Irving S. Gilmore Music Library

The Gilmore Music Library is one of the largest collections of music scores, sound recordings, and music research materials in the United States. Located inside Sterling Memorial Library, we hold a wealth of printed, recorded, online, manuscript, and microform materials for the performance and study of music. These include approximately 120,000 scores and parts; 81,000 books about music; 43,000 LP recordings and compact discs (and 280,000 more in the Historical Sound Recordings); 1,500 DVDs and videotapes; and 425 active subscriptions to music periodicals. Ebooks and online databases of articles (citations and full-text), books, scores, sound recordings (streaming audio), and video recordings (streaming video) allow Yale students and faculty to access materials from anywhere in the world, 24/7.