hans wrote:
If you get access to the originals from the libraries & if
you edit them (make clear text), you would allow free public
circulation ? Would you do this as a public service. I
doubt.
It may seem doubtful, but there are certainly a few websites doing
exactly this:
www.mutopiaproject.org
www.imslp.org
Although it will certainly be some time before enough volunteers prepare
enough music to even scratch the surface of the available literature.
And why not buying these very low priced Dover scores & get
the parts written out by yourself.
This is the argument I like best. Even inexpensive parts are available
for much of the literature from places like Kalmus.
While I can do rudimentary study staring at my computer screen, I prefer
to read music in print. The money and time expended buying quality paper
and having the music bound nicely often exceeds the cost of simply
purchasing the available inexpensive editions!
Maybe other people are complacent with music printed on letter-size
office paper that
1. bleeds the printing through to both sides because it's too thin,
2. reduces the original 10"x13" pages until it's too small, and
3. blows off the stand because the paper is too light.
Greg
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