Loeb Music Library

The scores and libretti in this Virtual Collection include first and early editions and manuscript copies of music from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by J.S. Bach and Bach family members, Mozart, Schubert and other composers, as well as multiple versions of nineteenth century opera scores, seminal works of musical modernism, and music of the Second Viennese School. Many, such as variant editions of nineteenth century operas and related libretti, fall into intellectually related sets that are meant to be seen and used together. As a group, they give scholars a window into the study of historical performance practice that cannot be duplicated using the holdings of any one other library.

本虚拟收藏库中的评分和歌词涵盖了十八世纪及十九世纪初叶巴赫（J.S. Bach）及其家族成员、莫扎特、舒伯特等作曲家的早期版和初版音乐作品，以及十九世纪歌剧乐谱的多版本、音乐现代主义的奠基之作以及第二维也纳乐派的音乐作品。其中许多作品，如十九世纪歌剧及其相关歌词的变体版本，构成了旨在相互关联、共同审视和使用的知识体系。作为一个整体，这些作品为学者们提供了一个独特的视角，以探究历史表演实践的研究，这一视角是任何单一图书馆馆藏都无法复制的。