The music collections currently include over 12,000 scores, 10,000 LPs, 4,500 compact discs, 8,000 books on music, 400 music videorecordings, and 80 periodicals.
The score collection includes composers' collected editions, performing and study editions of instrumental solo and chamber works, study editions of orchestral works, and full and piano-vocal scores of vocal music. Among the composers' collected editions, shelved under M3, are the complete works of J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Byrd, Handel, Josquin, Lassus, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Obrecht, Purcell, Schubert, Schumann, and Telemann. The compact-disc collection, though strongly emphasizing traditional Western art music, includes small but growing subcollections of jazz, world music, and musical theater. The videorecording collection includes over 170 operas.
All scores, sound recordings, and videorecordings are located in the Media Center. Books on music are on the third floor except for general music reference works, which are shelved in the reference area on the first floor. Current periodicals are located on floor A between the first and second floors.
All of the music collections are accessible during normal library hours. Please see Guidelines for Using Music Materials. Antoinette Powell is the Music Librarian and oversees the music collections. She is available to answer questions and provide research assistance. She can be reached by email at antoinette.powell@lawrence.edu or by phone 832-6995.