Scores Online

  • American Recorder Society (2025). New Music for Recorder Downloadable Music Library. Accessed 21 January 2025. Original works for recorder (and potentially other instruments), with occasional arrangements or transcriptions of previous works.
  • Billam, P. (s.dat.) Peter Billam’s Arrangements,  Last Accessed 16 December 2013. Pieces by Bach, Brahms, Carr, Händel, Monteverdi, Schoenberg, Schubert, Scriabin, Telemann, Wilbye, and collections for recorder, trumpet and voice and from the folk tradition.
  • Bruce, D. (2001–).  8notes.com.  Red Balloon Technology Ltd, St Albans. Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • Callon, G.J. (1998–2008). Acadia Early Music Archive. Accessed 17 December 2013. Large collection of original editions prepared from primary sources. Available for download as PDF. Some scores are also available for download as Sibelius files (.SIB) and PostScript files (.EPS).
  • Carbajo, V. (213).   Victor Carbajo: composier.  Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • Corneilson, C. et al. (s.dat.) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the complete works. The Packard Humanities Institute, Cambridge, MA. Accessed 21 January 2025.
    • Sonata in F Major for bass recorder, viola, & bass, Wq 163
    • Sonata in F Major for bass recorder, viola, & bass, Wq 163 (alternate version)
    • Zwo abwechselnde Menuetten for three trumpets, timpani, two recorders, two bassoons, two violins, & bass, Wq 192 (see Menuet II)
  • Dolmetsch Organization (2000–). Free and commercial sheet music.  Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • Dror, Uri. (2015-). Edition Prima Vista, a music edition and custom editing service focusing mostly (but not exclusively) on renaissance & baroque music (16– 18th centuries), and mostly (but not exclusively) on recorder music and recorder arrangements. Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • Reny, V. (2000–). Free Sheet Music. Extensive collection of freely downloadable scores suitable for recorders, all genres. Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • Harmer, D. (s.dat.) Harmer  recorder music. Accessed 20 December 2013.
  • Hendricks, S. (s.dat.)  Steve Hendricks Music Collection. Accessed 21 January 2025. Scores of renaissance madrigals, dances and instrumental music.
  • International Music Score Library Project ( (2006–): Petrucci Music Library. Project Petrucci LLC, Wilmington. Accessed 21 January 2025. 96,000 printable scores in PDF format, amongst them over 1,500 works of interest to recorder players by Bach, Corelli, Lully, Marcello, Monteverdi, Quantz, Sammartini, Telemann, Vivaldi, etc.
  • Malinowski, S. (1974–). Music for recorders. Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • Mondrup, C. (2011). International Music Score Library Project ( (2006–): Petrucci Music Library: Mondrup Recorder Collection. Project Petrucci LLC, Wilmington. Accessed 21 January 2025. Extensive collection of compositions and arrangements for recorders.
  • Mons, H. (2004–). Free early music sheet music. Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • MuseScore (s.dat.). Sheet music for recorder. Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • Ormes, R. et al. (1998–).Choral public domain library. Accessed 21 January 2025. More than 17,170 choral and vocal works by at least 2,290 composers. Many of these are suitable for recorders.
  • Paterson, J. (2000–). myfiles. Accessed 21 January 2025. You will need the Scorch Plug-in to follow the score as it plays, but printable files are also provided. Includes a number of items for recorders, including original compositions by Jim Paterson himself.
  • Perry, P. (2002–).  Bass recorder solos. Accessed 21 January 2025. A mixture of solo and part-music all featuring bass recorder.
  • Piperno, G. (2012–). Baroque personal trainer. Accessed 21 December 2025. Scores & play-along MP3 accompaniment tracks of baroque works for recorder. Some tracks are at A=415 Hz, others at A=440 Hz.
  •  Reny, V. (2000–). FreeScores.com. Creation Internet. Accessed 21 January 2025. Includes many works suitable for recorders.
  •  Sawyer, C. & Chan, D. (s.dat.) The Mutopia Project.   Accessed 21 Januaary 2025. Archive of scores typset using GNU Lilypond by a team of volunteers. All the music is downloadable for free as Postscript (.ps) and PDF files (both A4 and Letter paper sizes), as well as Lilypond’s own LY file format. Audio previews of the music are available as MIDI files. A few of these are suitable for recorders.
  • Score Exchange (s.dat.) DAP Solutions Ltd, Pidley. Accessed 21 January 2025. The successor to SibeliusMusic.com. Amongst the many composers and arrangers represented, the following have scored specifically for recorders:
  • Schuchardt, R. & Uhlig, M. (2005). Musik des Mittelalters, Spielleut Musikarchiv. Leipzig. Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • University of Rochester ().
  • Sibley Music Library Musical Scores. (s.dat.) Scores and books in the public domain. Many of these are unique to the Sibley Music Library collection.
  • Vives, J. (s.dat.)  BEC WEB: Pagina de Joan Vives: Partitures per a flautes de bec. Accessed 21 January 2025.
  • Wehlte, A. (s.dat.) Flute + recorder PDF sheet music. Accessed 221 January 2025. Inexpensive scores which you can purchase and print yourself.

Cite this article as: Lander, Nicholas S. 1996–2025. Recorder Home Page: Repertoire: Scores Online. Last accessed 21 January 2025. https://recorderhomepage.net/repertoire/scores-on-line/