Music Department Reading Room

The Music Reading Room is situated on the 1st floor of the Klementinum building. For access take the main

staircase, door no. 133

• more then 5000 music manuscripts - period copies as well as autographs, mainly from the 18th, 19th and 20th century
• about 110 000 vols. of printed music from the 18th century to the present
• more than 400 letters of famous composers and musicians
• so called Mozart Memorial which was established in the library in 1837 and became the first Mozarteum in the world. It contains a valuable collection of historically significant copies and first editions of Mozart's works
• large collection of Czech and foreign language musicological literature, journals and other materials (ca 9300 v.)
• about the Holdings of the Music Department

• Electronic Catalogue of the National Library - base NKC
• scanned Catalogue of music prints
• music manuscripts of the National library of Czech Republic in the RISM online database

• the Department provides information on all aspects of music and musicology
• the non-circulating collection of primary musical sources, secondary literature and reference tools may be studied in the reading room
• photocopying is available upon request
• access to specialised music and musicological databases