Collections

The library's collections include:

Sheet music

The Library's scores contain works from the studio repertoire, department-assigned methods, and scores for jazz ensembles, chamber music, band, orchestra, and choir. The works contained in this collection represent a variety of styles and genres ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century.

Reference

The reference collection includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, directories and other reference books. Most of the resources that are part of this collection are for musical reference. The collection also contains resources that support general studies subjects.

Multimedia

The collection of sound recordings includes long-playing records (LPs), cassettes, CDs, videotapes and DVDs.

Journals

The Library offers access to electronic and printed journals related to music, psychology, education and musicology.

Special collections

The Library's special collections area houses collections of rare books, manuscripts, audiovisual materials and other music-related research resources.

Puerto Rican Collection of Sheet Music, Books and Sound Recordings

This collection includes sheet music dating from the 19th century to the 21st century by Puerto Rican composers and residents of Puerto Rico, books on topics related to Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican authors, and recordings of Puerto Rican music and Puerto Rican performers.

Institutional recordings of the Conservatory from 1960 to the present

Sound recordings and videos of concerts, master classes, talks, conferences and other activities carried out at the Conservatory throughout its history. The collection began to be cataloged in 2007 and is available through the Library catalog.

Digital Puerto Rican Collection

The Library has as part of its Puerto Rican Collection a collection of sheet music, sound recordings, books and other digitized resources accessible through the internal network of the Conservatory of Music.

Music by Roberto Milano

The scores of Roberto Milano's compositions donated by his heirs. Professor Milano was the composer of the work Requiem 9/11, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the events of September 11, 2001.

Sheet music from the WKAQ Radio Orchestra

This music was made by Puerto Rican composer Joaquín Burset for the WKAQ Radio Orchestra, conducted by him.

Digital Collection

The digitization project arose from the need to protect rare and fragile resources of the Library's Puerto Rican Collection and to facilitate access to Puerto Rican musical heritage, in line with our mission to “preserve and disseminate Puerto Rican musical heritage.” Please note that Digital Collections They can only be accessed from the Conservatory campus.

Puerto Rican Collection of the Amaury Veray Library

Includes sheet music, books and sound recordings by Puerto Rican composers and performers or residents of Puerto Rico.

Jesús María Sanromá Collection

Recordings on 33 1/3 rpm and 78 rpm records and tapes belonging to Jesús María Sanromá. Many of them are rare recordings of Sanromá himself playing alone or with figures such as Paul Hindemith and William Primrose.

Roberto Milano Collection

More than 200 compositions by Roberto Milano, American composer, Episcopal priest and Conservatory professor, living in Puerto Rico since 1976.

Puerto Rican Music Transcription Project

Originally started as a project to convey art songs for singing students, this collection now includes transcriptions of more than 100 art songs by composers who are Puerto Rican or resident in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican dances, and other rare and/or preserved pieces. deterioration.

Access from the CMPR

Collaborative Project between the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and the General Archive of Puerto Rico for Virtual Access to Musical Resources from Puerto Rican Collections

Sheet music by 19th century composers kept by the General Archive of Puerto Rico.

Access from the CMPR

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Thesis collection

Download the Conservatory's thesis collection list here.
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