Universal Circulating Music Library

[1] By the 1920s, no significant such circulating libraries by music publishers had survived, probably due to reduced demand.

[2] An announcement at the time stated: "The catalogue contains more than 42,042 separately numbered works, embracing almost every English and Foreign publication, under various headings and subdivisions.

"[3] It had an annual subscription fee and a printed catalog could be purchased separately.

[3] The Universal Circulating Music Library provided by Novello, Ewer & Co. dates back to 1868.

[1] The preface of the first catalogue states: "This Library, which was established, and has been most successfully carried on since 1859, by Messrs. Ewer and Co., has been purchased by Messr.