Lilly Music Library has a variety of unique items, including facsimile scores reproduced from original manuscript sources or early editions; music memorabilia/boxed sets; and special editions.
Here is just a sampling of what you might find:
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14th century Italian part songs in Il Codice Squarcialupi: Ms. Mediceo Palatino 87, Biblioteca Laurenziana Di Firenze (facsimile) (click here for access to II Codice Squarcialupi)
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Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu (heart-shaped, facsimile) (click here for access to Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu)
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Early Tudor music in The Eton Choirbook (facsimile) (click here for access to The Eton Choirbook)
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John Cage's Indeterminacy: Ninety Stories (score on cards) (click here for access to Indeterminacy: Ninety Stories)
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Radiohead's OK Computer: Oknotok 1997 2017 (boxed set) (click here for access to OK Computer)
You can find unique materials using the search function in JumboSearch by clicking here.
Music Collections at Tisch Library
Tisch Library houses a number of music special collections, most notably the Frédéric Louis Ritter Collection linked here, as well as archival collections located in Digital Collections & Archives linked here (DCA), including composer T. J. Anderson's Papers 1889-2019 linked here, sheet music collection by Tufts composers linked here (1883 - 1943), and composer John McDonald's Papers linked here.
For assistance with music-specific collections, please contact Anna Kijas by clicking here or emailing anna.kijas@tufts.edu.
For questions about accessing Tisch Library special collections, please contact Chris Barbour by clicking here or emailing christopher.barbour@tufts.edu.
For questions about archival collections, please contact the Digital Collections & Archives staff by clicking here.