Good News for Percussionists

Something to bang the drum about!  We subscribe to the Percussion Orchestrations database, and recently got word of a new improvement ...

Percussion Orchestrations

"Percussion Orchestrations is excited to announce the launch of a brand new feature - downloadable PDFs of Timpani and Percussion parts and Full Scores for works in the public domain. We now have PDF parts and scores for over 2000 works, totalling over 25 GB of files, and will be continuing to add more over the coming months. Go to Database Navigation > PDF Parts to arrive at our main PDF parts index page, or view PDFs from the bottom of the page for the work to which they relate."

 

RCS readers, please note that you can only access this database on site at the Conservatoire; we regret that it isn't accessible off-site.

When it's core repertoire, but we've lent all our hard copies ...

... Take a look at our digital music collections.  Staff and students of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland can download sheet music from Alexander Street Press, or from LibrarySource.com.  They're listed on the Whittaker Library electronic resources page, and very usefully augment the popular free resources that anyone can access. 

Partifi.org
Catherine also found an intriguing website called Partifi, the other day.  It can create parts from an IMSLP (Petrucci Music Library) full score.  It's fair to say that it's a bit fiddly to use, but if you're desperate to create parts for a piece of music, and they're not already online, then you might find it handy.

It's listed on our electronic resources page, to help you find it when you need it.

Repertoire for String Quartet? For 2 Oboes and Bassoon?

Parts for your Ensemble

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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Did you know you can search the Whittaker Library catalogue for a particular chamber music combination?  So if you want repertoire for your quartet, wind trio, or any other combination, just learn how to enter the ensemble code.

Like this:- 

• Score order, top to bottom
• Instrument immediately followed by number (eg Violin2, Viola1, Violoncello1)
• Cello is entered as Violoncello1
• Cor Anglais is CorAnglais1
• There are more tips via the catalogue homepage.  (Click on More Search Tips)

String quartet music, anyone?  We have heaps of it!  Look HERE.