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Music Resources
VRG Library
We have an extensive library of sheet
music.
Items
in the library range from music for soloists to large groups, some being for recorders in combination with other instruments. Much of the music is available in multiple copies.
The VRG library is now open for visits, by appointment only, in its new home at the Victorian Music Library in Elsternwick. The best times for appointments are 10 - 1 or 3 - 4 on Tuesday and 10 - 1 on Thursday, but other times can be arranged if need be. A form to request music and/or make an appointment for a library visit is available here. The library team is still looking for help with loans and computer entry. If you would be available from time to time to attend the VML on a Tuesday or Thursday, by appointment, could you please contact us at VRGlibrary@gmail.com.
We plan to develop an online interface to the library catalogue as part of this site - in the meantime
anyone interested is welcome to download our catalogue as an excel file (1.4 mb)
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Borrowing from the library is free to members (only available to members resident in Victoria, Australia). Members are welcome to post or email a request form asking for a specific item from the catalogue or for an appointment to visit and look through the library at our new venue. The address is
VRG Library @ VML Victorian Music Library Uniting Church Archives 64-66 Orrong Road Elsternwick Please make an appointment - do not just turn up at the library! The attached file gives details.
Sheet Music online
Frances Wheeler has kindly agreed to allow her composition 'Holiday Time' to be available for free download for a month. It is a 4 part composition (SATB) that can also be played as a duet using the Soprano and Alto Parts.
Please contact us to let us know if you download this music, as we want to keep track of how many people make use of this facility.
Click on the following links to download the music for 'Holiday Time' as a PDF file:
full score, soprano, alto, tenor, bass
Sheet Music Sites
'Choral Public Domain Library' (CPDL) specialises in choral music. This site also has links to information about composers.
'Werner Icking Music Archive' (WIMA) specialises in instrumental music - with quite a lot of it for recorders. This site also lists similar or related websites.
See our Links page for further links to websites that offer free downloadable sheet music.
Fonts
Three new and freely available fonts made by Doug Truter may be of interest to you. One font can make fingering diagrams in a vertical pattern while another can make them horizontally. The third font contains drawings mainly of recorders and crumhorns, similar to a Wingdings font but with different images. Click here to find out more about these fonts and how to download them. Updated KP 19 August 2010 |
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