TarynB Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just sharing, thought someone else might like this too. We're listening now! This website was shared earlier today by FreelyEducate.com: "Musopen (www.musopen.org) is a 501c(3) non-profit focused on improving access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free." I did a quick search and didn't see anyone else had posted it already, so just wanted to share. It looks organized too! (Bonus! b/c sometimes free means you do a lot of work to make it usable, LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just sharing, thought someone else might like this too. We're listening now! This website was shared earlier today by FreelyEducate.com: "Musopen (www.musopen.org) is a 501c(3) non-profit focused on improving access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free." I did a quick search and didn't see anyone else had posted it already, so just wanted to share. It looks organized too! (Bonus! b/c sometimes free means you do a lot of work to make it usable, LOL) This is great. Just be sure that none of this is still copyrighted, as very, very, very few composers every make much money composing, and same with many authors. In the case of long dead composer, that's no problem since only editing can be copyrighted and many of us prefer urtexts (music just as written by the composer with no added interpretation by and editory). Here's another link to a great place for free music http://www.score-on-line.com/freescores.phphttp://www.score-on-line.com/freescores.php . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 This is great. Just be sure that none of this is still copyrighted, as very, very, very few composers every make much money composing, and same with many authors. In the case of long dead composer, that's no problem since only editing can be copyrighted and many of us prefer urtexts (music just as written by the composer with no added interpretation by and editory). Here's another link to a great place for free music http://www.score-on-.../freescores.php . Agreed! It looks like they have that covered. From their website: "There are no copyrights, no royalties, and no RIAA agents. Donate in one (or both) of two ways: Schools and individual musicians contribute recordings to create what is now the largest and most visited public domain online music library." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildiris Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Such great resources. Hearing what one is practicing helps. Thanks for both the links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lattedrinker Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thanks--I'm bookmarking this site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsp Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tearose Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Another good source for scores is CPDL (Choral Public Domain Library): http://www0.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Agreed! It looks like they have that covered. From their website: "There are no copyrights, no royalties, and no RIAA agents. Donate in one (or both) of two ways: Schools and individual musicians contribute recordings to create what is now the largest and most visited public domain online music library." Such great resources. Hearing what one is practicing helps. Thanks for both the links. Another good source for scores is CPDL (Choral Public Domain Library): http://www0.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Great. Be sure to buy some music from living composers, too, at times :), but I'm all for saving money when I can. Also, if you have a book & need an extra copy so you can have a clean one, this is a great help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thanks for all the great links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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