IMSLP MCP server

This is a small helper that connects your AI chat to IMSLP, the free online library of classical music scores. It is handy if you look up pieces, composers or editions and want the details without clicking around the site yourself. You just ask in plain words and the AI fetches what the library holds.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something like which nocturnes by Chopin IMSLP holds. The AI passes your question to this helper, which searches the IMSLP pages. The helper reads back the matching works, composers, editions and copyright notes. The AI then turns that into a normal answer in your chat, with links to the pages. It only reads the library, it does not change anything there.

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What you can do with it

• Search IMSLP for a work by title, composer or words on the page
• Look up a composer, editor or performer and their life dates
• Read one work's opus number, key, instrumentation and year
• List the editions of a work with publisher, editor and copyright terms
• See the files, formats and download counts for each edition
• Browse works filed under a genre, a key or an instrument
• List the works IMSLP files under one person

Try asking your AI

• “What does IMSLP hold of Chopin's nocturnes?”
• “Read me the page of Erik Satie and tell me when he lived.”
• “List the editions of Debussy's Clair de lune, with who published each one.”
• “Show me works for solo cello in the library.”

What it gives back to you

You get back a normal chat answer: lists of works or people, details like opus number, key and instrumentation, and the editions of a piece with their publishers and copyright notes. Each item usually comes with a link to its IMSLP page. If the library counts nothing, the AI says so rather than inventing numbers.

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Who it's for

Music students, teachers, performers and anyone curious about classical pieces who wants quick facts from IMSLP.