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Some of us may have received this message which I would think is of interest to IMSLP regulars: Dear colleagues, I am writing to draw your attention to ‘Scores of Scores’: a massive encoding project which will provide public domain, encoded scores of 19th century lieder for all purposes. https://fou...

So how do we flag a composer who does not yet have that category?

I was going to scan some public domain books on music composition/analysis that I thought would fit in with IMSLP's collection of books on music. Then I noticed that these works are already scanned by the Internet Archive. Can I upload these scans to IMSLP to enhance this site's collection?

Call off the hounds - I tried again this morning and it worked.

Hi folks,

I'm trying to upload Ricardo Castro's Impromptu, op. 41. I created the page - it looks fine. But when I try to upload the pdf file, I get the message:

Internal error: Bad file name .

Is this my problem, or a server issue?

Thanks!

Someone uploaded this file: http://imslp.org/wiki/File:PMLP506731-C ... _Op.11.pdf

Even with the publisher information deleted, it's easy to tell this is a Henle edition and therefore in copyright.

Thank you Sallen112. I'm done - you can close it off now.

Hi folks, I have a score by Cyril Scott, "Danse negre" which is public domain in the U.S. where I am located (copyright 1911) which I want to upload. But I don't see an "Add file" tab for his page. I recognize that this work is p.d. only in the U.S. (and there are plenty of other...

Thanks colonnus - I'll give it a try.

I generally scan at 400 dpi but in color because I find the resolution looks better than in any of the black/white options. But, for example, I did a scan, and Cypressdome reduced it greatly: http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_in_B-flat_major,_WWV_21_(Wagner,_Richard) (see under arrangements and tra...

Hi folks, When I create a score, I use Adobe Acrobat to reduce the file size. But that doesn't give me as much reduction as I see others have done (for example, switching from color to black and white, resampling, etc). Is there some page with a list of instructions on how to reduce file size withou...

IMSLP has been down most of today, July 6. Any explanations and estimations when it will be back up?

The description of this work follows New Grove and other sources, saying its for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos. Based on the first edition's title page and the labeling of the parts, they're all wrong. The piece itself says it's for either: 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass OR: 2 violins, 2 vi...

Is IMSLP a non-profit 501(c) organization?

This is fantastic to see that over 20,000 more scores may be added to the site! I am curious, what was the Baerenwriter representative stance on IMSLP right now? He knew quite well that much of the online version of the Neue Mozart Ausgabe is on IMSLP. He argued that presenting just the music gives...