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by matthew
Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:33 pm
Forum: Archive
Topic: Second U-E cease and desist letter
Replies: 21
Views: 61965

What copyright does UE claim to hold on something like Janacek, Leos (1854-1928) Violin Sonata [No. 3] (pub.1922, Hudebni Matice) My understanding of it is that it's PD in the US (published pre-1923) and he's been dead for 79 years, so is out of copyright almost everywhere else in the world. Or did ...
by matthew
Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:49 pm
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Elgar: Introduction and Allegro (opus 47)
Replies: 7
Views: 6981

Free legal (i think) recording of this by the string orchestra of new york city:
http://www.sonyc.org/audiovisual.html

I think the part you're reffering to is just after 12 mins on this recording.
by matthew
Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:33 pm
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Korngold's Piano Concerto for the left hand Op. 17
Replies: 6
Views: 9295

bysshe wrote:I think also a library in Edinburgh Scotland has it, if memory serves.
I *may* be able to get my hands on this if someone can confirm the details and i can find a bit of time at some point.
by matthew
Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:48 pm
Forum: Feature Requests / Bug Reports
Topic: [FEAT] Setting up a DC++ hub
Replies: 5
Views: 6913

i think that using a DC++ hub is an exelent idea, i also think that it should be seperate from imslp for exactly the reasons that peter highlighted: yolu couldn't realistically share much of the existing collection like this and others would be free to bring copyrighted stuff onto it, possibly witho...
by matthew
Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:56 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: Is IMSLP legal?
Replies: 4
Views: 11297

I don't think this is the best place for this question, but i'll answer anyway: YES, it is all free, it is all legal (dependant on local copyright laws) and if it wasn't then you can bet that it would have been taken off the internet by now. It is true that it's hard to imagine so much great music f...
by matthew
Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:02 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Popular IMSLP downloads via Bittorrent?
Replies: 8
Views: 9197

I don't disagree that DC++ is very useful, and many good collections of scores are undoubtably avalible there. But it's not appropriate for distibuting files from imslp instead of direct downloads. Another thing i've been thinking about is which files would offered as torrents? Would it be the entir...
by matthew
Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:36 pm
Forum: Score Requests
Topic: Shostakovich Cello Sonata - 2nd mvt
Replies: 3
Views: 7992

Does anyone have any of those?

The fantastic dances (Op.5) are already on the US server, but i'd be interested to get my hands on the preludes or the suite for 2 pianos.
by matthew
Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:52 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Popular IMSLP downloads via Bittorrent?
Replies: 8
Views: 9197

I've just had a look @ DC++ (looks like a directable version of limewire) and i don't think it would be the right thing for what's being proposed atm (though it would be good for sharing personal collections), i think a BitTorrent transfer would be more appropriate for providing an alternative to do...
by matthew
Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:07 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Popular IMSLP downloads via Bittorrent?
Replies: 8
Views: 9197

interesting idea, but would there really be enough interest for this to work? you would need quite a few people wanting the same score to make this possible, plus i don't really see the need to do this as it takes an almost negligible amount of time to download anyway. This sort of p2p transfer is g...
by matthew
Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:24 pm
Forum: Music Related
Topic: I want Shostakovich
Replies: 4
Views: 6209

good luck trying to find shostakovich on limewire, it's hard enough trying to find anything classical on there.
by matthew
Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:46 pm
Forum: Feature Requests / Bug Reports
Topic: [BUG?] Two URLs per page
Replies: 2
Views: 4698

Re: [BUG?] Two URLs per page

Had to open a new topic since the previous one is locked. It's not really much to do with this suggestion, but is there really any need to lock topics here? Even though the problem may've been fixed there may still be more comments on it (like this one), or if things still don't work for some peopl...
by matthew
Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:06 pm
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Extremes of musical notation
Replies: 15
Views: 18499

8 octaves above middle c is aprox 64000Hz so inaudible (unless you're a bat) the highest audible note will be about an octave and a 5th below that (aprox 20kHz), and then only if you've got good hearing. As for the highest playable note, you can get the e 4 octaves above middle c using harmonics on ...
by matthew
Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:58 pm
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Viotti Violin Concerto No.23
Replies: 6
Views: 8920

not necessatily, i don't know about russian copyright laws, but they're different from canadian, plus many russian sites are quite liberal with copyright laws, so it doesn't always mean they're PD. In this case the work is almost certainly PD (Viotti died 1824?) so unless it's a modern edition, then...
by matthew
Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:13 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Symphony Parts
Replies: 35
Views: 28262

One possible way to get parts is from a good midi file: just open it in finale (i think sibelius also works) and it will give you a pretty good score of the music, it may need dynamics/articulations added, but that's not too hard and most other things are fine. Then all you need to do is extract the...
by matthew
Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:52 pm
Forum: IMSLP Announcements
Topic: 10000 files celebatory thread
Replies: 22
Views: 37535

Fantastic work everyone!! The song was a great idea whoever wrote it. Does anyone know if this acually the largest free score library online? Or does that title still belong to some other place (for the moment!) Thank you to everyone who has helped make this site avalible for all us enthusiastic ama...