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Everything has been said, but: Typesets are not something that IMSLP wants to promote. Most unprofessional typesets (which is what these are) are far from anything resembling publishable standards - they are ugly. Reading through the thread, I would like to address this misconception. Yagan is corr...

No. It's part of the standard, and Reader and other viewers ignore it. I believe that Acrobat Professional allows attachments to be viewed, added, and removed.

You can take a look at any of the typesets I've posted if you're curious. They all have lilypond files attached, as noted in the comments.

I have updated the list to include copyright status. All but a handful of the affected works are PD, or are licensed using CC-by or CC-by-sa, both of which permit modifications.

http://imslp.org/wiki/User:Johann_Caspa ... ocked_PDFs - and I apologize for the munged UTF-8 characters.

I have a list. Would you like me to post it here, send it to you, or post it on the wiki?

IMSLP contains several hundred PDF files that are encrypted and that require an "owner password" for certain actions, such as modifying or extracting pages. See for example IMSLP21765 (Chopin sonata for cello and piano) or IMSLP21874 (a work for piano, 4 hands). These are public domain sco...

It is possible to attach the lilypond source file to the PDF it creates, using pdftk and similar tools. Then, the LY file will not get lost, and will follow the PDF wherever it goes. Notation source files do offer certain advantages over scanned scores for particular uses. They allow for correction ...

Any progress on this? I believe that the availability of a sitewide backup is crucial. The recent unpleasantness should be enough to drive home this point. Other media-oriented projects, e.g. Wikipedia, offer complete downloads to serve the needs of archives and mirror sites. IMSLP should as well, w...

I will post scans on line as I am able. The volume is at a nearby music library where I have circulating privileges. I made some preliminary scans with a handheld wand scanner last night while at the library but the quality is poor. I will take the volume to a flatbed scanner some time over the next...

I have it in my hand.

It bears a copyright date of 1968. Although it is an Urtext edition first published in Germany, I believe that it does not meet the IMSLP guidelines for materials that can be confirmed to be public domain.

Hmm. Violists are an interesting bunch. Perhaps that represents a chamber music (rather than orchestral) bias, where the ratios are closer. Perhaps violists have a more musicological bent. Perhaps they don't practice as much and have more time to upload scores.

Recently I scanned some scores at a local copy shop. The scanner there was unreliable and the rates high. What scanners do you use? Do you have scanners you find to be reliable, that exhibit good compatibility, provide quality results, and facilitate rapid work? I was getting two pages a minute done...

The one PraeludiumUndFuge refers to is at [[Ariadne Musica (Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand)]]. There is also a typeset I posted at [[Preludes and Fugues for Organ, BWV 549-560 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)]]. Both of the typesets are my own work. Ariadne Musica is based primarily on the manuscript, a f...

The Fischer stuff is up but is awaiting copyright review. Apparently the process takes longer for typesets, since my Boehm scans were released right away.

I'm working on a personal project to re-typeset the most significant of the Baroque chorale preludes for organ. The re-typeset chorales will be published on Mutopia. Public domain scores are readily available for the works of the giants of the period -- Boehm, Pachelbel, Buxtehude, and J.S. Bach, an...