The Bagaduce Music Lending Library houses the world's largest widely-available printed music collection. Our collection spans the spectrum of styles and periods from string quartets, choral music and piano for two and four hands to madrigals and motets, opera, and contemporary popular music. All are available for borrowing.

The collection continues to grow. We receive frequent donations from individuals and organizations from all over the world.

Our collection of more than 215,000 titles of printed music is shelved and grouped into 6 major categories:

  • Choral Music 
  • Keyboard Music
  • Instrumental Music 
  • Vocal Music
  • Maine Music Collection of Printed Music
  • Reference Section (books and prose material)
Specific highlights of the collection include:
  • Multiple copies of over 2,000 major choral works.
  • Complete parts to thousands of pieces for chamber ensembles of all sizes.
  • One of the world's largest collections of vintage, popular American vocal sheet music.
  • An unparalleled collection of piano pieces for multiple hands and multiple pianos.
  • The official Maine State Collection of music about Maine and by Maine composers.
The only genre we don't collect is band music. If you would like to borrow music for band, we refer you to the Chatfield Brass Band & Music Lending Library in Chatfield, Minnesota.


Our collection may be browsed and ordered on line.



Hundreds of items based on our classic music covers are available from our store at Cafe Press.