Sheet music is at the heart of the library’s activities

Boasting a remarkable and uncommon store of sheet music, the Bibliothèque musicale ensures the continuing development of an extensive collection of scores that is for use by the public.
The library makes available collections in every genre of music. And the fact that its sheet music can be borrowed by library patrons is especially appreciated.
The staff of La Musicale are on hand to welcome the public, provide needed information, guide them in their searches, and answer all their questions. La Musicale is responsible for managing the contents of its collections while ensuring both their conservation and promotion with the public at large.

What will you find at the La Musicale?

50,000 musical scores
8,000 items for orchestral performance
60 titles of musical periodicals
5,000 brochures and monographs
A rare collection of documents connected with musical life in Geneva
Proud of its rare collection of scores for opera and vaudeville, and concert posters and programs, La Musicale is a memorial site for music in Geneva from the late 19th century to the present and will surprise you with the remarkable diversity of its collections.

Open to all

The reading room and the open-access shelves are open to all. The personal library card gives you access to the resources of over 200 libraries of Western Switzerland within RERO, the Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale (Library network of Western Switzerland).

Rules and regulations of La Musicale, the music library of the City of Geneva (LC 21 639) (FR)