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Incredible!

steltz wrote:Start with Hotteterre, Barre, Loeillet.

Then move on to Leclair -- arguably the best of the 18th century flute repertoire. Better than Bach. There are eight Leclair flute sonatas, scattered about his violin sonata volumes: books I, II and IV. Search them out.

This made me laugh (from the base, bottom left, of every page of imslp.ru):
"права защищены" means "All rights reserved" or "All rights protected".

x 10,000

Hey - would it be possible to use the twitter account to put out a request for people to help out on the Sibley Project and provide a link to the forum topic about it? ( http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5945 ) It seems that would be a source for our most devoted followers and we could...

... I can totally impress the dance teachers I work for by downloading and performing pretty much any pre-1923 music they ask for, right there during class. That is awesome! however being here in the US, does that mean i can only download items in the US public domain or is it ok to download Canadi...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_UNNDUrDyk

Plus... spot Rupert Murdoch at the piano!

I'm pleased to announce that the IMSLP Twitter account now has c. 5,000 followers. This article explains why a powerful Twitter following is important:

IMSLP & the MPA – Thank You

GFrank wrote:... a video of a conductor conducting the piece in silence...

That's a brilliant idea. The conductor would, of course, look barking mad....



... but so what? It's the result that counts. Great sacrifices must be made for great art!

Journal article: IMSLP Orchestra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/imslp/status/148411204182884352 & https://twitter.com/#!/imslp/status/148412463900143616

This thread's a bit of a nightmare. I reckon robospam programmes are trained to trawl the internet looking for forums with "Hello all:)" threads which they then pounce on and infest. But anyone who isn't a Romanian spammer, and is even a real person, is very welcome. :lol: NB JeanFranco cl...

Excellent news! If enacted it would be one in the eye for (the small minority of) libraries who: (a) get their hands on culturally priceless manuscripts and early printed editions; (b) try to find a way to charge people money to obtain copies of them in a form that can go on a music stand; and (c) b...

Welcome all!

Crikey, all this praise. Thank you but....... GO AND BUY THEM!

Do you really think IMSLP will change it's name? Yes. It's happened already so can happen again. IMSLP used to be called.... IMSLP. It then changed its name to IMSLP ~ Petrucci Music Library or IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library or IMSLP also known as Petrucci Music Library. Plus there's the legal entity...