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ISMN

Product IdentificationAlso known as: ISMN

Ethan Carter

QR & Barcode Standards Specialist

ISMN is the International Standard Music Number for notated sheet music, encoded as an EAN-13 with a 979-0 prefix.

How it works

It combines a publisher element and an item number with a check digit to uniquely identify an edition of a score.

Where it's used

Printed sheet music, songbooks and orchestral scores.