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Composer resources: catalogues, bibliographies and guides to research
Consulting music at the British Library
Dating and tracing the provenance of music in the British Library
Finding music in the catalogues
Frequently asked questions about the music collections
Guide to music reference books in the Rare Books & Music Reading Room
Indexes to music dissertations available at the British Library
Music collections: books, periodicals and concert programmes
Music collections: development policy
Music collections: music manuscripts and archives
Music collections: printed music
Music websites for classical music researchers
Obtaining copies of items from the music collections
Ordering music materials in advance
Popular music: audio and video collections
Scores of musical adaptations of Tolstoy’s works:
a select list of British Library holdings
