When sheet music is in the public domain, you can freely:
The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights (copyrights) apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable.
Find Music Scores in Cabell Library:
If you need help locating your score, see any staff member at the service desk on the 1st floor.
To determine if a musical work was published in a collected edition or anthology, try the following reference works.
There are also alternative sources such as song indexes and repertoire resources in VCU Libraries collections.