Free Music eBooks Online

 

Here is a list of online books about Music in various formats available for free:

 

• A Briefe Discourse of the True (But Neglected) Use of Charact’ring the Degrees by Thomas Ravenscroft (HTML and page images at pbm.com)
• A Collection of Ball-Dances Perform’d at Court by John Weaver (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Ages Ago (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Frederic Clay (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• A Musick-Lector by Solomon Eccles (HTML at voicenet.com)
• An Essay for the Further Improvement of Dancing by E. Pemberton (page images and partial HTML at LOC)
• Annual Review of Jazz Studies 8 (1996) (frame and cookie-dependent page images at Scarecrow Press)
• Cox and Box (libretto, music, and commentary) by Francis Cowley Burnand and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Deuteromelia by Thomas Ravenscroft (HTML and page images at pbm.com)
• Fallen Fairies: or, The Wicked World (libretto) by William S. Gilbert and Edward German (PDF at idbsu.edu)
• Haddon Hall (libretto and commentary) by Sydney Grundy and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Haste to the Wedding (libretto and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and George Grossmith (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Iolanthe (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Ivanhoe (libretto, some music, and commentary) by Julian Sturgis and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• H. M. S. Pinafore (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Latin American Classical Composers: A Biographical Dictionary, ed. by Miguel Ficher, Martha Furman Schleifer, and John M. Furman (frame and cookie-dependent page images at Scarecrow Press)
• Melismata: Musicall Phansies Fitting the Court, Citie and Countrey Humours by Thomas Ravenscroft (page images at pbm.com)
• Mirette (libretto and commentary) by Frederic E. Weatherly, Harry Greenbank, Adrian Ross, André Messager, and Hope Temple (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Mysteries of the Great Operas by Max Heindel (HTML at rosicrucian.com)
• No Cards (libretto and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Thomas German-Reed (PDF and Word at idbsu.edu)
• Pammelia: Musicks Miscellanie by Thomas Ravenscroft (HTML and page images at pbm.com)
• Patience (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Princess Ida (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Princess Toto (libretto and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Frederic Clay (PDF and Word at idbsu.edu)
• Ruddigore (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Selected Works. (words, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Art of Dancing Explained by Reading and Figures by Kellom Tomlinson (HTML and page images at LOC)
• The Beauty Stone (libretto and commentary) by Arthur Wing Pinero, J. Comyns Carr, and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
•         The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Gutenberg text)
• The Dancing Master (10th edition, 1698), ed. by John Playford (page images at LOC)
• The Emerald Isle, or The Caves of Carrig-Cleena (libretto and commentary) by Basil Hood, Arthur Sullivan, and Edward German (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Friendship by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Godolphin by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Gondoliers (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (libretto) by Adrian Ross, Charles H. E. Brookfield, and Jacques Offenbach (text at idbsu.edu)
• The Grand Duke (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Mikado (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Nautch Girl: or, The Rajah of Chutneypore (libretto) by George Dance, Frank Desprez, and Edward Solomon (text at idbsu.edu)
• The Northumberland by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Pastorall by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung’s Ring by George Bernard Shaw (Gutenberg text)
• The Pirates of Penzance (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Princess by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)

• The Rigadoon Royal by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Rose of Persia (libretto and commentary) by Basil Hood and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Royal Ann by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royall by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royall Galliarde by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Royal Portuguez by Mr. Isaac and James Paisible (page images at LOC)
• The Sorcerer (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion by William Walker (HTML, MIDI, and images at CCEL)
• Thespis (libretto, music (original and added), and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Vicar of Bray (libretto and commentary) by Sydney Grundy and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Yeomen of the Guard (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• The Zoo (libretto, music, and commentary) by Benjamin C. Stephenson and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Trial By Jury (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)
• Utopia, Limited (libretto, music, and commentary) by William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (multimedia at idbsu.edu)