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| Guide To Performing Arts Resources at the US Library of Congress
A listing of 63 categories of performing arts related information that is cataloged at the United States Library of Congress. Included are sections for individual instruments, genres, and many other topics. An excellent resource for research on almost any music related subject. |
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| The Mutopia Project 
The Mutopia Project offers sheet music editions of classical music for
free download. These are based on editions in the public domain, and
include works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Handel, Mozart, and many
others. A team of volunteers are involved in typesetting the music by
computer using the LilyPond software.
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| Archive.Org 
The Internet Archive provides thousands of links to public domain works and information on almost every topic and is a great source for music education research.
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| First Performance Program Concert Materials
The page at the Music Achievement Council's web site that shows information about the First Performance Band Concert music, a twenty minute public performance for use during the first few weeks of a new music education program.
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| Basic Band Scales - ideal for band directors - FREE  
A free, printable book of full range scales for all common concert band instruments.
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| Historic Sheet Music Collection (1800-1922) at US Library of Congress
This is a fascinating collection of nearly 9,000 pieces of public domain sheet music that is in the collections of the US Library of Congress. The collection can be searched but it appears that documents cannot be printed. |
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| Conn-Selmer Education
Dozens of resources from Conn-Selmer, Inc.
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| Free Concert Band Arrangements at FreeBandMusic.biz
A web site with several full concert band arrangements of popular songs as well Christmas carols and other genres. Marching band is included too. |
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| Pomp and Circumstance
A free arrangement of Elgar\'s Pomp and Circumstance. |
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| Free Beginner Concert Band Music
For younger bands or for beginning elementary band students MusicEdMagic provides a growing collection of free public domain sheet music in a variety of categories. Each of the titles can be viewed as a full score using Sibelius Scorch in the web browser and individual parts can be downloaded and printed as needed. Most of the songs in the MusicEdMagic Free Sheet Music Archive are intended for beginners and many can be played after only a few weeks of practice on their instrument. Take note that most of these songs are melody only, but since the Sibelius parts are also provided a band director can easily adapt the songs to their own needs. When visiting the site click the downloads link in the main menu to browse through the titles and categories. |
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| Band Music PDF Archive
One of the most convenient and well organized directories of free concert band sheet music comes from a community band in North Royalton, Ohio. Over a period of several years this organization has scanned, organized, and cataloged hundreds of marching band and octavo size concert band works and made them available to the public as free PDF downloads.
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| The Habits of Musicianship Band Method 
Robert Duke of the University of Texas at Austin and James Byo of Louisiana State University have produced a FREE band method based on what they call the Habits of Musicianship.
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| Free Public Domain Melodies
A collection of popular public domain music melodies including patriotic music, Christmas music, and others.
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As the economy worsens it is almost a given that many school districts will begin to cut back on funding for classroom materials. Every little bit that a band director can save may help him or her be able to purchase something more important later on in the year. One area of the music education budget that we hate to cut back on is the purchase of new music, but what if there were legal sources to download free concert band music for your ensemble? While the selection may not be incredibly broad, the sites listed in this article provide access to hundreds of pieces of concert band music from masters such as Holst, Strauss, Sousa, and dozens of others.
