Opera house in Peabody, Massachusetts

Welcome to the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University's premier destination for musical scholarship and exploration. Located at 3 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, our library is a vibrant hub for both performance and research, embracing the diverse musical traditions of the world. Our extensive collections include books, scores, periodicals, and an impressive array of sound and video recordings that support a wide spectrum of musical disciplines, from historical musicology and music theory to ethnomusicology and composition. We are proud to house the Archive of World Music, which features archival field recordings and commercial recordings of ethnomusicological interest, as well as the esteemed Isham Memorial Library, known for its rare original books and scores.