Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music

Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music A living archive of orchestral music, the Fleisher Collection loans rare, out-of-print, and unique works to orchestras of all sizes around the world!

We also continue to bring in new works for upcoming premieres. The Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music is the world's largest lending library of orchestral performance material, with over 21,500 titles and growing. It houses virtually the entire standard repertoire, and is also known for its many rare and out-of-print works available for lending around the world. It is a unique source

of 19th- and 20th-century American music, and has a longstanding commitment to promoting new, noteworthy, and overlooked works. The lending service is available to music organizations upon receipt of a written request. You can also peruse the entire collection in person at the Central Library, 1901 Vine Street. Photocopying of individual public domain parts is allowed by appointment. Please e-mail [email protected] or call (215) 686-5313 for more information

04/08/2026
Philadelphia Orchestra is performing our Fleisher Critical Edition of "Devil's Promenade" by Louis Ballard this weekend.
02/06/2026

Philadelphia Orchestra is performing our Fleisher Critical Edition of "Devil's Promenade" by Louis Ballard this weekend.

Concertmaster David Kim steps into the spotlight in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, a breathtaking, emotionally intense thrill ride. Rafael Payere, whose five-star reviews hail performances “ablaze with color, intensity and strength” (Cleveland Classical), leads this heart-pounding program. Ope...

New Fleisher Editions under the baton of Maestro Blundell and the Lansdowne Symphony, including the only orchestral work...
02/04/2026

New Fleisher Editions under the baton of Maestro Blundell and the Lansdowne Symphony, including the only orchestral work by electronic music pioneer Joanna Brouk.

Reuben Blundell is Music Director of the Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra, one of Philadelphia Region's great artistic treasures.

The East Coast premiere of electronic music pioneer Joanna Brouk’s only orchestral work, Lalinia Electra, with one of ou...
02/04/2026

The East Coast premiere of electronic music pioneer Joanna Brouk’s only orchestral work, Lalinia Electra, with one of our latest critical editions edited by Clint Nieweg and Lawrence Halverson.
https://lansdowneso.org/reuben-blundell-music-director/

At just 23 years old, Hans Zimmer is pictured with the massive Moog synthesizer originally designed by Robert Moog and famously used by Wendy Carlos on Switched-On Bach. A modular analog instrument, the Moog generates sound through interconnected oscillators, filters, and patch cables. Zimmer acquired this particular unit from Tangerine Dream’s Chris Franke and later adapted it for computer control, linking classic analog technology with the future of digital film scoring.

This is the height of our season preparing orchestras around the world for the rest of this orchestral season and the ne...
01/23/2026

This is the height of our season preparing orchestras around the world for the rest of this orchestral season and the next.

Two U.S. composers whose educations were interrupted by service in WWII, returned to school afterward, and made their ma...
01/17/2026

Two U.S. composers whose educations were interrupted by service in WWII, returned to school afterward, and made their mark on American music. Discoveries brings you two rare archival recordings from the American International Music Fund.

Rare AIMF recordings from the Fleisher archives

La maestra
01/01/2026

La maestra

Happy New Year no matter what your resolutions.
01/01/2026

Happy New Year no matter what your resolutions.

12/26/2025

Chicago Tribune critic Edward Barry on the premiere of "La Fiamma" by Respighi at the Civic Opera House:

"The most striking thing about the opera (or the musical melodrama as the composer calls it) is its daring use of music to express emotions that are usually considered outside its province."

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