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Following a link from Wikipedia's page on IMSLP today, I discovered a similar site called Musopen, which makes available public domain sheet music as well as recordings (though a somewhat limited supply). Most of these are fairly high quality, recorded by a variety of individuals as well as the Skid...

I know quite a few cellists that I would say are very expressive, most of whom are female. Two of these women recently won concerto competitions, and I must say I have rarely seen such beautiful playing in my life. It may be true that much of the classical music scene (especially conducting) is stil...

Brahms's 3rd Piano Quartet in C Minor, op.60. My favorite piece ever. And virtually never played. I think I've had the score out of the library for 8 months now. Also, this one was added to IMSLP just before it closed. If I have time when it comes back, maybe I'll add parts. Oh, the track just chang...

I read, somewhat sadly, the decision to keep IMSLP down for the remainder of the semester. While I understand your reasons, I wish there were some way to make the clearly PD files available sooner. It seems like a lot of people agree, so would there be a way to temporarily open parts of the site? Th...

PI wrote: In the meantime, I thought of a semi-solution. Before entering the site the user would get to choose which country they are browsing from. Then the content is limited to meet the copyright laws in that country. Although this system be deceived easily, it might hold up in court. At least it...

Thanks! I'll try to find time to scan it.

If published in 1925, the work isn't PD in the US.

Oh, I see. I was thinking of US rules.

Incidentally, though this is splitting hairs, is the actual act of scanning a score from a library in the US legal if the score is only PD in Canada? I thought making digital copies of books is restricted.

What do you mean by 'free'?

In the music library of my college I found an old Edition Peters score of Brahms's Piano Quartet in c minor, op.60. It was edited by Georg Schumann, and has plate number 10443 <3>. There is no copyright date on the volume or on Worldcat, and I have the reference and music librarians stumped. Does an...

Does anybody happen to have a copy of the Navarra for two violins and piano? I can't find one. Thanks!

I uploaded that along with several other notes.tarakanov.net pieces. I thought the pieces were of questionable legality, but I think I discussed them on the forums and was generally reassured that it was fine. When the Public Domain status on the page switched to "Verified" I kind of stopp...

What about pieces with both Opus and S numbers? Most of the works lack an Opus number, but I've been putting them in the title and the S numbers only under Catalog Number.

Would it be better to put the S number in the title and catalog number, and simply leave out Opus numbers when given?

OK, I'm doing the chamber music (S6xx).

Should we put the type as "New Composition?" If I do "Normal Scan" it says that scans must be PD instead of cc-by 3.0