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Sheet music and scores

The University Library has an extensive collection of musical scores dating from the 16th century to the present day.

You can search for printed music books in the library catalogue LUBcat.

Search music books in LUBcat

The Catalogue of Swedish printed music in LIBRIS contains all Swedish music since 1986.

Search for printed scores and sheet music in LIBRIS

Sheet music published up to and including 1957 can be searched in Catalogue –1957, under the headings Musik Noter and Musik Andl Noter.

Search in Catalogue –1957 (subject section)

Uncatalogued scores

You can't find individual scores and music sheets in LUBcat. 

Please contact us at info [at] ub [dot] lu [dot] se (info[at]ub[dot]lu[dot]se) for help.

Handwritten scores 

Parts of our handwritten music collections have been digitised and can be found online in ALVIN.

Search music in Alvin

Handwritten sheet music from the 1600s and 1700s is also searchable in the international database RISM (Online Catalogue of Musical Sources). Please note that the database is incomplete.

Search for the library's handwritten sheet music from the 1600s and 1700s in the database RISM