. On the IAML website there is a collection of online resources relating to music and the war, with a focus on resources that have just become available this year:
http://www.iaml.info/en/node/1221

"Do you know of digital collections relating to World War I that you would like to see on this list"  [Please let your music librarian know, and the knowledge can be pooled!]

See the posting on IAML website: http://www.iaml.info/en/node/1221

Do You Know the Score? We do, when it comes to Free Sheetmusic!

Free scores online

• You may already know about the Petrucci Music Library, otherwise known as IMSLP.  Watch out for copyright issues (different countries have different laws) but apart from that, it's a brilliant resource. http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page 
• The Internet Archive is another useful place.  Not very visually attractive, but it's the content that counts.  Very handy for historic material.   https://archive.org/

And now, free to our registered staff and students ...

What we really want our performers to know about, are the new offerings from Alexander Street Press:- 

We subscribe to Alexander Street Press Classical Scores Library Collections 1 and 2.  That means our staff and students can download anything they find there.  There's classical music for everyone, whatever they sing or play.  Do take a look.  (If you're off-campus, you'll need to login.)

• Classical Scores Library Advanced Search (one search searches all)
• Classical Scores Library Homepage
•  Classical Scores Library 2 Homepage

.Last but not least, we also subscribe to LibraryMusicSource.com - not an Alexandra Street Press resource - which you can access on Conservatoire premises. Like the Petrucci Music Library, it's better for older music, but it's still a useful place to look for core repertoire.

We are the Whittaker Library at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - here to help our performing arts community with their information needs!