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Titles
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Sheet Music Pages
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Literature titles
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Composers
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Registered Users
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Sheet Music Downloads
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General Search
You may search the Orthodox Sacred Music Reference Library by one of three major categories of content:
- By Composer
- By Title or Liturgical Designation
- By Liturgical Category (Genre)
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Search by Keyword
You can generate search results by typing in the title, a keyword from the title, the composer, the voicing, or the catalog number in the search bar.
- Choose descriptive keywords and omit common words such as "a," "an," "the."
- Keep your keyword simple, using as few terms as possible; you can filter the results later.
- On the English side of the site you can search by English title or transliterated title.
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Wildcard (Partial-word) Search
Our search engine supports a partial-word search. Please type " * " (asterisk) after the last letter in your query in order to perform a wildcard search. For example:
You type: Chesn*
Results: The results will show the pieces by Chesnokov
You type: Bogor*
Results: The results will show pieces containing the word "Bogoroditse"
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Variant Spellings
The search engine accepts variant spellings of many composers' names. For example, if you type "Rakhmaninov" or "Rachmaninov," you will find all the results for "Rachmaninoff."
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Search by Composer
Use the Composer section of the website to find all works by a certain composer, as well as biographical information about him. In the composers gallery, you can clicking click on the composer's portrait to find his works.
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Search by Title or Liturgical Designation
Use the Title section of the website to find all works having a certain liturgical title. Search results may be obtained by using the initial words of the text (for example, "Otche nash" [Our Father]) or the liturgical designation (for example, "Molitva Gospodnia" [The Lord's Prayer].
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Search by Liturgical Category
Use the Title section of the website to find all works within a certain liturgical designation or category, for example, "Vsenoshchnoe bdenie" [All-Night Vigil], to find all works from the All-Night Vigil or "Bogoiavlenie" [Theophany], to find all works belonging to the feast of Theophany.
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Search by Voicing
Search for works having a particular voicing by entering the chorus type in the search box; i.e. Mixed, women, men, treble, unison. Typical choral voicings such as satb, ssaa, ttbb, can also be found in this manner.
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Quick Search
The "Quick Search" option in the left column can be used to find results by Liturgical Cycle (e.g., Vespers, Divine Liturgy, Wedding); Feast (e.g., Theophany, Pascha); or Chant (e.g., znamenny, Kievan, etc.)
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Sorting and Filtering Results
On each page of search results you can sort your results by Composer, Title, or Catalog number.
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Having trouble finding something?
If you are having trouble finding what you are looking for, please contact us by e-mail.