The scans of the Berlioz Damnation de Faust were actually a gift from Serenissima, BTW. Rest assured, there is enough out-of-print music out there to go around!Ĭase圓26 is correct about the necessity of having a high quality image to work from.
Thirdly, regarding suggestions for titles, I think it would be prudent to avoid duplication of effort with other reprint houses, such as:Ĭhecking against these catalogs would be a good idea. This is an area where many publishers are beginning to fail: shiny, glare-y ink, blotches, faintness, etc. In other words, if I'm going to pay for a printed score, it had better be of better quality than if I had just printed it off myself. In order for reprints to be marketable in the digital age, they must exhibit superiority over digital versions, IMO. This would be the best way to ensure high quality, and this point must be stressed. Other reprint houses, to my knowledge, base their editions on "clean" hard copies of the original edition. As long as this distinction is understood and maintained, I don't think our community has anything to worry about on that front.Īs for the legal issues of making derivatives of derivatives of copies owned by libraries, I'm not sure the Publisher would go that route anyway.
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The availability of a hard copy of a public domain score is not in conflict with continued free availability of a digitized version. Purchasing a printed edition gains you access as well as a tangible copy to own. To me, the idea of IMSLP is free *access* to scores and parts. I don't think starting up a publishing venture is necessarily in conflict with IMSLP's mission, provided it is handled well. Reprint editions fill a very important gap in the print music marketplace, as evidenced by the mushrooming catalogs of outfits like Dover, Masters, Kalmus and others.
Thanks for your concern, but we really don't need people attacking us right now (no offence (seriously, no offence)). IMSLP already has a partnership with Amazon (see the "new advertising" forum). I suspect that they were the only one who agreed.Ĥ. It does cost feldmahler money to keep the site running, so this is a good measure to make sure that it will stay going.ģ. Some people prefer scores in hard copies, and some can only be used as such (ever tried playing off a laptop on a piano?). IMSLP will always be available for free, and this is to help that happen. 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 this press chosen? Why Amazon? Why talk about Kindle instead of Sony Reader? Who had his/her foot in the door?ġ. The whole point of a library is to check out (and turn in, presumably) books - not charge for them. Gibarian wrote:This seems to me to be very dangerous territory. In addition, has anyone spoken with some of the research libraries who have so generously contributed to this site? Their universities may have policies against contributing their resources to other companies for profit. Such a service does not exist because it's not profitable for publishers, who make their money from institutional sales.įrom an environmental perspective, digital distribution ensures individuals who only need to reference part of a score will only print that part out in addition, there is additional damage in the form of transport pollution and packaging. This may be a good way to create a true print-on-demand service for low-demand scores still in copyright (a way to further ISMLP's goals). Will print-on-demand address this, or will everything just be shrunk (Dover-Style) to a standard size paper? There are, of course, advantages to third party printing - Much music is prepared for non-standard paper sizes. 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 this press chosen? Why Amazon? Why talk about Kindle instead of Sony Reader? Who had his/her foot in the door? This seems to me to be very dangerous territory.
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