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Encyclopedia > Mutopia project

The Mutopia project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of public domain sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg's library of public domain books. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... Sheet music is written representation of music. ... Project Gutenberg logo Project Gutenberg (often abbreviated as PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works via book scanning. ...


The music is reproduced from old scores that are out of copyright. The new scores are typeset with GNU LilyPond and distributed in PDF, PostScript, and LilyPond format. Copyright symbol Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. ... GNU LilyPond is a free software program for engraving sheet music for all common operating systems; it is written in C++ and assembled by a Scheme library (GNU Guile) which also allows user customization and extension[1]. It uses a simple text notation for music, which is then compiled into... PDF redirects here. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language and programming language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ...


As of the of 20th of January, 2006, there are 811 pieces of music available, more than half of which are pieces for piano. There are also many pieces for voice, and various other musical instruments. At the top of the Mutopia project home page, there is a list with links to the most recently added pieces. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


See also

This is a list of online music databases: All Music Guide CDDB Color Of My Sound Discogs Encyclopaedia Metallum freedb foosic Gracenote International Music Score Library Project Last. ... Shortcut: WP:PD There are many resources available on the net that are in the public domain, and therefore freely usable without restrictions for Wikipedia content. ... Open Music is music that is shareable, available in source code form, allows derivative works and is free of cost for non-commercial use. ...

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Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...

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The slogan of the project is "break down the bars of ignorance and illiteracy", chosen because the project hopes to continue the work of spreading public literacy and appreciation for the literary heritage that public libraries began in the early 20th century.
The Project holds a trademark on Project Gutenberg, and commercial use of the etexts under the trademark require a fee to be paid to Project Gutenberg.
Thus, PG Australia is able to produce and host e-texts that would be illegal for Project Gutenberg in the United States to host, while, due to different copyright laws, some texts from the U.S. project cannot be hosted there.
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