Special Collections

The Olnick Rare Book Room contains over 3,000 volumes exemplifying the history of music, music editing, performing, and printing

Archival material documents the creative activity of composers and performers associated with the University and the city.

This collection includes songs, piano pieces and method books in sheet music format, mostly issued 1800-1950, plus single examples of choral octavo. 

Musical scores for the major ensembles including choral octavos, band and orchestral score & parts and jazz charts.

Digitized collections from the Music Library. Includes digital exhibits and digitized collections from our archives, rare books collection, and Canadian sheet music.