Research Guides: String Resources: Scores

Online Score Resources

In addition to the Music Library's print music holdings, there are other online resources for musical scores that may include works featuring the double bass.

International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
A virtual library created, based on the wiki principle, to gather public domain music scores as well as music scores of contemporary composers who wish to grant free access to their works. IMSLP provides access to a large array of public domain music scores. Over 6,500 composers are represented, and multiple editions, arrangements, and parts are available for some works. For most scores, the publication information is noted; however, some scores do not indicate the publisher and some have been re-set in programs like Finale or Sibelius. For public domain music editions, check here first.
HathiTrust Digital Library
Contains digital versions of works scanned from the libraries of the more than sixty partner institutions. Use the advanced catalog search to limit results by format.
UR Research (University of Rochester - Eastman School of Music - Sibley Music Library)
Includes public domain scores and books, many of which are unique to the Sibley Music Library collection.
Internet Archive
An online digital library that includes materials from libraries around the world. Includes a variety of media, including musical scores – which are best retrieved through keyword searches. Browsing is more difficult, but general subject terms such as "piano music" or "symphony" work best here. There is no score limiter – use "texts" to limit to books and scores.
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Orchestral Studies & Excerpts

In addition to scores of musical works featuring the double bass (found in call number areas outlined within the Overview tab), orchestral studies and excerpts for the double bass are available in the Music Library (in call number area MT 331).

Benfield, Warren, ed. 20th Century Orchestra Studies for Double Bass.
MT 331 .B46

Zimmerman, Fred, ed. Orchestral Excerpts from the Symphonic Repertoire for String Bass.
MT 331 .O64 1964

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. The Complete Double Bass Parts: Nine Symphonies and Leonore No. 3 Overture [by] Beethoven.
MT 331 .B42 1970

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. The Complete Double Bass Parts: Orchestral Works of Brahms.
MT 331 .B82 1971

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. The Complete Double Bass Parts: Selected Works of Joh. Seb. Bach.
MT 331 .B12

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. The Complete Double Bass Parts: Selected Works of Mozart, Haydn and Weber.
MT 331 .C75 1970

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. The Complete Double Bass Parts: Strauss Tone Poems.
MT 331 .S92 S9 1972

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. The Complete Double Bass Parts of Selected Romantic Symphonies.
MT 331 .C74

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. The Complete Double Bass Parts of Selected Symphonies of Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann.
MT 331 .Z72

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. The Complete Double Bass Parts of Thirty-Six Overtures.
MT 331 .C745 1971

Zimmerman, Oscar, ed. Orchestral Studies from Operas and Concert Works for String Bass: Wagner.
MT 331 .W13 1956