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Has anyone yet made a site that lists composers and their compositions-in order of when their music will enter public domain, with a countdown timer even?

There was one on the main site before the take down. Maybe a wiki admin can supply it?

Composers who will enter the public domain in the next few years

* 2008
o Countries with terms of life-plus-70 (EU and most of Europe)
+ Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
+ George Gershwin (1898-1937)
+ Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
+ Charles-Marie Widor (1840-1937)
+ Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
+ Hubay, Jenö (1858-1937)
o Countries with terms of life-plus-50 (Canada, China, Japan, S. Korea, etc.)
+ Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957)
+ Eric Coates (1886-1957)
+ Gnesin, Mikhail (1883-1957)
+ Goedicke, Alexander (1877-1957)
+ Józef Hofmann (1876-1957)
+ Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
+ Shepherd, Arthur (1880-1957)
+ Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

* 2009
o Countries with terms of life-plus-70 (EU and most of Europe)
+ Ben Harney (1871-1938)
+ Leopold Godowski (1870-1938)
o Countries with terms of life-plus-50 (Canada, China, Japan, S. Korea, etc.)
+ Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
+ W.C. Handy (1873-1958)
+ Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)

* 2010
o Countries with terms of life-plus-70 (EU and most of Europe)
+ Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)
o Countries with terms of life-plus-50 (Canada, China, Japan, S. Korea, etc.)
+ Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
+ Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
+ Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Woooow...Thanks! I could just use the year+ guides there to figure out Prokiev's and Montsalvatge's right?

Remember that because IMSLP is hosted in Canada, all the files present must at least be public domain in Canada. Prokofiev is already public domain, Xavier Montsalvatge died in 2002, so none of his compositions will be public domain until 2053.