The policies on this page apply to both College and Precollege students during the regular School year.
Alumni should visit the Alumni Benefits page of the School's site for information about using the Library.
Your Manhattan School of Music ID acts as your library card. You must have it with you to check materials out.
Basic circulation policies are laid out in the Circulation Notices section below.
Please note: Everything is subject to recall after four weeks.
If somebody places a hold on an item you've had more than 28 days, you will receive a recall notice indicating that the item has a new due date a week hence.
To renew an item beyond its due date, you must bring it to the circulation desk a week or so before it is due. Online or telephone renewals are not available.
You can renew for an additional period unless someone else has placed a hold on the item, in which case you must return it.
Course reserve materials may not be renewed.
You can place a hold on any item that is listed in the catalog but is not currently on the shelf by clicking on the "Hold This Item for Me" button and filling out the required information. When the item is ready, you will receive an e-mail notice that it is being held for you.
Please note: Regardless of due date, most items are eligible for recall after four weeks.
You will find many listings in the catalog for items that are on order or “in process.” While those items are not yet ready to go out on the shelf, they are available for you to use. Please use the "Hold This Item for Me" button. We'll automatically make it a “rush” item and try to get it to you as soon as possible.
Note: Please do not write in/markup the Library's scores!
Light markings made for rehearsal purposes must be completely erased before returning, or you will be billed for a replacement.
If you are working extensively on a piece with your teacher, you should probably buy it!
The person who signs out a library item is responsible for its return, complete and in the same condition in which it was borrowed, on or before the due date stamped in the item. For chamber music, the person who signs out a set of parts is responsible for the return of all of the parts, together and complete as a set.
The Library does not charge overdue fines for our circulating materials. However, if your borrowed materials become more than five weeks overdue, we must, regretfully, bill you for replacement costs. A block will also be placed on your account in the Library and with the Registrar's Office.
Please note: As we are currently changing our payment system, please email Library staff to arrange payment.
If we have not yet ordered a replacement, there may still be time for you to return the item and have the charge removed from your account. However, do not delay: as soon as a new copy is ordered, the bill becomes irrevocable.
Course reserve materials are items assigned by teachers for the general use of their class or studio. Most physical items may taken off the Library premises, as long as they are returned within the stipulated two-hour loan period.
You can find information about physical and digital course reserve materials on the Library's E-Reserves page, listed by your teacher's name or the course name, and in the Library Materials tab of each Canvas course.
Request physical course reserves by call number at the front circulation desk.
We send all notices to your student email account. These notices are a courtesy; you are responsible for keeping track of the materials you have checked out. The due date is stamped in each item, and you can also check your current circulation record through our catalog.
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College Students
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College Faculty and Precollege Faculty
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Precollege Students
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| Scores, books, CDs, DVDs |
The default due date is the last day of the semester. But any item is eligible for recall by another patron after four weeks, so you are guaranteed a minimum use of four weeks. We do not charge overdue fines. But when any item is overdue, you will be blocked from borrowing and using our online resources, and also blocked in the Registrar's Office from getting your grades and transcripts and from registering for future classes. After several weeks, you will be billed for the replacement (default price: $150 per item). |
End of semester--but is eligible for recall by another patron after four weeks. We do not charge overdue fines, but after several weeks you will be billed for the replacement (default price: $150 per item). |
The default due date is the last day of the College semester. But any item is eligible for recall by another patron after four weeks, so you are guaranteed a minimum use of four weeks. We do not charge overdue fines. But when any item is overdue, you will be blocked from borrowing and using our online resources, and also blocked in the Registrar's Office from getting your grades and transcripts and from registering for future classes. After several weeks, you will be billed for the replacement (default price: $150 per item). |
| Course reserves |
2 hours 2 at a time No renewals Overdue fine of $1/hour + library block |
Overnight--but only if you are the (sole) faculty member for whom it was put on reserve. Unlimited items No renewals No overdue fines, but you may have a block on your library account |
2 hours 2 at a time No renewals Overdue fine of $1/hour + library block |
| Periodicals | Non-circulating | Ask the library director | Non-circulating |
| MSM recordings | Two hours. | Overnight. | Two hours. |
Trios for pianoforte, violin, violoncello, op. 70 / Beethoven ; edited by Jonathan Del Mar. Bärenreiter, 2024.
Sonata for violoncello and piano op. 69. 1. movement : facsimile of autograph NE 179 in the Beethoven-Haus Bonn / Ludwig van Beethoven ; edited and with commentary by Jens Dufner and Lewis Lockwood. Verlag Beethoven-Haus, 2015.
Rhapsody in blue : for woodwind quintet / George Gershwin ; arranged by Joachim Linckelmann. Bärenreiter, 2013.
Sulla ciacona : pour trio à cordes / Philippe Manoury. Durand, 2024.
Méphisto masqué : polka fantastique : euphonium and piano / Edmond Dédé ; arranged by David Werden. Cimarron Music Press, 2015.
One for the archangel : for mezzo-soprano, chorus (TB) and chamber orchestra / Jack Perla. Music Without Walls, 2024. Vocal score.
Elegy for contrabass and piano : mvt. 2 from Concerto for cello and orchestra / Behzad Ranjbaran ; contrabass part fingered by Eugene Levinson. Theodore Presser Company, 2010.
Musings : for two violins / Jessie Montgomery. Jessie Montgomery Music, 2023
Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra / Paul Ben-Haim. Israel Music Institute, 2001. Violin part + piano reduction.
El gato con botas : ópera en dos actos / Xavier Montsalvatge. Tritó, 2009.
Requiem / Courtney Bryan. Boosey & Hawkes, 2024.
Septet in E-flat major for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass / Beethoven ; edited by Jonathan Del Mar. Bärenreiter, 2023.
The Van Cliburn legend / by Abram Chasins ; with Villa Stiles. Barakaldo Books, 2020.
Speaking of pianists / by Abram Chasins. Burtyrki Books, 2020.
Concerto for piano, C major, op. 15, and strings / Ludwig v. Beethoven ; Orchesterbegleitung für Streicher übertragen von Vinzenz Lachner. W. Wollenweber, 1995. Score and 5 parts.
Sonata no. 1 in E minor, opus 38 for string bass and piano / Brahms ; transcribed and edited by Thomas Martin. International Music, 2012.
Tribute to Pierre Boulez: What Would Life Be Without Uncertainty?: a film by Jean-Claude Piroué, with Daniel Barenboim. Metropolitan, 1995.
Yentl : original motion picture soundtrack / music by Michel Legrand ; lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman.
Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc., 2005.
Concierto del Albayzín : per a clavicèmbal (o piano) i orquestra / Xavier Montsalvatge ; reducció per a solista i piano, Amaia Zipitria. Barcelona : Tritó, 2009.
Trois études de concert / Franz Liszt ; edited by Peter Jost ; fingering by Michael Schneidt. G. Henle Verlag, 2022.
Salut für Caudwell : music for two guitarists / Helmut Lachenmann. Breitkopf & Härtel, 2020. New engraved edition.
Violin concerto no. 2 : "Scherben der Stille" / Unsuk Chin. Boosey & Hawkes, 2022.
Konzert für Violine und Orchester, Op. 52 / Felix Weingartner. Musikproduktion Höflich, 2016. Violin part and piano reduction.
Nova/Minraud : für Sopran und elektronische Zuspielung / Olga Neuwirth. Ricordi, 2012.
Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith) : for alto saxophone and orchestra / Tyshawn Sorey. Edition Peters, 2024.
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Alice Coltrane, monument eternal / edited by Erin Christovale. Delmonico Books, 2025.
The picture of Dorian Gray / adapted by Kip Williams ; from the novel by Oscar Wilde. Samuel French, 2024.
Allégresse / Maria Schneider. MSF Music, 1997.
My life in music / Sir Antonio Pappano. Faber & Faber, 2024.
Air with variations for solo guitar / Mark-Anthony Turnage ; edited by Michael McCartney. Boosey & Hawkes, 2019.
Suite à l'ancienne = (Suite in the old style) : for piano / Marc-André Hamelin. Edition Peters, 2024.
Arvo Pärt, Tabula rasa : Materials for communicating music / Sven Daigger & Axel Petri-Preis. Universal Edition, 2019.
For Fred Lerdahl : for viola, piano and two vibraphones / Tyshawn Sorey. Edition Peters, [2022]
De ida y vuelta : (guitar ensemble) : mixed ensemble (2 instruments or more) / Gabriela Ortiz. Hendon Music : Boosey & Hawkes, 2023.
Extracts : for percussion ensemble : from five pieces by Luigi Nono ; edited by Bernhard Wulff. Schott, 2021.
Farinelli and the king / Claire van Kampen. Oberon Books Ltd, 2018.
...just as the sun is always... : for piano / Christian Mason. Breitkopf & Härtel, 2017.
Now! : writings 1982-2021 / Peter Ablinger. MusikTexte, 2022.
Piano concerto no. 2, op. 102 / arranged for two pianos by the author. Concertino for two pianos, op. 94 / [Dmitri Shostakovich] ; edited by Manashir Iakubov. Izdatelʹstvo "DSCH," 2010.
Fantasia in C minor for harp / Spohr ; edited by Masumi Nagasawa. Bärenreiter, 2024.
Twelve easy songs : for high voice and piano / Charles E. Ives ; edited by Neely Bruce and James B. Sinclair. Peermusic Classical, 2019.
Requiem in C, op. posth. : pour solistes (SATB), chœur (SATB) et orchestre symphonique / Charles Gounod ; édité par Barbara Grossmann ; [translation by Elizabeth Robinson] ; Klavierauszug, Paul Horn. Carus-Verlag, 2011.
Trois poèmes de Jacques Prévert : for violin and actor / Kaija Saariaho ; texts by Jacques Prévert ; dramaturgy by Aleksi Barrière. Chester Music, 2024.
Vox Eurydice : the ascent of the female rescuer in German-language opera / Margaret Ann Mendenhall. Lexington Books, 2025.
Pavane pour une infante défunte / Maurice Ravel ; historical introduction and critical notes Edmond Lemaître ; notes on interpretation Florence Ribot. Durand, 2022.
Subito : prepared for clarinet and piano / Witold Lutoslawski ; ed. Julian Paprocki. PWM, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 2021.
Dialogues II : for piano and chamber orchestra / Elliott Carter. Boosey & Hawkes, 2021.
Baalkah : for soprano and string quartet / Gabriela Ortiz. Boosey & Hawkes, 2023.
An elemental thing : for solo woodblock / Liza Lim. Ricordi, 2017.
Complete piano works / Arnold Schönberg. G. Henle Verlag, 2024.
in that space, at that time : music for orchestra inspired by the art of Jun Kaneko / Andy Akiho. Aki Rhythm Press, 2024.
Suffs : the musical / music and lyrics by Shaina Taub. Hal Leonard, 2024.
Scherzos I, II & III pour piano solo / Georges Aperghis. Durand Editions Musicales, 2024.
Zwölf Gedichte : Opus 35 : Liederreihe nach Kerner / Robert Schumann. Edited by Kazuko Ozawa. Low voice. G. Henle Verlag, 2023.
Le médecin malgré lui / Charles Gounod. Vocal score. Herman & Apter, 2005.
Satyagraha : M.K. Gandhi in South Africa : an opera in three acts / Philip Glass. Vocal score. Chester Music, 2024.
Symphony no. 2 for symphony orchestra / Paul Ben-Haim. Israel Music Institute, 2001.
Eve's diary : soprano and guitar / David Leisner. Doberman-Yppan, 2024.
Maan varjot : for solo organ and orchestra / Kaija Saariaho. Chester Music, 2017.
Cheap imitation : for alto flute (doubling piccolo), glockenspiel and piano / John Cage ; arrangement by Morton Feldman. Edition Peters, 2024.
The Cambridge companion to West Side story / edited by Paul R. Laird, Elizabeth A. Wells. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
The new breed / by Gary Chester ; edited by Rick Mattingly. Modern Drummer Publications, 2015.
Vocal excercises on Barkók's Mikrokosmos / by Júlia Karosi. Júlia Karosi, 2023.
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune : pour piano / Claude Debussy. Editions Lemoine, 2018.
Five spirituals : from A child of our time : for mixed chorus (SSAATTBB) with soloists / Michael Tippett. Schott, 2011.
Ciaccona : in memoriam Giovanni Paolo II : trascrizione per sei violoncelli / Krzysztof Penderecki. Schott, 2016.
La courte paille : sept mélodies sur des poèmes de Maurice Carême / Francis Poulenc. Durand, 2023.
From the Southland : sketches for piano / Henry T. Burleigh ; edited by Lara Downes. Presser, 2021.
The Cambridge companion to tango / edited by Kristin Wendland, Kacey Link. Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Improvisation and dance : for violin and piano (1939) / Paul Ben-Haim. Israel Music Institute, 2018.
Tristan und Isolde : Vorspiel -- Isoldens Liebestod / Richard Wagner ; arranged for violin and piano by Fazıl Say. Schott, 2023.
33 variations / by Moisés Kaufman. Dramatists Play Service Inc., 2011.
Alma Mahler / Sasho Dimoski ; translated from the Macedonian by Paul Filev. Dalkey Archive Press, 2018.
Castillo interior : version for piano = / PÄ“teris Vasks. Schott, 2024.
Pierre Boulez : Notations : Mmaterials for communicating music / Lea Fink & Manuela Kerer ; edited by Constanze Wimmer and Helmut Schmidinger. Universal Edition, 2015.
Monument eternal / by Alice Coltrane. Akashic Books, 2025.
Heggie and Scheer's Moby-Dick : a grand opera for the twenty-first century / by Robert K. Wallace ; featuring the complete libretto by Gene Scheer. University of North Texas Press, 2013. DRM-free ebook to download.
Choralstration : a practical guide for composers of choral music / Harold Rosenbaum. Harold Rosenbaum, 2022.
The Taubman approach to piano technique : a comprehensive guide to overcome physical limitations and unlock your full pianistic potential / Edna Golandsky. Mascot Books, 2024.
Tin-tan-fanfarria y mambo : for solo trumpet : trumpet in C / Gabriela Ortiz. Boosey & Hawkes, 2021
Weep, shudder, die : on opera and poetry / Dana Gioia. Paul Dry Books, 2024.
Kiss of the spider woman / by Manuel Puig ; translated from the Spanish by Thomas Colchie. Vintage Books, 1991.
Letters to Gisèle (1951-1970) : with a selection of letters from Gisèle Celan-Lestrange / Paul Celan ; edited by Bertrand Badiou ; abridged and translated from the French by Jason Kavett. New York Review Books, 2024.
Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago: illustrated guide of the Puccini villa-museum. Friends of Giacomo Puccini's Houses Association : Institute of Puccini Studies, 2013.
Cubism / Guillaume Apollinaire, Dorothea Eimert, Anatoli Podoksik. Parkstone International, 2010.
LIgNEouS I : marimba & string quartet / Andy Akiho. Aki Rhythm Press, 2022. Score + 5 parts + 2 rubber bands.
Mahler's symphonic world : music for the age of uncertainty / Karol Berger. University of Chicago Press, 2025.
Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov and Bo hr. Hansen's Festen / adapted for the stage by David Eldridge. Methuen, 2004.
Monument eternal : the music of Alice Coltrane / Franya J. Berkman. Wesleyan University Press, 2010. Now available both as a physical book and a DRM-free ebook.
Selected lyrics / Cole Porter ; Robert Kimball, editor. Library of America, 2024.
Twelve easy songs : for low voice and piano / Charles E. Ives ; edited by Neely Bruce and James B. Sinclair. Peermusic Classical, 2019.
Aubade with a chance of rain : for mezzo-soprano and piano / music by Tom Cipullo ; words by Danusha Laméris. E.C. Schirmer Music, 2024.
Underneath : for solo cello, 2021 / Kate Soper. PSNY, 2023.
and the sky was still there : for violin with effects and backing track : (2010) / David T. Little. Boosey & Hawkes, 2021.
Three Sams : for percussion solo / David T. Little. Boosey & Hawkes, 2018.
Everything will be okay : for mezzo-soprano and piano (2020) / Christopher Cerrone ; text by John K. Samson. Project Schott New York, 2024.
Falter : for violin : 2020 / Lisa Streich. Berlin : Ricordi, 2021.
Lectures 1949-1968. Volume 1, music, literature and the arts / Theodor W. Adorno ; edited by Michael Schwarz ; translated by Nicholas Walker. Polity Press, 2024.
Dreaming in ensemble : how Black artists transformed American opera / Lucy Caplan. Harvard University Press, 2025.
The transcendental tuning of Charles Ives / Johnny Reinhard. Vision Edition, 2023.