Other websites that facilitate music groups lending sheet music to each other
Musica International
Musica International is an international project to create the world’s largest database of choral music. Making Music members have free access to the Musica International catalogue.
Making Music Corporate members
Several publishers are Corporate members of Making Music and offer discounts to our member groups. You can find out more information in the resource section of our site.
Downloading from the internet
For music that is out of copyright, it might be possible to download a free copy from the internet and reproduce this freely. The two main sites that offer this service are:
- Petrucci Music Library or IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project) for instrumental music;
- Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) for vocal scores.
Hiring from a music library
The libraries listed below all hire directly to music groups in the UK.
- Community and Youth Music Library
- Encore Music Services (Kingston upon Hull) (not related to the Encore 21 database!)
- Essex County Council Libraries Performing Arts Service (non-Essex groups: collect from and return to Essex library)
- Gloucestershire Music Library
- Henry Watson Library, Manchester (lend outside Manchester but pick up from the library)
- Kent Music and Drama Library
- Leeds Music Library (orchestral only)
- Liverpool Music Library (contact richard.horrocks@liverpool.gov.uk)
- Oxford Music Library (lend outside Oxfordshire but pick up and drop off to an Oxfordshire library)
- New Surrey Performing Arts Library
- Plymouth Library
- The Light Music Society
- Westminster Music Library
- If you know of any other music libraries not on this list, please contact us so that we can add them.
Other sources of music
