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The Mutopia Project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content
sheet music Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece. Like its analogs – printed Book, books or Pamphlet, pamphlets ...
, 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 li ...
's library of
public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no Exclusive exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly Waiver, waived, or may be inapplicable. Because no one holds ...
books. It started in 2000. 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 exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly Waiver, waived, or may be inapplicable. Because no one holds ...
. 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 Musical Instrument Digital Interface (; MIDI) is an American-Japanese technical standard that describes a communication protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, ...
for aural reproduction, and * LilyPond source code format. , there are 2124 pieces of music available, over a third of which are for piano.


See also

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List of online music databases Below is a table of online music databases that are largely free of charge. 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 service in some ...
* Public domain resources * Open music * International Music Score Library Project, 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), also known as the ChoralWiki, is an online database for choral and vocal music. Its contents primarily include sheet music in the public domain or otherwise freely available for printing and performing ...


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Mutopia Project home pageMutopia Project mirror (Portugal)Project maintenance siteLive ScoresCreative 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