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The Mutopia Project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content sheet music, in a way similar to
Internet Archive
Retrieved January 24, 2001. The music is reproduced from old scores that are in the
Mutopia Project home pageMutopia Project mirror (Portugal)Project maintenance siteCreative Commons Content Directory listingWiki-score
an online, collaborative platform for large-scale sheet music editing Collaborative projects Online music and lyrics databases Libre culture Internet properties established in 2000 Canadian music websites {{music-website-stub
The Mutopia Project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks."
It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital libr ...
's library of public domain books. It started in 2000.Portal page at thInternet Archive
Retrieved January 24, 2001. The music is reproduced from old scores that are in the
public domain
The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired ...
. New scores are digitally typeset with GNU LilyPond and distributed in the following formats:
* PDF format in both letter and A4 paper sizes for printing,
* MIDI
MIDI (; Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and ...
for aural reproduction, and
* LilyPond source code format.
Currently, there are more than 2,000 pieces of music available, more than half of which are pieces for piano. There are also many pieces for voice, and various other musical instruments. The Mutopia Project home page has a list of links to the most recently added pieces.
See also
*List of online music databases
Below is a table of online music databases that are largely free of charge. Note that many of the sites provide a specialized service or focus on a particular music genre. Some of these operate as an online music store or purchase referral se ...
* Public domain resources
* Open music
* International Music Score Library Project
The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), also known as the Petrucci Music Library after publisher Ottaviano Petrucci, is a subscription-based digital library of public-domain music scores. The project, which uses MediaWiki softwar ...
, a similar music cataloging project, that collects both typeset and scanned scores.
* Werner Icking Music Archive
*Choral Public Domain Library
The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is a sheet music archive which focuses on choral and vocal music in the public domain or otherwise freely available for printing and performing (such as via permission from the copyright holder).
It is a ...
References
External links
Mutopia Project home page
an online, collaborative platform for large-scale sheet music editing Collaborative projects Online music and lyrics databases Libre culture Internet properties established in 2000 Canadian music websites {{music-website-stub