Trexler Library has thousands of musical scores for students and faculty who need them for research as well as for performance -- for school or pleasure!
Searching for and locating scores can be tricky. This guide should help you in locating the musical resources you need.
TIP: It is usually best to combine the composer's name AND the title of the work as an initial search.
Join these two pieces of information with AND (in capital letters)
Example: Beethoven AND symphony no. 9
Then use the filters on the left side of the browser to select the format "Musical Score".
You can use TRUNCATION and WILDCARDS to search for:
enter symphon* to find symphon+y or symphon+ies
especially true for Russian composers' names like Stravinsky or Stravinski; (Stravinsk* will get both!)
See the LibGuide on Truncation for more information.
See the "Musical search terms" tab in this guide for more information and strategies on search terminology.
Don't forget --
Encompass Search uses KEYWORD searching, so your search will locate records with all of your search terms anywhere in the record, and not necessarily in the order you want.
For more information on Truncation or other Advanced Searching Techniques in Encompass Search see our "Guide to Encompass Search"