Catalogues and databases
Search in VuFind
In our online catalogue VuFind, you can find materials from both the Music and Theatre Library and Svenskt visarkiv.
Online catalogue
Find materials from both the Music and Theatre Library and Svenskt visarkiv. More sources are added continuously.
Archive and object catalogue
Search our archives, objects and performance records. This includes materials from the library and the Swedish Museum of Performing Arts.
New acquisitions
See newly acquired books, sheet music and play scripts.
Card catalogue – Sheet music
A physical card index for printed music, covering materials up to 1985. Some items listed here may not be available in the online catalogue.
Card catalogue – Theatre literature
A card index for theatre literature and drama, covering materials up to 1995. Some items listed here may not be included in the online catalogue.
Letter catalogue
A digitised version of the library’s older card index, listing around 15,000 letters.
Alvin
Alvin is a Swedish-Norwegian platform for publishing and long-term preservation of digitised cultural heritage materials from libraries, archives and museums.
Wikimedia Commons
View digitised materials from our collections, including theatre portraits, scanned glass negatives and performance photos and much more.
Levande musikarv
Levande musikarv makes Swedish art music from the 1600s to today freely available. Sheet music can be downloaded for free or purchased in print from Svensk Musik. The site also includes biographies and commentary on the works.
IMSLP
The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) is a digital library of public domain sheet music, primarily western classical music.
Jstor
A full-text database of academic journal articles in music studies. Available on-site at the library.
Grove's online
The online edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Available with a library card.
IPM
A search tool for locating works in printed music anthologies. Available with a library card.
RISM
A database of musical handwritten manuscripts created before 1800.
RILM
An international database of music literature and scholarly articles. Available with a library card.
RidiM
A national image database of visual art with musical themes. Includes works held by museums, archives, libraries and other institutions in Sweden. Each record includes a photo of the item.
Naxos Music Library
A digital streaming service with over 85,000 albums of classical and world music. Available with a library card.
Naxos Video Library
A digital film service offering more than 1,600 performing arts films, including opera, ballet, classical music concerts and documentaries. Available with a library card.
Naxos Jazz
A digital streaming service with nearly 250,000 jazz tracks. Available with a library card.