Collection of Musical Manuscripts

The manuscript collection contains hand-written Danish and foreign music. The Music- and Theatre Department owns about 22,750 music manuscripts. A very extensive part of the collection presents works by contemporary composers.

Cataloguing: in REX the music manuscripts are catalogued in the database Music manuscripts.

The special collections are worth a look, especially the personal collections, which consist in part of music manuscripts.

References:
Sven Lunn: "Det kgl. Biblioteks danske Musikautografer", in: Bogens Verden 23, 1941, p. 353-65.

Sven Lunn: "Sikringen af Det kgl. Biblioteks danske Musikmanuskripter", in: Levende Musik,  2/5, 1943, p. 153-58