[pp.int.general] We must support the International Music Score Library Project!

[Valentin Villenave]

2007/10/21, Natsu <piratenatsu at gmail.com>:
>
> The project is a great idea, indeed. Problem is... Would it include the
> written music, or audio files?

It is about scores, of course. But there's a problem about it : even
for composers who have been dead for decades (e.g. Mozart) the
publishers still hold rights on their editions (i.e. the notes are
Public Domain, but they still own the layout, the printing, the
engraving, the fingerings etc).

Music scores are kind of an issue (at least for musicians). For
centuries they've been extremely expensive because they were engraved
manually. Now, they've become very cheap to produce, but the prices...
have actually increased!

Some free resources:
http://sheetmusicarchive.net/ (piano scores)
http://icking-music-archive.org/ (a bit messy)
http://www.cpdl.org (vocal music)
http://mutopiaproject.org/ (free scores ,engraved with the greatest
free software ever:
http://lilypond.org )

Cheers,
Valentin