SCORE!

posted by James Reel

    Thanks to a link provided by Patricia Mitchell, I’ve been downloading lots of public-domain scores from the International Music Score Library Project. It’s not entirely easy to fish out specific things, like pieces for cello and piano, because of inconsistent titling and organizing (which is what happens when you have more than one enthusiastic person involved in an uploading project). Not all the scans are as readable as one might wish, and some of the ensemble works are available only in full score, not parts. And, of course, we’re talking about old editions of a lot of things, which may lack corrections and useful fingerings. But still, this could turn into a tremendous resource.