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  1. Black Composers 3021
  2. Women Composers 3
Instrument
  1. Accordion 2
  2. Band 186
  3. Bassoon 15
  4. Brass Ensemble 69
  5. Cello 82
  6. Choral 362
  7. Clarinet 45
  8. Clarinet; Bass Clarinet 5
  9. Double Bass 7
  10. Dulcimer 1
  11. Electric 2
  12. Flute 113
  13. Flute; Piccolo 5
  14. Guitar 35
  15. Guitar; Guitar Ensemble 1
  16. Harp 5
  17. Harpsichord 1
  18. Horn 13
  19. Jazz Ensemble 219
  20. Mixed Ensemble 297
  21. Oboe 15
  22. Oboe; English Horn 3
  23. Opera 55
  24. Orchestra 456
  25. Organ 81
  26. Percussion 36
  27. Piano 350
  28. Piano Duos & Duets 31
  29. Piano Ensemble 2
  30. Recorder 1
  31. Saxophone 85
  32. String Ensemble 203
  33. String Orchestra 66
  34. Trombone 40
  35. Trombone; Bass Trombone 4
  36. Trumpet 38
  37. Trumpet; Cornet 1
  38. Tuba 12
  39. Tuba; Euphonium 2
  40. Viola 39
  41. Violin 125
  42. Voice 424
  43. Wind Ensemble 75
  44. Wind Ensemble - Reeds 4
Genre
  1. Blues 1
  2. Classical 280
  3. Contemporary Classic 2149
  4. Hymnal 1
  5. Jazz 234
  6. Popular 9
  7. Spirituals 4
  8. World 11
Composer
  1. Abels, Michael, 53
  2. Adams, Leslie, 70
  3. Adderley, Cannonball, 5
  4. Adderley, Nat, 5
  5. Adu-Gilmore, Leila, 1
  6. Akpabot, Samuel, 2
  7. Alberga, Eleanor, 43
  8. Amis, Kenneth, 39
  9. Amu, Ephraim, 3
  10. Anderson, Thomas J., 117
  11. Armstrong, Louis, 6
  12. Baker, David, 85
  13. Banks, Steven, 2
  14. Barnes, Jasmine Arielle, 34
  15. Basie, Count, 12
  16. Batiste, Jon, 3
  17. Benton, Brittney, 3
  18. Blake, Blind. 1
  19. Blake, Eubie, 3
  20. Blanchard, Terence, 5
  21. Bland, Ed, 65
  22. Boatner, Edward, 1
  23. Bonds, Margaret, 39
  24. Boyd, Brandon A., 3
  25. Boyer, Horace Clarence, 1
  26. Boykin, B. E., 1
  27. Braithwaite, J. Roland, 1
  28. Braxton, Anthony, 47
  29. Brown, Uzee Jr., 8
  30. Bryan, Courtney, 26
  31. Burleigh, Henry T., 14
  32. Capers, Valerie, 2
  33. Carter, Benny, 35
  34. Carter, Roland Marvin, 1
  35. Casseus, Frantz, 1
  36. Cheatham, Wallace, 24
  37. Childs, Billy, 1
  38. Clayton, John, 10
  39. Cole and Johnson Brothers. 1
  40. Coleman, Ornette, 2
  41. Coleman, Valerie, 40
  42. Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 64
  43. Coles, Jay, 1
  44. Coltrane, John, 26
  45. Cooper, William B., 2
  46. Copley, Katahj, 46
  47. Cordero, Roque, 26
  48. Coulanges, Amos, 7
  49. Crichlow, Chanell, 2
  50. Cunningham, Arthur, 7
  51. Davis, Anthony, 24
  52. Davis, Miles, 35
  53. Davis, Tyson Gholston, 13
  54. Dawson, William, 5
  55. Day, Kevin, 67
  56. Dett, R. Nathaniel, 13
  57. Dickerson, Roger, 5
  58. Dilworth, Rollo. 2
  59. Dolphy, Eric, 1
  60. Dunn, Adrian, 2
  61. Dunton, Kelijah, 3
  62. Eastman, Julius, 6
  63. Ellington, Duke, 19
  64. Ellington, Mercer K., 2
  65. Europe, James Reese, 1
  66. Fax, Mark, 2
  67. Felder, Nicholas, 5
  68. Ffrench, Alexis, 4
  69. Flippin, Thomas, 1
  70. Fonta, Emmanuel Tanka, 1
  71. Garcia, Jose Mauricio Nunes, 2
  72. Garrett, Marques L. A., 2
  73. Geter, Damien, 35
  74. Giddens, Rhiannon; Abels, Michael. 6
  75. Gillespie, Dizzy, 5
  76. Goodyear, Stewart, 1
  77. Green, Anthony R., 12
  78. Hailstork, Adolphus, 208
  79. Hairston, Jacqueline, 13
  80. Hall, Jarod, 3
  81. Hancock, Eugene W., 1
  82. Hancock, Herbie, 7
  83. Handy, D. Antoinette, 1
  84. Handy, William C., 5
  85. Harris, Robert A., 4
  86. Hemphill, Julius, 27
  87. Henderson, Fletcher, 1
  88. Hilliard, Quincy C., 10
  89. Hogan, Moses, 5
  90. Holland, Jonathan Bailey, 42
  91. Holloway, Greg. 1
  92. Holt, Nora, 1
  93. Hubbard, Freddie, 9
  94. Hudson-Camack, Noah, 5
  95. Hurd, David, 9
  96. Ibrahim, Abdullah, 4
  97. Jaxson, Joe, 1
  98. Jessye, Eva A., 1
  99. Joachim, Nathalie, 11
  100. Johnson, Cameron, 1
  101. Johnson, Darryl, 1
  102. Johnson, Hall, 5
  103. Johnson, J. Rosamond, 2
  104. Johnson, Mikhail, 4
  105. Jones, Quincy, 2
  106. Joplin, Scott, 97
  107. Kay, Ulysses, 47
  108. Kendall, Hannah, 2
  109. Kidane, Daniel, 10
  110. King, Anthony J., 1
  111. Lawhorn, Lamon, 2
  112. Lee, Consuela, 10
  113. Lee III, James, 120
  114. le Gendre, Dominique, 2
  115. Leon, Tania, 55
  116. Lewis, George, 35
  117. Lewis, John, 7
  118. Logan, Wendell, 2
  119. Loggins-Hull, Allison, 28
  120. Luiz, Joao, 11
  121. Machado, Celso, 8
  122. Marsalis, Wynton, 16
  123. Mason, Quinn, 46
  124. McBride, Christian, 5
  125. McFerrin, Bobby, 2
  126. McIntyre, Phillip Barnette, 1
  127. McLin, Lena Johnson, 1
  128. Meude-Monpas, Chevalier De, 1
  129. Mingus, Charles, 14
  130. Mitchell, Jonathan, 2
  131. Monk, Thelonious, 30
  132. Montgomery, Jessie, 54
  133. Moore, Dorothy Rudd, 34
  134. Moore, Kermit, 6
  135. Moore, Undine Smith, 12
  136. Morton, Jelly Roll, 9
  137. Mumford, Jeffrey, 19
  138. Nabors, Brian Raphael, 29
  139. Nelson, Jalalu-Kalvert, 26
  140. Nelson, Oliver, 22
  141. Newton, James, 31
  142. Newton, Kevin, 1
  143. Nombeko, Nailah, 1
  144. Okoye, Nkeiru, 42
  145. Okpebholo, Shawn E., 35
  146. Oliveira, Helder, 1
  147. Owens, Robert, 18
  148. Parker, Charlie, 58
  149. Perkinson, Coleridge-T., 24
  150. Perry, Julia (Amanda), 14
  151. Perry, Zenobia Powell, 1
  152. Peterson, Oscar, 17
  153. Poole, Eric O., 1
  154. Powell, Rosephanye, 16
  155. Price, Florence Beatrice, 129
  156. Robinson, Ryan, 1
  157. Robles, Kevin, 2
  158. Robles, Zanaida, 3
  159. Roldan, Amadeo, 7
  160. Rollins, Sonny, 8
  161. Roumain, Daniel Bernard, 48
  162. Sadoh, Godwin, 7
  163. Saint-Georges, Chevalier, 20
  164. Sanford, David, 10
  165. Scott, Jeff, 17
  166. Shorter, Wayne, 14
  167. Silver, Horace, 5
  168. Simon, Carlos, 68
  169. Simpson, Ralph, 3
  170. Singleton, Alvin, 54
  171. Smith, Elijah Daniel, 14
  172. Smith, Hale, 31
  173. Smith, Wadada Leo, 6
  174. Solomon, Malcolm J., 1
  175. Sorey, Tyshawn, 11
  176. Sowande, Fela, 1
  177. Stewart, Earl Louis, 52
  178. Still, William Grant, 121
  179. Stitt, Sonny. 1
  180. Stokes, Harvey J., 14
  181. Strayhorn, Billy, 13
  182. Stubblefield, Roger, 23
  183. Tamusuza, Justinian, 2
  184. Tatum, Art, 3
  185. Thomas, Omar, 3
  186. Thompson, Joel, 19
  187. Thompson, Richard, 11
  188. Tillis, Frederick, 58
  189. Vance, Armond, 1
  190. Walker, George, 96
  191. Wallace, Daijana, 1
  192. Wallen, Errollyn, 23
  193. Waller, Thomas Fats, 9
  194. Waller, Thomas Fats, And Harry Brooks. 1
  195. Ware, Lawren Brianna, 37
  196. Washington, Shelley, 8
  197. Weston, Trevor, 3
  198. White, Clarence Cameron, 1
  199. White, Dolores, 29
  200. White, Janise, 1
  201. Wilborn, David F., 5
  202. Wilcher, Marcus, 1
  203. Williams, Evan, 12
  204. Williams, Julius, 6
  205. Williams, Mary Lou, 32
  206. Williams, Roderick, 15
  207. Willis, Sharon J., 4
  208. Wilson, Chandler L., 3
  209. Wilson, Olly, 4
  210. Woods, Ayanna, 3
  211. Worthington, Rain, 1
  212. Young, Lester, 1
  213. Z, Pamela, 1
  214. Douglas, Marie A., 3
  215. Dixon, Will H., 2
  216. Hakim, Talib Rasul, 2
  217. Nketia, J. H. Kwabena, 1
  218. Witter-Johnson, Ayanna, 2
  219. Bridgetower, George, 1
  220. Horne, Benjamin, 2
  221. Eastmond, David, 4
  222. Ballard, Micah, 1
  223. Coleman, Valerie; Page, Lisa. 2
  224. Washington, Kyrese, 2
  225. Strachan, Larry, 1
  226. Johnson, Francis, 1
  227. Hervey, Nathan, 1
  228. Barnwell, Ysaÿe M., 1
  229. Marsalis, Branford, 1
  230. Dorn, Henry L., 2
  231. Corley, Maria Thompson, 1
  232. Miller, Mark A., 1
  233. Forsythe, Harold Bruce, 1
  234. Van Wyk, Theo, 1
  235. Volny, Carl Henri, 1
  236. Brown, Tamar-Kali, 1
Score Format
  1. 2 Scores & 4 Parts 1
  2. 2 Scores & Part 2
  3. 3 Compact Discs 1
  4. 3 Scores & 2 Parts 1
  5. Alto Saxophone Part 1
  6. Book & CD 1
  7. Book & CDs 1
  8. Book & DVD 1
  9. C Edition 1
  10. Cello Part 3
  11. Choral Score 252
  12. Clarinet Part 1
  13. Condensed Score 2
  14. Conductor Score 2
  15. English Horn Part 1
  16. Facsimile 1
  17. Fake Book 21
  18. Flute Part 2
  19. Full Score 719
  20. Full Score & Part 2
  21. Full Score & Parts 2
  22. Guitar/Tab 1
  23. Harp Part 2
  24. Method 1
  25. Organ Part 1
  26. Part 1
  27. Percussion Part 1
  28. Percussion Score 1
  29. Performance Score 1
  30. Piano Accompaniment 4
  31. Piano Score 4
  32. Piano/Vocal 4
  33. Piano/Vocal/Guitar 3
  34. Saxophone Part 1
  35. Score 1234
  36. Score & 10 Parts 5
  37. Score & 11 Parts 8
  38. Score & 12 Parts 3
  39. Score & 13 Parts 1
  40. Score & 14 Parts 2
  41. Score & 16 Parts 1
  42. Score & 18 Parts 1
  43. Score & 1 Part 303
  44. Score & 2 Parts 83
  45. Score & 3 Parts 53
  46. Score & 4 Parts 170
  47. Score & 5 Parts 102
  48. Score & 6 Parts 51
  49. Score & 7 Parts 11
  50. Score & 8 Parts 19
  51. Score & 9 Parts 7
  52. Score & Audio 24
  53. Score & CD 51
  54. Score & Commentary 1
  55. Score & Parts 247
  56. Score, Parts & Audio 2
  57. Score, Parts & CD 5
  58. Scores (2) 1
  59. Set of 10 Parts 1
  60. Set of 13 Parts 2
  61. Set Of 2 Copies 1
  62. Set Of 2 Parts 1
  63. Set Of 2 Scores 50
  64. Set Of 3 Parts 1
  65. Set Of 3 Scores 3
  66. Set Of 4 Parts 23
  67. Set Of 4 Scores 3
  68. Set Of 5 Parts 5
  69. Set Of 5 Scores 3
  70. Set Of 6 Parts 2
  71. Set Of 7 Parts 5
  72. Set of 8 Parts 4
  73. Set of 8 Scores 1
  74. Set of 9 Parts 1
  75. Set of Parts 25
  76. Set Of Scores 2
  77. Solo Cello Part 1
  78. Solo Piano Part 1
  79. Solo Violin Part 1
  80. String Parts 1
  81. Study Score 168
  82. Trumpet Part 2
  83. Viola Part 1
  84. Violin 2 Part 2
  85. Violin Part 5
  86. Vocal Score 109
  87. Full Score, Choral Score, Piano Part 2
Series
  1. African American Church Music Series 11
  2. African-American Organ Music Anthology 11
  3. African-American Organ Series 6
  4. Akropolis Collection 2
  5. Alfred Jazz Play-Along Series 1
  6. American Highlights 27
  7. Anthologies and Collections 1
  8. A-R Special Publications 1
  9. Artist Transcriptions 41
  10. Art Songs By American Women Composers 1
  11. Bandquest Series 2
  12. Baptiste Piano Series 1
  13. Beyond The Waves 1
  14. Cahiers de Musique 1
  15. Casseus, Frantz - Complete Works 1
  16. Charles Mingus Big Band Series 2
  17. Choral Music Of Our Time 1
  18. Contemporary Organ Repertoire 1
  19. Diamond Series For Advanced Wind Band 1
  20. Essentially Ellington 3
  21. Etudes From American Composers 4
  22. Expanding The Repertoire 2
  23. Genius Of Jazz Series 1
  24. Gfa Spotlight Series 2
  25. Gitarre-Kammermusik 2
  26. Gordon Goodwin Series 1
  27. Grammy 2022 4
  28. Grammy 2023 5
  29. Grammy 2024 15
  30. Grammy 2025 10
  31. Hal Leonard Saxophone Play-Along 2
  32. Hal Leonard Trumpet Play-Along 1
  33. Hors Serie - Musica Varia 1
  34. Jazz Band Series 15
  35. Jazz Classics For The Young Ensemble 3
  36. Jazz Ensemble Library 5
  37. Jazz Legend Series 2
  38. Jazz Piano Solos 5
  39. Jazz Play Along 29
  40. Little Big Band 4
  41. Morehouse College Choral Series 2
  42. Music by Black Composers 12
  43. Music Of Our Time 1
  44. Music Of The United States Of America 1
  45. New Horizons 4
  46. Organ Demonstrator 1
  47. Oxford Organ Library 1
  48. Piano Music Of Africa And The African Diaspora 5
  49. Premier Jazz Series 21
  50. Price, Florence Beatrice - Choral Music 2
  51. Price, Florence Beatrice - Music Of 7
  52. Professional Editions For Big Band 1
  53. Professional Editions For Jazz Ensemble 7
  54. Pulitzer Prize 7
  55. Quincy Jones Legacy Series 1
  56. Real Book Multi-Tracks 4
  57. Recent Researches In American Music 3
  58. Recent Researches In The Music Of The 19th & Early 2
  59. Repertoire Explorer 5
  60. Saxology 1
  61. Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics 4
  62. Sparks and Wiry Cries 1
  63. Tallahassee Brass Quintet Series 2
  64. The Rising Sun Series 5
  65. Tim Garland's Dean Street Underground Orchestra 1
  66. Transcribed Scores 2
  67. Videmus African American Art Song Series 13
  68. Voces8 Singles Series 1
  69. Windependence 1
  70. Young Jazz Ensemble 1
  71. Grammy 2026 9
  72. Mary Lou Williams Edition 16
Publisher
  1. Advance Music 15
  2. Akropolis Quintet 2
  3. Alea Publishing 3
  4. Alfred Publishing Company 59
  5. Alry Publications 1
  6. American Composers Alliance 427
  7. American Composers Forum 4
  8. Amis Musical Circle 36
  9. A-R Editions 7
  10. Associated Music Publ. 1
  11. Atlantic Music 1
  12. Avanti Music 13
  13. Avie Records 1
  14. Baerenreiter 1
  15. Bandquest 2
  16. Barnhouse 4
  17. Belwin/kalmus 3
  18. Belwin Mills Publishing Corp. 1
  19. Billaudot 1
  20. Bill Holab 1
  21. Black Tea Music 1
  22. Boosey & Hawkes 39
  23. Bote & Bock 6
  24. B. Ware Works Publishing 37
  25. C. Alan Publications 14
  26. Canadian Brass Publications 2
  27. Canadian Music Centre 2
  28. Carl Fischer 43
  29. Carus Verlag 2
  30. Cedille Records 1
  31. Centre De Musique Baroque De Versailles 1
  32. C. F. Peters 111
  33. Charles Colin 22
  34. Chester Music 1
  35. Church Publishing Inc. 1
  36. Cimarron Music 5
  37. Clarnan Editions 33
  38. Classical Vocal Reprints 76
  39. Coleman Page Publishing 43
  40. Composers Edition 26
  41. Comus 1
  42. Consolidated Music 2
  43. Cpp Belwin 4
  44. Criterion Music 2
  45. Csjr. Music 62
  46. Curnow Music 1
  47. Cwjef Music Publications 1
  48. Decca Publishing 1
  49. Doberman-Yppan 10
  50. Doblinger 3
  51. Dover Publications 2
  52. Eastman School Of Music 2
  53. E. B. Marks Comp. 7
  54. E. B. Marks Music 6
  55. E. B. Marks Publ. 7
  56. E.C. Schirmer Music 18
  57. Editio Musica Budapest 1
  58. Editions Bim 1
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  60. Eleanor Alberga 42
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  62. Emerson Edition, Ltd. 1
  63. European American Music 10
  64. Faber Music 2
  65. Falls House Press 1
  66. Flutronix 2
  67. Flutronix Publishing 11
  68. Fred Bock Music Company 2
  69. Frog Peak Music 1
  70. Galaxy Music 11
  71. Gentry Publications 14
  72. G. Henle 2
  73. Gia Publications 18
  74. Goodmusic Publishing 1
  75. G. Schirmer, Inc. 20
  76. Gunmar Music Publications 1
  77. Hafabra Music 1
  78. Hal Leonard 223
  79. Hildegard Music 24
  80. Hinshaw Music 2
  81. International Music Co. 8
  82. Jamey Aebersold 4
  83. Janew Music 31
  84. Jarod Hall 3
  85. Jazz At Lincoln Center 1
  86. Jazz Lines Publications 97
  87. Jazz Workshop 1
  88. J. Butz Musikverlag 1
  89. Jeffrey Mumford 7
  90. Jeff Scott 13
  91. Jessie Montgomery 54
  92. John Church Company 2
  93. Johno Muzik 4
  94. Joseph Oliver Music 4
  95. Jowcol Music 1
  96. Jubal House 1
  97. Just A Theory Press 88
  98. Kalmus / Warner 4
  99. Katahj Copley Music 5
  100. Keyboard Percussion Publications 1
  101. Kiom Music 3
  102. Kjos Music 8
  103. Klangfarbe Music 42
  104. Kunzelmann 9
  105. Lauren Keiser Music 175
  106. Lemoine 11
  107. Let My Children Hear Music 1
  108. Lorenz Publishing 1
  109. Luck's Music Library 2
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  111. Mark Foster Publications 3
  112. Masonian Publications 46
  113. Masters Music Publ. 3
  114. Mca Music 1
  115. Melacanon 1
  116. Mel Bay Publications 1
  117. Meredith Music Publ. 1
  118. Merion Music 8
  119. Modern Works Music Publishing 1
  120. Morning Star Music Publ. 24
  121. Murphy Music Press 141
  122. Musica Mundana Musikverlag 1
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  125. Music Research Institute 1
  126. Musik Fabrik 6
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  128. Neue Musik Verlag 2
  129. Noetzel Verlag 2
  130. Northeastern Music Publications 1
  131. Notevole Music Publ. 13
  132. Novello 5
  133. Opera Ritrovata 3
  134. Osmund Music Inc. 65
  135. Ostinato Verlag 1
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  137. Oxford Univ. Press Hire Department 2
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  139. Pavane Publishing 1
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  141. Pembroke Music 8
  142. Per-Mus Publication 1
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  144. Potenza Music Publishing 1
  145. Prairie Dawg Press 2
  146. Productions D'oz 10
  147. Project Schott New York 39
  148. Rachel Barton Pine Foundation 14
  149. Raphael Press 27
  150. Recital Publications 6
  151. Ricordi Germany 2
  152. Roger Dean Publishing Co. 8
  153. Roncorp 1
  154. Schirmer Rental Dept. 114
  155. Schott 65
  156. Schott Musik 1
  157. Schott New York 7
  158. See-A-Dot Music Publishing 3
  159. Seesaw Music Corporation 15
  160. Serenissima 4
  161. Shawnee Press 1
  162. Sierra Music 21
  163. Sj Music 1
  164. Smithsonian Inst. Press 1
  165. Southern Illinois Up 1
  166. Southern Music Co. 12
  167. Stainer & Bell 1
  168. Studio P/r 1
  169. Subito Music Corporation 266
  170. Tapspace Publications 1
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  173. Theodore Presser Co. 271
  174. T. J. Anderson Music Publishing 26
  175. Tonichris Music 4
  176. Trevco Music 3
  177. Tri-Centric Foundation 47
  178. Triplo Press 1
  179. Tubafresh Publishing 2
  180. Tuscany Publications 1
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  182. Universal Edition 1
  183. Univ. Minnesota Press 1
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  185. Verseau Music Editions 5
  186. Walton Music Corp. 1
  187. Warner Brothers 7
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  189. Wayne Leupold Editions 14
  190. William Grant Still 83
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  195. Mary Lou Williams Edition 16
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