# IMSLP Scraper - Free Sheet Music & Scores (`lulzasaur/imslp-scraper`) Actor Scrape free sheet music from IMSLP.org (Petrucci Music Library). Search 700K+ public domain scores by composer or work. Get titles, keys, opus numbers, instrumentation, and file counts. - **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/imslp-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## IMSLP Sheet Music Scraper Scrape free public domain sheet music from [IMSLP](https://imslp.org) (International Music Score Library Project / Petrucci Music Library) — the largest collection of free sheet music in the world with 200,000+ works. ### What it does Search by composer name or work title to get structured metadata for classical music scores: - **Title & Composer** — Parsed from IMSLP's canonical format - **Opus/Catalogue Numbers** — Op., WoO, BWV, K., RV, D., HWV, Hob., etc. - **Key** — Musical key (e.g. "C-sharp minor") - **Instrumentation** — e.g. "piano", "orchestra", "string quartet" - **Genre/Style** — Classical, Romantic, Baroque, etc. - **Year of Composition** - **Movements** — Parsed movement list - **Edition Count** — Number of available PDF editions - **PDF URLs** — Direct links to downloadable score PDFs - **Source URL** — Link back to the IMSLP work page ### Input | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | `searchQueries` | string[] | `["Beethoven"]` | Composer names or work titles | | `maxListings` | integer | 50 | Max works to return (1-1000) | | `scrapeDetails` | boolean | false | Visit work pages for full metadata | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | — | Optional proxy settings | #### Search modes - **Composer search** (e.g. "Beethoven", "Bach") — Lists all works in that composer's category - **Work search** (e.g. "Moonlight Sonata", "Clair de Lune") — Searches across all works #### Detail scraping With `scrapeDetails: false` (default), you get title, composer, opus number, and source URL — fast and lightweight. With `scrapeDetails: true`, each work page is visited to extract key, instrumentation, genre, year, movements, PDF links, and edition counts. This is slower but provides rich metadata. ### Output example ```json { "title": "Piano Sonata No.14, Op.27 No.2", "composer": "Beethoven, Ludwig van", "opusNumber": "Op.27 No.2", "key": "C-sharp minor", "instrumentation": "piano", "genre": "Classical", "year": "1802", "movements": ["Adagio sostenuto", "Allegretto - Trio", "Presto agitato"], "editions": 85, "pdfUrls": ["https://imslp.org/images/..."], "sourceUrl": "https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No.14,_Op.27_No.2_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van)", "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T12:00:00.000Z" } ```` ### Use cases - **Music researchers** — Catalog and analyze classical music metadata at scale - **Music educators** — Find free sheet music for teaching - **App developers** — Build music discovery tools with structured data - **Digital humanities** — Analyze composers, genres, and time periods - **Performers** — Discover available editions of specific works ### Technical notes - Uses IMSLP's MediaWiki API for fast, reliable search and category listing - Individual work pages are scraped with Cheerio for full metadata - Respects rate limits with built-in delays when scraping details - All sheet music on IMSLP is public domain or Creative Commons licensed # Actor input Schema ## `searchQueries` (type: `array`): Composer names or work titles to search for. E.g. 'Beethoven', 'Moonlight Sonata', 'Bach, Johann Sebastian'. ## `maxListings` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of works to return across all queries. ## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`): Visit each work page for full metadata (key, instrumentation, movements, PDF links). Slower but more data. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional proxy to use. ## Actor input object example ```json { "searchQueries": [ "Beethoven" ], "maxListings": 50, "scrapeDetails": false } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "searchQueries": [ "Beethoven" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/imslp-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "searchQueries": ["Beethoven"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("lulzasaur/imslp-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "searchQueries": [ "Beethoven" ] }' | apify call lulzasaur/imslp-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/imslp-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "IMSLP Scraper - Free Sheet Music & Scores", "description": "Scrape free sheet music from IMSLP.org (Petrucci Music Library). Search 700K+ public domain scores by composer or work. Get titles, keys, opus numbers, instrumentation, and file counts.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "gTgkl7UFNcckMkzHy" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/lulzasaur~imslp-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lulzasaur-imslp-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~imslp-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-lulzasaur-imslp-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/lulzasaur~imslp-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-lulzasaur-imslp-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "searchQueries": { "title": "Search Queries", "type": "array", "description": "Composer names or work titles to search for. E.g. 'Beethoven', 'Moonlight Sonata', 'Bach, Johann Sebastian'.", "default": [ "Beethoven" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxListings": { "title": "Max Listings", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of works to return across all queries.", "default": 50 }, "scrapeDetails": { "title": "Scrape Full Details", "type": "boolean", "description": "Visit each work page for full metadata (key, instrumentation, movements, PDF links). Slower but more data.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional proxy to use." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```