Music Library Guide

ACA is a non-profit, alternative American concert music publisher in New York City (BMI affiliated). With a history dating to 1937, ACA distributes printed and electronic scores for orchestras, performing artists, chamber ensembles, libraries and other users of sheet music, as well as licenses its works for academic and commercial uses.

The American Musicological Society was founded in 1934 to advance research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship. 3,600 individuals and 1,100 institutional subscribers from over forty nations participate in the Society.

ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music.

MOLA's mission is to facilitate communication between professional performance librarians, educate and assist them in providing service to their organizations, provide support and resources to the performing arts, and work with publishers to achieve the highest standards in music performance materials for the professional musician.

Founded in 1931, MLA is the professional organization in the United States devoted to music librarianship and all aspects of music materials in libraries.

Founded in 1895, the MPA fosters communication among publishers, dealers, music educators, and all ultimate users of music. Their main emphasis is issues relevant to the publishers of print music for concert and educational purposes. This website is particularly valuable for the resources and information made available about copyright and fair use.

SEM is a U.S.-based organization with an international membership of over 1800 individuals dedicated to the study of all forms of music from diverse humanistic and social scientific perspectives.

The Society for Music Theory (SMT) promotes music theory as both a scholarly and a pedagogical discipline. Today our Society has a membership of over 1200 music theorists worldwide, whose interests embrace a varied and growing range of subject matter.

The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music is dedicated to the study and performance of seventeenth-century music and related arts.