Use the tools below to gain enough background information to identify the context and other details of a primary source.

Manuscript scores for the works of CSU composers Edwin London, Rudolf Bubalo, Bain Murray, Klaus Roy, and Herbert Elwell.  Their works are housed in the Library's Special Collections on the 3rd floor. View the finding aids created by staff and volunteers.

• Bain Murray Music Collection
• Cleveland Chamber Symphony Collection
• Jocelyn Chang and Michael Leese Music Collection
• Cleveland Ethnic Studies Collection

The primary sources of a musical work can include the following:

 Autograph / Holograph (the composer's own manuscript)

Copies (handwritten by a relative, student, colleague, or professional copyist; or, in the case of medieval works, by monastic scribes)

First edition (typically published in consultation with the composer)

Early editions (printed during the composer's lifetime)

Early editions (edited by a relative, student, or other person close to the composer, after the composer's death)

Scholarly editions (edited by a scholar or performer known for their knowledge / interpretation of the composer)

Collected editions (the composer's complete works, published in a scholarly edition that shows the variant readings (differences) in the above sources)