Printed music

The Swiss National Library has been collecting printed music since 1918.

Content and scope

• Works published by Swiss music publishers
• Works of Swiss composers or composers residing in Switzerland published abroad
• Musical adaptations of texts by Swiss composers or composers residing in Switzerland published abroad
• Published compositions that deal with Switzerland
• Copies of music manuscripts by members of the Swiss Musicians’ Association SONART (1949–2019)
  
• Recordings of music when they are attached to publications. The collection of Swiss music recordings is held at the Swiss National Sound Archives in Lugano.

Collection principles

• One copy of each publication is deposited and archived
• On paper 

Research and access

• Documents listed in Helveticat
• One issue per year of “The Swiss Book” has been devoted to printed music since 1956.

• Swiss National Sound Archives
• Helveticat

The Swiss Book