Is there a Project Gutenberg for public domain sheet music?
June 20, 2004 6:48 AM Subscribe
Is there something like Project Gutenberg for public domain sheet music? I'm specifically interested in classical, particularly orchestral scores. Dover Books do some very cheap ones, but I'm a big fan of free whenever possible!
After about an hour of failing to display musicxml, could someone give me a hint or two? Thanks.
posted by mischief at 9:10 AM on June 20, 2004
posted by mischief at 9:10 AM on June 20, 2004
I tried MusicEase, but it does not seem to handle such large files as on Gutenberg at all well.
posted by mischief at 10:12 AM on June 20, 2004
posted by mischief at 10:12 AM on June 20, 2004
The Choral Public Domain Library does pretty much what its name suggests.
posted by monkey closet at 2:00 AM on June 21, 2004
posted by monkey closet at 2:00 AM on June 21, 2004
Oh, and a word of warning about Dover - while they're excellent value, they're not always the best editions, particularly where they're either:
posted by monkey closet at 3:58 AM on June 21, 2004
- Earlier music in strange 19th century editions (I have some very odd Dover Bach)
- Plates from early editions of things that have subsequently been revised - I have some romantic music that differs quite dramatically from the more common versions.
posted by monkey closet at 3:58 AM on June 21, 2004
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posted by jessamyn at 7:00 AM on June 20, 2004