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by gibarian
Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:09 am
Forum: Score Requests
Topic: Armstrong Gibbs Society
Replies: 1
Views: 1360

Armstrong Gibbs Society

I've contributed nearly a hundred scores to IMSLP. I wrote the following note to the Armstrong Gibbs society (armstronggibbs.com). I hope I haven't exceeded any authority, but I think the note is clear...in case any inquiries go the way of the site's administrators. Dear Ms. Aries: I volunteer my ti...
by gibarian
Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:35 am
Forum: Score Requests
Topic: Songs by C. Armstrong Gibbs
Replies: 2
Views: 1194

Re: Songs by C. Armstrong Gibbs

He's still in copyright in Canada where IMSLP's servers are hosted. The good news is he goes out of copyright in Canada in May this year (2011).
by gibarian
Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:16 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Suggestion for Opera Vocal scores - subset pages for arias
Replies: 1
Views: 1347

Suggestion for Opera Vocal scores - subset pages for arias

I was thinking it might be a good idea to go through some of the IMSLP vocal score files and create subset downloads for the famous/popular arias. I don't want to coordinate it, but it's been on my mind. My reasoning is it would save IMSLP $$ and bandwidth because many individuals downloading entire...
by gibarian
Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:37 am
Forum: Moderator Requests - Help - FAQ
Topic: Liszt Faust Symphony
Replies: 9
Views: 12354

Re: Liszt Faust Symphony

Re: Arranging the Liszt page. Might I suggest using the works list from New Grove and using the categorizations/groupings/versionings provided there. New Grove recognized a different presentation was suitable to different composers...and here, all the legwork of categorizing the different versions i...
by gibarian
Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:30 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: Petrucci Library Press
Replies: 34
Views: 47192

Re: Petrucci Library Press

This seems to me to be very dangerous territory. The whole point of a library is to check out (and turn in, presumably) books - not charge for them. What is to prevent this from becoming a subscription service? Is there a mission statement, and, if so, does this venture actually fit into it? Why was...