"I wasn't sure about putting midi files on - the ones generated by
Lilypond at the moment are fairly basic - things like ties are
ignored."
There are a lot of MIDI file sites on the web, and almost no sheet
music ones. I recommend skipping MIDIs.
"I don't know what we'd do with pieces without an opus number (quite
a few) - perhaps order them by year."
Virtually no baroque-or-before composers used opus numbers, you don't
know what year most of their works were composed in, many exist in
several different 'original' versions (Telemann!) ... And, every time
I turn around, I seem to come across another numbering scheme for
Scarlatti sonatas...
"It's probably sensible for me not to put any ps, pdf or ly files up
on the website until we've sorted out the copyright situation on this
mailing list."
See http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/1714/harpsichord.html#COPY
for the best current definition of copy-safe music publishing that I
know of. It has been bounced off every expert group I can find, and
has passed. The only point raised that got any support has been that,
strictly, French law appears not to be responsible for the problems
with French-published music, it's French publishers who are the
problem.
"I guess it doesn't want to be too long, but be clear and concise
about how the ps/pdf files may be distributed..."
Here is what I use (adapted slightly):
"My recordings are copyrighted under the Berne convention. Anyone may
copy, link to, or distribute any of my recordings as much as they
wish as long as this notice of copyright and permission to copy is
distributed with all copies. (On the Internet, a link to this page is
sufficient.) No one may restrict their distribution in any way, by
collection copyright or any other means."
John
