Free Sheet Music

I have found a few sources of free sheet music on the Internet. Most of it is public domain, which means that the copyright has expired. These sites are under constant pressure from music publishers, they have tried different tactics to shut these sites down. A few times they have been successful: for example, earlier this year the International Music Score Library Project was temporarily off line after running into legal troubles. Fortunately a few folks stepped up to the challenge and did what it took to get them back online. If you have some cash to spare, be sure to donate to these guys to help them stay in business.

Here is my list of free sheet music resources that I have found on the web:

• International Music Score Library Project
• Kreusch Sheet Music
• Free Scores
  
• Choral Public Domain Library
• The Mutopia Project
  
• Project Gutenberg
• Musopen

Send me a message if any of these sites move or are unreachable–the nature of what they do makes them constant targets for corporations that think their business models are threatened by these web sites (they aren’t.)

Updated September 5th, 2008: Added Musopen Project link.