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Digital offerings

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Composers (individual)

Bach Archive Leipzig
Research center on the life, work and history of the composer and the widely ramified Bach family of musicians
free access
Bach Digital
Digital library of Johann Sebastian Bach's autographs
free access
Bach Cantatas
Piano reductions of all Bach cantatas - private project
free access
Bach Bibliography
Bibliography on the entire Bach family. Listed are monographs, journal articles, reviews, music prints and electronic publications
free access

Beethoven Haus Bonn - Digital Archive
Music manuscripts, first editions, letters and pictures
free access
Complete edition from 1862 to 1865
Digitized edition
free access
Beethoven Digital - Symphony No. 9, in D minor, op. 125
Digitized edition of the autograph of the 9th symphony
free access

Bizet Catalogue
Online project of Washington University in St. Louis aiming at a comprehensive historical documentation of Bizet's work
free access

Brahms Institute at the University of Music Lübeck
Collection of music manuscripts, letters, photos and other sources on Johannes Brahms and his environment, partly digital
free access
Brahms Complete Edition
Research center of the Johannes Brahms Complete Edition (JBG)
free access

Frescobaldi Thematic Catalogue Online
The thematic online catalog includes all compositions attributed to Girolamo Frescobaldi, early sources, modern editions and facsimile editions, as well as literature on the composer and his works.
free access

Gluck Complete Edition
Gluck's complete works in a historical-critical edition with catalogue raisonné
free access

Graupner Catalogue of Works
Online catalog of works of the composer and harpsichordist Johann Christoph Graupner
free access

Handel Works Edition by Friedrich Chrysander
Digitized edition
free access

1st Liszt Complete Edition
so-called Carl Alexander edition (1907 to 1936), not completed
free access

Felix Mendelssohn Foundation
Website of the Mendelssohn House (today Mendelssohn Museum)
free access
Rietz edition of the works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Online edition of the complete edition of the works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy published between 1874 and 1877
free access

NMA-online
New Mozart Edition
free access
Mozart's own work catalog in facsimile
Digitized copy of the autograph
free access
Bibliotheca Mozartiana digital
Digital copies of the historical documents of the Bibliotheca Mozartiana
free access
Digital Mozart Edition
The DME presents musical works in new digital formats and is dedicated to the edition of letters and documents, as well as the texts of Mozart's vocal works. It also contains information on Mozart's works and their sources, as well as on their transmission and reception.
free access
European Mozart Ways
International network linking cities, regions and institutions in those 10 European countries Mozart visited on his travels. Also includes travel letters in full text in German and English
free access

Carl Nielsen Works Catalogue
Thematic-Bibliographical Works Catalogue
free access

Max Reger Portal
Collection of the Max Reger Institute on the life and work of Max Reger.
free access
Reger-Werkausgabe
Scientific-critical hybrid edition of works and sources.
free access

Arnold Schönberg Center Vienna
Since 1998, the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna has been the central repository of Arnold Schönberg's legacy and a public cultural center.
free access

Schubert autographs
Digitized copies of 500 music autographs, letters and life documents of Franz Schubert
free access
Schubert, Franz - Works
Online edition of the complete works of Franz Schubert published between 1884 and 1897; edited by Johannes Brahms and Joseph Hellmesberger, among others
free access

Schütz-Werke-Verzeichniss
Digital catalog of works based on the Schütz-Werke-Verzeichniss (SWV) published by Werner Bittinger in 1960 on behalf of the Neue Schütz Gesellschaft. Enriched and updated with recent secondary literature on individual works.
free access

Schumann, Robert - Works
Online edition of the complete works of Robert Schumann published between 1879 and 1893; edited by Clara Schumann
free access
Robert Schumann Research Center
Editorship of the New Robert Schumann Complete Edition with information on the status of the edition
free access

Ethel Smyth Letters
Letters of the composer, from her time at the Leipzig Conservatory
free access

Richard Strauss Source Catalogue (RSQV)
Musicological online project which aims at listing all worldwide accessible sources on the work of the composer Richard Strauss according to the latest technical and scientific standards.
free access

K Catalog, Annotated Catalog of Works and Work Editions of Igor Stravinsky till 1971
K Catalog is a catalog of works and work editions of Igor Stravinsky, founded by Helmut Kirchmeyer (Kirchmeyer-Verzeichnis)
free access

Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
Project sponsored by the Academy of Sciences and Literature (Mainz) to present all of Weber's compositions, letters, diaries, and writings in a scholarly-critical complete edition by the 200th anniversary of his death in 2026.
free access

National licenses

The German Research Foundation (DFG) funds the acquisition of national licenses for electronic media. The institutions listed below have concluded license agreements with the providers on behalf of the eligible institutions.