Free Databases (all subjects): Music
A listing of databases free on the web for anyone. All of the databases listed below were selected by CSULB subject librarians. All are accessible free on the web, no CSULB login required.
Music
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African-American Sheet MusicBrown University's collection of music by and relating to African Americans, from the 1820s to the present day, Consists of 1,450 fully cataloged and digitized titles.
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A Seat at the PianoA Seat at the Piano is a database of scores and recordings that promotes and advocates for the inclusion, study, and performance of a more equitably representative body of piano works.
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Bibliography of Sources Related to Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Feminism, and MusicBibliography of "gender equity and feminist scholarship in areas related to music theory."
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Digital Image Archive of Medieval MusicDIAMM is a leading resource for the study of medieval manuscripts, presenting images and metadata for thousands of manuscripts on this website.
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Institute for Composer DiversityThe Institute for Composer Diversity is based in the School of Music at the State University of New York at Fredonia. It is dedicated to the celebration, education, and advocacy of music created by composers from historically excluded groups through database resources and programming analysis.
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LOC Notated Music CollectionsInfluential sheet music from the Library of Congress' digital collections
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Musica Virtual Choral LibraryInternational and multilingual database of more than 135,000 choral music citations. Each citation contains information about composition, arrangement, genre, instrumentation, theme, and more.
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Sheet Music ConsortiumThe Sheet Music Consortium provides tools and services that promote access to and use of online sheet music collections by scholars, students, and the general public.