Birmingham Libraries, Music Library
Chamberlain Square,Birmingham Central Library
Birmingham
B3 3HQ
Birmingham
B3 3HQ
Contact
Telephone: 0121 303 2482
Fax: 0121 464 1177
Email: music.library@birmingham.gov.uk
Telephone: 0121 303 2482
Fax: 0121 464 1177
Email: music.library@birmingham.gov.uk
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| Bantock (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Collection relating to the life and work of Granville Bantock comprising printed music, performance sets, mss, and so... |
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| Birmingham Triennial Musical Festivals (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Vocal scores and some full scores for Festival commissions and other works associated with the Festivals, mostly for ... |
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| Books (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) The music library stocks books both for loan and for reference use on all aspects of music. While the usual buying po... |
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| British light music (unsorted) (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Extensive collections of sets of parts for dance band and salon orchestra. Sets of parts of British light music by Co... |
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| Collected editions (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Collected editions of composers, historical periods, and countries published from the late C19 onwards; these may be ... |
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| Contemporary & avant-garde (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Collection of scores, recordings (including lps), and books about 20th century and 21st century contemporary and avan... |
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| DVDs (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Music-related dvds including musicals, opera, concerts, ballet & contemporary dance, documentaries, musical film, and... |
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| Early music (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Printed music, books, and recordings (including lps) relating to music composed before 1650. Although some printed mu... |
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| Handelian & 18th century opera libretti (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) The collection is in two sections: first, a collection of 61 opera libretti from the period 1720-1746 by Handel, Bono... |
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| Performance sets: Orchestral sets (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Sets of parts for use by orchestras including works for orchestra or string orchestra with or without soloist(s), and... |
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| Performance sets: other performance sets (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Sets of parts for concert band, big band, dance band, school and youth orchestra comprising both original works and a... |
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| Performance sets: Vocal sets (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Sets of vocal scores for chamber choirs. school choirs, choral societies, and amateur operatic societies with reperto... |
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| Periodicals (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) The music library has approximately 500 current and non-current titles. It includes a wide range of titles covering p... |
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| Pre 1850 editions (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) A collection of books and scores published c.1700 - 1850 which includes a number of bound volumes of single sheet son... |
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| Printed music (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Music for individuals and groups in all the western genres of classical and popular music. The collection spans music... |
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| Recordings (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) There is an extensive collection of CDs representing virtually all types of music. Categories include rock & pop (inc... |
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| Reference opera libretti (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) Reference copies of libretti for stage works from c.1730 to the present day. These copies are scattered throughout th... |
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| Song sheets (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) The collection is in two sections: the lending collection of 2000 single sheets and 200 albums contains popular and m... |
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| Women's collection (Birmingham Libraries, Music Library) The basis of the collection is the archive and stock of a business called Womens Revolutions per Minute started c.197... |