Library

Catalogues and Collections

The Royal College of Music Library aims to provide comprehensive and friendly support to study, research and teaching in the college, through its loan, reference and listening services.

The library contains a wealth of material, over 500,000 items in all, ranging from rare, early 16th-century printed music to contemporary manuscripts, from standard orchestral repertoire to band arrangements, from scholarly collected editions to single songs, from early libretti to journals, e-resources and modern textbooks, and from 78rpm records to compact discs and DVDs .

Click on the links below to access our online catalogues:

Catalogue of books, music and journals

Catalogue of CDs and DVDs

Other collections and hand lists