International Music Score Library Project facts for kids
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The homepage of IMSLP in August 2011.
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Type of site
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Music score library |
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| Available in | Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Owner | Project Petrucci LLC |
| Created by | Edward W. Guo (Feldmahler) |
| Website | imslp.org; petruccilibrary.org |
| Commercial | no |
| Registration | Optional (required for contributing) |
| Launched | February 16, 2006 |
| Current status | Online; Reopened (June 30, 2008) (Closed October 19, 2007 – June 29, 2008) |
The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), also known as the Petrucci Music Library after publisher Ottaviano Petrucci, is a project for the creation of a virtual library of public domain music scores, based on wikis.
Current operation
IMSLP states on its site that it is owned by Project Petrucci LLC. Physical contact information is provided, listing only an address in the United States.
Similar projects
- Choral Public Domain Library: focused on choral and vocal music.
- Musopen: focused on recordings.
- Mutopia Project: focused on typeset scores.
- Werner Icking Music Archive: contains mainly early music. (It was merged with IMSLP)
Images for kids
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IMSLP logo (2007–2015)
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The blue letter featured in Petrucci Music Library logo, used in 2007–2015, was based on the first printed book of music, the Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, published by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501.
See also
In Spanish: Proyecto Biblioteca Internacional de Partituras Musicales para niños
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