The Index to Printed Music (IPM) is an invaluable resource for music researchers and students. Included is music from ancient Greek times to the present. IPM is the only online resource for finding individual pieces of music printed in standard scholarly editions, with over 425,000 index records of individual music works. The database has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

IPM records with detailed indexing include, but are not limited to:

• Composers
• Formats
• Genres
• Librettists and Poets
• Performing Forces (medium)
• Poets

A separate collection authority link makes it possible to search for titles of music collections, as well as individual compositions.

The following may also be of interest:

Other related services include:

• eBooks
• EBSCO Discovery Service

• Specialized Search Limiters
• Genre (e.g., anthem, aria, ballad, chant)
• Language of text
• Year Published from
• Index Browse Categories
• All Names ID (a unique alpha numeric code that identifies editors, librettists, composers)
• Collection
• Composer
• Composer ID
• Editor
• Format (including full score, miniature score, parts, keyboard reduction, piano-vocal, etc.)
• Genre
• Language (language of a text)
• Librettist (the writer of text used in an opera, operetta, and other musical works)
• Publication Year
• Publisher
• Series

Additional Materials:

• Music Database Flyer [PDF]