Musicology collection
The Musicology collection covers the history of western music from antiquity to the present. Also literature in the field of non-western music, in so far as it is relevant to western music. The collection contains printed books and journals, audiovisual materials, photographs, musical instruments partly on open shelves, partly housed in the depositories. In addition the collection contains digital materials.
Information specialist
Dr. Anthony Bruder Art History
Media and Culture
Musicology
How to search the collection?
Books, journal articles and search engines
- Books about the same subject are placed together, see for an overview the classification scheme.
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- For tips, theory and training regarding searching and using scholarly information, please check our , for instance the .
DVDs
To support the study of musicology, the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library has a collection of audio-visual, with DVDs (feature films, documentaries, television). The collection can be searched through .
Sheet music
The sheet music collection includes all areas of western music history. Most scholarly editions of the complete works of composers are present, along with many other editions of a scholarly nature (for example series on certain types of sources, musical genres, or national or regional music traditions). The important repertoire from ca 1700 to the present is usually also available in the form of single editions, which can be borrowed.
Photographs – Josquin Archive
Photographic material located within the Josquin Archive and of historical value will be (website in Dutch) in The Hague. It will eventually be made available there to specialists. The map material will be disposed of. The information collected in the map system is mostly available and accessible online.
Photograps – Fotogram Archief
The Fotogram Archief contains photographs of manuscripts and early prints from the era of the ‘Viennese Classics’ (Hoboken collection) and in the field of the Italian opera up to ca 1800; the Leyden and Den Bosch choir books; autographs and early copies of the work of Alphons Diepenbrock. You may consult the Fotogram Archief through the Special Collections reading room in the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library Utrecht Science Park.
Utrecht Organ Archive
Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library holds a number of important archives of Dutch organ builders and organ experts. You may consult these in the reading room in the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library Utrecht Science Park. Information about this archive and descriptions of a number of archive inventories can be found in the
Musical instruments
The musical instruments owned by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ are described in the (in Dutch). There you will find pictures and descriptions as well as information about the provenance of the instruments.
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