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Music

State Library’s music collection includes scores, songbooks, performance sets, sheet music, and sound recordings.

It caters to music students, professional musicians, groups, and hobbyists. Most items are available for State Library members to borrow.

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Music scores
We collect classical, jazz, pop, rock and folk music, including complete works of important composers.
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Popular songbooks
The collection covers jazz, pop, rock, rap, blues, country, folk, 'golden oldies', Broadway, musicals and more.
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Performance sets
Access large sets with performing parts for full orchestras, concert bands, and multiple copies for choirs.
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Cover of Hits Used by America's Greatest Dancers music score.
Australian sheet music
Contains over 1,500 commemorative items about Australian people and places, war songs, events, and TV themes.
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Sound recordings
All major genres and periods of music are represented, including early music, classical, jazz, blues, rock, popular and world music.
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Hymnology collection
Access hymn books for most Christian denominations, including Australian and foreign languages hymnbooks.
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