On 11/11/10 7:02 AM, "Monica Hall" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> In any case even a facsimile is not a substitute for seeing the real thing.
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> Monica
Having had a cherished opportunity to peruse the unique Capirola ms in
Chicago, I can heartily agree with your sentiment. However, I was too much
in awe of the thing to even think of trying to play from it!
Regards,
Leonard Williams
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Tayler" <[email protected]>
> To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:33 PM
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?
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>> Although I understand all of the issues, including compensating ppl
>> for their time, charging money for facsimiles is basically evil, and
>> in the long run everyone will be better served by having more music
>> available--more concerts, more audience, more work.
>> What all libraries should do is just put it all online, and then if
>> someone wants to make an edition and sell it, fine. Just make a PDF,
>> and upload it, and I guarantee that everyone will benefit.
>> This also prevents players from owning a repertory by limiting access.
>>
>> If scholars want to sell the commentary as a separate book, that is
>> also fine, and continues an established tradition.
>> dt
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>> At 12:32 PM 11/10/2010, you wrote:
>>> Still something that I don't get:
>>>
>>> why are some public (public) libraries slowly making all their MS
>>> available as a digital download - and I'm thinking about the the
>>> Bayerisch Staatsbibliothek here in Munich, between others -, while
>>> there are other PUBLIC libraries (hello, British Library ...) - that
>>> still do not even seem to envisage that ...
>>>
>>> Shall we (as single members of the list) put some pressure on our
>>> local
>>> libraries? Send an email to the curators of their music departments -
>>> maybe as rightful, registered members of the library, as I guess some
>>> of us are - and ask about it?
>>> (Of course, this doesn't want to diminuish at all the value of such
>>> pubblication as the Dd.2.11 by the Lute Society. The scholarship part
>>> is something you dont get in a digital facsimile ...)
>>> Your opinion, listers?
>>> Matteo
>>> On 10 November 2010 20:19, Denys Stephens
>>> <[1][email protected]> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> It's also worth noting that whilst some
>>> of
>>> the world's libraries are making digital copies of their musical
>>> sources
>>> available, there is currently no expectation that this, or indeed
>>> any of the
>>> Cambridge University Library manuscripts will become available as
>>> free
>>> electronic downloads.
>>> Denys
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> References
>>>
>>> 1. mailto:[email protected]
>>>
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