Library

The Central Library of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music has the biggest music-related collection in Hungary. The Library has 450 000 music scores, 70 000 books and 100 journals, and there is a collection of 25 000 CDs, DVDs and vinyl records.
Our subscribed databases and library collection are available via the joint catalogue: liberty.lfze.hu.
Contact Information and Opening Hours
Central Library

  Monday - Friday: 9:00 - 15:00

 ☎ Telephone: 06-1-462-4686

 ✉  readerservice[at]lisztacademy.hu

  Library Director Dr. Ferenc János Szabó

 ✉ szabo.ferenc.janos[at]lisztacademy.hu

  1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc Sq. 8.

Liszt Ferenc Research LibraryAudio-Visual Collection

  Monday to Friday:10:00 - 14:00

 ☎ Telephone: 06-1-322-9804/124

 ✉ csabai.adrien[at]lisztacademy.hu

  1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty utca 35, GF.

  Monday-Friday: 10:00 - 14:00

 ☎  Telephone: 06-1-322-9804/112

 ✉  horvath.katalin[at]lisztacademy.hu

  1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty utca 35, 2F.

Services

Any natural person can use the Library with registration. Borrowing privileges are granted to professors and students of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, music teachers, and professional musicians. 

  1. basic registration – free: 6 printed and 2 audio-visual documents,
  2. extended registration – 1000 HUF/year: 15 printed and 5 audio-visual documents
  3. researcher's registration: 2000 HUF/year: 30 printed and 10 audio-visual documents
 
PhD/DLA students are entitled to extended services for the same prices.
 
Non-degree students are required to pay a deposit of 30.000 HUF, which can be reclaimed at the end of their programme.

Copying: A4 - 25 HUF/page, A3 - 50 HUF/page
Priting: A4 - 25 HUF/page, A3 - 50 HUF/page

The Library only duplicates documents exempt from copyright.

Fines:
Printed document with normal loan period: 40 HUF/day
Audio-visual document with normal (2 weeks) loan period: 200 HUF/day
 
Professors and students of the Academy can borrow 20 or 50 documents, outside patrons can borrow 10 documents at a time. Those affiliated with the Academy can borrow the documents for 1 semester, outside patrons for 1 month, which can be extended once (if the document is not requested by somebody else).
The following items can be borrowed for only 1 month: orchestra materials, copies of complete works, Henle-Urtext
After the deadline for returning documents have passed, patrons cannot receive library services until the documents are returned.
1st and 2nd year BA students and 1st year MA students can borrow 3 documents for the summer, and they can only register for the following semester when they have returned these documents.
Media items in the Studio of the Central Library can only be borrowed by professors, students and staff of the Academy, and not more than 6 items. These items can be borrowed for 2 weeks. In the Media Library, 3 documents can be borrowed for 1 week.
An electronic piano with 2 headphones is available in the Reading Room within service hours. Please book time in advance at the Issue Desk in person, via e-mail or phone.
 
As of 4 December 2012, the library sends notification via e-mail about approaching deadlines for returning documents. From that date, there is no grace time after the deadline, which means a penalty fee is charged every day from the day after the deadline, for every document not returned.
 
The late fees for documents not returned until the deadline are the following:
  • Documents borrowed for 1 month / 5 months: 40 HUF/day:
  • CD/DVD: 100 HUF/day:
  • Printed documents borrowed for less than 1 month: 900 HUF/day.
Databases
Arcanum database is now accessible remotely using eduID. You can find more information about eduID at this link.
About

We are continually enlarging our digital library: rare and distinctive nineteenth-century scores — including printed editions and, in some cases, manuscript sheet music by Liszt, Mihalovich, Csermák, Ábrányi and Volkmann — are now accessible in our database.

The uploaded documents can be found in several ways:

  • On the catalogue’s homepage, choose the “Digital Collections” option from the drop-down menu in the top-right corner of the search box; or

  • Enter the composer’s name or the title of the work in the search field, select sheet music as the document type, and run the search. You can further refine the list of results by selecting “Digital Collection” from the menu on the left.

The uploaded historical prints can be viewed by anyone, while the digitised musical manuscripts are available to registered readers who have logged in and accepted the copyright statement.

The History of the Library of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music

Library Catalogue System

Security Surveillance

We inform our Visitors that a video surveillance system has been installed in the Central Library.