Lilyponders, I am considering starting a Kickstarter project to engrave a major choral work in LilyPond that is in the public domain. The idea is to raise funds to pay for the LilyPond engraving, proofreading, contributor premiums, etc.
The LilyPond source would then be put into the public domain. Rather than make PDFs available, the LilyPond source could be put on a web site with the URL for LilyPond. Anyone wanting a printed copy, could download and install LilyPond if they didn't have it already. The idea would be to generate interest in LilyPond. Premiums for contributors could be PDFs of some of the parts of the engraved choral work or even the whole score for large contributors. From what I've seen of Kickstarter, typically the smallest premium that is attractive enough to generate contributions is a T-Shirt. So, this could be one of our premiums. If you have ideas for other premiums, they would be appreciated. If this project is successful, other projects for different works could be started. A successful project might spawn imitators making even more LilyPond source works available. I have talked to several choir directors about what to use for a first project. Handel's 'Messiah' was suggested by all of them. I am aware of Nicolas Sceaux's fine work in engraving 'Messiah', but the choir directors who spoke with me prefer to use a different version for their performances. All comments regarding this project will be appreciated. Thank you, Paul Tannous _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user