The Benedictine Abbey of Göttweig has a rich collection of music manuscripts, printed music and libretti, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, which show both close relations to the imperial court and to other abbeys in Lower Austria as well as to the surrounding towns. A part of the famous collection of Aloys Fuchs (1799–1859) was also inserted in the Göttweig Music Archive.

The collection of around 4,000 music manuscripts, 2,000 music prints, textbooks, and 300 music-theoretical works and textbooks is among the most extensive and valuable in Austrian monasteries.

Based on Friedrich Wilhelm Riedel’s research and cataloguing work undertaken for nearly 60 years, the cataloguing of the holdings of the music archive is to be completed in the coming years. The results will be published in the series Tabulae Musicae Austriacae.