Special Materials
The Nakano Music Scores Collection
(about 9,200 mandolin scores and 9,500 guitar scores, as well as related publications and magazines)
The collection was established with the gift of the music score collection of a musician Jiro Nakano (1902-2000).
Nakano had collected mandolin and guitar music scores since 1920, some of which were obtained from overseas, making
the collection one of the most valuable in the world. It contains music scores of several hundred composers from the
early19th century to the present, including those of Matteo Carcassi, who is said to be the founder of the modern
classical guitar, and Fernando Sor, as well as rare pieces, such as the original edition of Mauro Giuliani.
*The Nakano Music Scores Collection is not available for the time being from the 11th July 2023 due to the
rebuilding of Imadegawa Library. The opening schedule for the new library will be announced on the special page The New Library Project.
For more detail (In Japanese)