The Section of Musicology has its own library, which is equipped with important reference works, monographs, collected journals and periodicals. It is also stocked with sheet music as well as various sound carriers (LP, MC, CD). In addition, there is an extensive stock of microfilms, VHS and DVDs on music-related topics. The holdings are constantly being supplemented.
The library and office of the Section of Musicology will be closed from Dec 20, 2024 to Jan 06, 2025.
Borrowing from the library over the vacations:
Start: Wed, Dec 12 2024 to Thu, Dec 13, 2024 from 9am-12pm and 1pm-3pm
Return: Wed, Jan 08, 2025 to Thu, Jan 09, 2025 from 9am-12pm and 1pm-3pm
Use and borrowing
Borrowing books and sheet music is generally not possible, as we are a presence library. During the academic year, borrowing is only possible in exceptional cases from Friday to Monday with the permission of the course director. Longer borrowing periods are possible during vacations - the vacation borrowing periods are announced on the homepage.
Stock
The library is available to students, researchers, teachers and interested users:
- musicological literature (books, journals), available via the online catalog of the Graz University Library (Uni=kat)
- sheet music (single editions, complete editions), available via Uni=kat
- CDs, LPs, MCs, videos and DVDs, only CDs retrievable via Uni=kat
- Microfilms, a directory of this stock is currently only available in the library
The digitalization of the indexes of the respective media is currently being worked on.
Search options
In addition to the Uni=kat of the University Library, three different card catalogs are available for finding titles:
- Musica theoretica (scientific books and journals: Alphabetical order by author or title)
- Keyword (scientific books: alphabetical order of key terms)
- Musica practica (sheet music: alphabetical order by composer)
For further literature searches (in case the book or sheet music you are looking for was not found at our institute library) please contact the University Library of the University of Graz or the University Library of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz.