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That's a good idea. I can think of some very basic matters of terminology it would be helpful to clarify, such as "Cello" vs "Violoncello", or the best way to represent flats/sharps in text when referring to key signatures. It would be helpful if there was somewhere we could exch...

This has been mentioned in another thread, but we're trying to set down guidelines for a consistent layout on the IMSLP work (composition) pages. You can see the current thinking here: http://imslp.org/wiki/User:P.davydov/standards Anyone is welcome to join the discussion on that page's talk section...

As promised I've put together some proposed standards here: http://imslp.org/wiki/User:P.davydov/standards Just looking at a random sample, probably 50% of our existing pages would require no change if these standards were agreed, but they may be helpful in resolving some awkward issues. Could any c...

Peter wrote:ok guys, maybe one of you can summarize this thread in a nice guideline on the wiki, because no one is going to read all this posts...

We're still throwing ideas around for the moment, but I'll try to put something more concise and coherent together this weekend...

OK, I've begun to standardise the headings on the Tchaikovsky pages, taking into account the discussions above, and will report back... One point that has already arisen concerns orchestral parts for large-scale works, where the files for each part are so large that they have been sub-divided. This ...

Some good suggestions here, and our goal should be to come up with something that is both simple to understand and to implement. With this in mind, and after a great deal of soul-searching and experimentation, I would like to propose just two top-level headings: "Original Works" and "...

I've added some information on the contents of the Dvorak edition, but identifying the publication dates of each volume, and adding hyperlinks to the work pages will take a little longer... if anyone else would like to volunteer

daphnis wrote:The first edition is now available:

Excellent! Thanks again for the quick response.

Hmm... In the text quoted by Perlnerd666 I meant to put an exclamation mark rather than the question mark that actually appeared, resulting in confusion rather than the mild amusement intended. Anyway, I'm very grateful to Daphnis for taking the trouble to track down the first edition, and it will b...

If you can provide me with more precise info., such as possible date, page count and perhaps plate I could probably get my hands on such an edition. Thanks for the offer. The first edition of the full score was published by P. Jurgenson in Moscow in 1882 (75 pages, plate no. 4592), with the title i...

Sorry, I didn't specify what I meant. I don't always like the computer generated works because they can be innacurate; also, my question should have been: What happened to 'God Save the Tsar' in the first file on the site? Thanks Well... performing "God Save the Tsar" during Soviet times ...

If we're talking about the texts of Russian songs or libretti, then reverse transliteration is important for the performers, and I could be persuaded to put up with the odd 'j' here and there :) But as regards the names of composers and work lists, my vote is for using the Wikipedia system. So we'd ...

Carolus wrote: We really need to stick with the most widely used transliteration for composer names, which I expect is the one employed by Library of Congress Unfortunately the LoC versions of Russian names can be wildly inconsistent with their own transliteration system. For example, they use "...

According to the home page IMSLP now has exactly 20,000 scores!

Congratulations everyone! Get those party poppers out

It seems to me that all the conventional systems have their flaws, but if we take some common Russian names then maybe we reach a consensus on the preferred form? For example: * Nikolai / Nikolaï / Nikolaj / Nikolay * Sergei / Sergeï / Sergej / Sergey * Anatolii / Anatoliï / Anatolij / Anatoliy / An...