The Bonner Katalog is the standard reference work for rental materials for musical performances. It lists the musical scores for which the performing rights are held or represented by German music publishers and which can be rented for musical performances or productions.Besides providing acess to the established works of the music tradition, the Bonner Katalog opens up a wealth of valuable material rarely performed nowadays, but belonging to the standard concert and opera repertoirs of the past. It also documents the wealth and variety of contemporary music by international composers.The 11th CD-ROM edition 2008 of the Bonner Katalog lists approx. 77,000 currently available works by 8,500 composers. Numerous access possibilities allow for pinpoint searches for, amongst others, composers or 9,500 other persons involved (e.g. librettists and arrangers), titles or title elements, instrumentation, duration, and publishers, revealing the information potential of the Bonner Katalog extensively and in detail.All records of the compositions are accompanied by complete, up-to-date ordering addresses.
Deutsches Musikarchiv der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek