The Fondren microform collection is housed in two places. Some microforms are kept in the Government Publications Department in the Fondren Library basement, 713-348-5483. A large portion of the microform collection is kept in the off-campus Library Service Center. For information about using these collections, check here. For more information about the music microform collections, contact the music librarian at 713-348-2593. or mdumont@rice.edu.
Where in the world is the autograph manuscript of [insert musical work title here]? Check these resources---
Series 1: Bodleian Library, M2 .B63 Guide
Series 2: St. Michael’s College, Tenbury, M2 .S24 1986 Guide
Series 3: Christ Church, Oxford, M2.3 .E6 O9 1981 Guide
Series 4: British Library, M2 .B75 Guide
Series 5:
Series 6:
Series 7:
Series 8: Gerald Coke Handel Collection M2 .G47 1987 Guide
Series 9: Music collections of chapel and cathedral libraries. Pt. 1: The music collection of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, M2 .C36 1987 Guide
European Music Manuscripts in the British Library: Austrian, French, German, Russian, Spanish, and Other European Music, c. 1640-1820, Primary Source Media. M2 .B75 E95
Italian Music Manuscripts in the British Library, Harvester Press. Guide
Section A: c. 1640-1720, M2 .B75 I8
Section B: c. 1720-1740, M2 .B75 I82
Section C: c. 1740-1770, M2 .B75 I83
Section D: c. 1770-1820, M2 .B75 I84
Autograph Music Manuscripts from the Musikbibliothek der Stadt Leipzig, Adam Matthew Publications; Bach, Haydn, Handel and Mendelssohn, autograph letter of Mendelssohn and Robert and Clara Schumann, M2 .M88 L45 2002. Guide
Musikhandschriften der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussitzer Kulturbesitz, K.G. Saur.
Pt. 1: Bach collection from the Archiv der Sing-Akademie zu
Pt. 2: Telemann collection, M2 .S86 T35 2001
Pt. 3: Beethoven collection, M2 .S86 P7 B4 2002
Die Bach-Sammlung aus dem Archiv der Sing-Akademie zu Berlin [electronic resource] : Depositum Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. K. G. Saur, 8 CD-ROMS M2 .S86 P7 B32 2002 (ask for these at the 1st floor circulation desk); Also on microfiche at the same call number. Print guide in the Brown Fine Arts Reference stacks at ML136 .B4 B32 1997.
ML31 .H623 1991
Musikhandschriften der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, H. Fischer, M2 .A93 1997
Musickdrucke der Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsbug, 1488-1630, H. Fischer, ML138 .A92 S82 2000
Early Music, Adam Matthew, ML136 .P45 E37
Pt. 1 Pembroke Choirbooks and other music manuscripts from
Pt. 2 Music Manuscripts, 1500-1793, from the National Library of
Gilbert and Sullivan, Adam Matthew, ML410 .S95 A3 Guide
Pt. 1 Correspondence, diaries, literary manuscripts, and prompt copies of W.S. Gilbert from the British Library.