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{{Short description|Library of public-___domain music scores}}
{{Infobox website
| name = IMSLP<br />Petrucci Music Library
| logo = IMSLP logo (2016).svg
| screenshot = IMSLP December 2019 screenshot.png
| collapsible = yes
| caption = IMSLP [[homepage|main page]] in 2019
| url = {{ubl|{{URL|imslp.org}}|{{URL|petruccilibrary.org}}}}
| commercial = Yes (subscription)
| type = [[Online library]] of [[sheet music]]
| registration = Optional (required for contributing and unconstrained access)
| language = {{flatlist|
* [[Arabic language|Arabic]]
* [[Catalan language|Catalan]]
* [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
* [[Croatian language|Croatian]]
* [[Czech language|Czech]]
* [[Danish language|Danish]]
* [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
* [[English language|English]]
* [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
* [[French language|French]]
* [[Galician language|Galician]]
* [[German language|German]]
* [[Greek language|Greek]]
* [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
* [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]
* [[Italian language|Italian]]
* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
* [[Korean language|Korean]]
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* [[Polish language|Polish]]
* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
* [[Russian language|Russian]]
* [[Serbian language|Serbian]]
* [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]]
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
* [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
* [[Thai language|Thai]]
* [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
}}
| num_users =
| programming language =
| owner = Project Petrucci LLC (private company)
| author = Edward W. Guo (Feldmahler)<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/arts/music/22music-imslp.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
|date=February 22, 2011
|title=Free Trove of Music Scores on Web Hits Sensitive Copyright Note
|first=Daniel J.
|last=Wakin
|access-date=February 24, 2017
|archive-date=March 29, 2018
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329060142/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/arts/music/22music-imslp.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2006|02|16}} ([[website]])<br />{{start date and age|2018|07|10}}<ref name="IMSLP on the App Store">{{Cite web|url=https://apps.apple.com/app/imslp/id1373671782|title=IMSLP on the App Store|website=apps.apple.com|access-date=2020-01-16|archive-date=2020-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115170711/https://apps.apple.com/app/imslp/id1373671782|url-status=live}}</ref> ([[App Store (Apple)|iOS]])<br />{{start date and age|2019|03|28}}<ref name="play.google.com">{{Cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imslp.app|title=IMSLP Browser – Apps on Google Play|website=play.google.com|access-date=2020-01-16|archive-date=2022-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114063906/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imslp.app|url-status=live}}</ref> ([[Android (operating system)#Applications|Android]])
| current_status = Active
| content_licence = [[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International]]
| country = [[Canada]]
}}
The '''International Music Score Library Project''' ('''IMSLP'''), also known as the '''Petrucci Music Library''' after publisher [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], is a
==History==
===Overview===
The site was launched on February 16, 2006. The library consists mainly of [[image scanner|scans]] of old musical editions out of [[copyright]]. In addition, it admits scores by contemporary composers who wish to share their music with the world by releasing it under a [[Creative Commons]] license. One of the main projects of the IMSLP was the sorting and uploading of the complete works of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] in the [[Bach Gesellschaft|Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe]] (1851–99), a task that was completed on November 3, 2008. Besides J.S. Bach's complete public ___domain works, many or all available public ___domain works of [[Amy Beach]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven
Besides providing a digital repository, the IMSLP offers possibilities as a [[musicology|musicological]] encyclopaedia, since multiple and historical editions of a single composition can be uploaded
IMSLP is
=== Logo ===
[[File:IMSLP logo (2007-2015).png|thumb|IMSLP logo (2007–2015)]]
[[File:IMSLP main page 2016.png|thumb|The blue letter featured in Petrucci Music Library logo, used in 2007–2015, was based on the first printed book of music, the [[Harmonice Musices Odhecaton]], published by [[Ottaviano Petrucci]] in 1501.<ref name="imslp.org">{{cite web|title = IMSLP:About – IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music|url = http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:About|website = Imslp.org|access-date = 2016-01-25|archive-date = 2016-01-24|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160124052845/http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:About|url-status = live}}</ref>]]
From 2007 to 2015, the IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library used a logo based on a score. The score image in the background was taken from the beginning of the first printed book of music, the [[Harmonice Musices Odhecaton]]. It was published in [[Venice]], Italy in 1501 by [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], the library's namesake.<ref name="imslp.org"/>{{primary inline|date=August 2016}}
In 2016, the IMSLP changed its logo to a clean [[wordmark]], featuring its two project names—''IMSLP'' and ''Petrucci Music Library''.
===Awards===
In 2009, the IMSLP won the [[MERLOT]] Classics award for Music.<ref>{{cite web
===Closure and reopening===
On October 19, 2007, the IMSLP closed following legal demands from [[Universal Edition]] of
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In response, director [[Michael S. Hart]] of [[Project Gutenberg]] offered support to keep the project online.<ref>{{cite mailing list
IMSLP went back online on June 30, 2008.
On 21 April 2011, the [[Music Publishers Association (UK)]] issued a [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act#Abuse of takedown notice|takedown notice]] against the IMSLP. [[GoDaddy]], the [[___domain name registrar]] for the IMSLP, removed the [[___domain name]] "imslp.org", leaving it inaccessible.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Doctorow|first=Cory|date=2011-04-21|title=UK Music Publishers file copyright complaint over public ___domain sheet music, GoDaddy nukes major music site|url=https://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/uk-music-publishers.html|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Boing Boing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124163411/https://boingboing.net/2011/04/21/uk-music-publishers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The MPA's argument was similar to that made in 2007 by Universal Edition. In particular, the MPA claimed that Rachmaninoff's 1913 choral symphony ''[[The Bells (symphony)|The Bells]]'' violated US and EU copyright.<ref>[http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4775 Text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110428190019/http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4775 |date=2011-04-28 }} of the MPA's letter to [[Go Daddy]]</ref> According to the IMSLP, the action is without any merit.<ref>[http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4774 "IMSLP Under Attack"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426041238/http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4774 |date=2011-04-26 }} by Carolus, IMSLP Forum (21 April 2011)</ref> Almost 24 hours later, the MPA (UK) announced on [[Twitter]] that they had asked Go Daddy to reinstate the ___domain name.<ref>[https://twitter.com/the_MPA/status/61117026009227264 Tweet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024229/https://twitter.com/the_mpa/status/61117026009227264 |date=2016-03-05 }} by Will Lines, [[Music Publishers Association (UK)]] (22 April 2011)</ref>
===Subscription introduction===
On December 27, 2015, the IMSLP moved to a subscription-based model, where users are expected to pay to avoid a waiting period on some of the files available on the site, and to access certain newly uploaded files.<ref name="Strad2016">{{cite web|title = IMSLP music library introduces paid membership – The Strad|url = http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/imslp-music-library-introduces-paid-membership/|website = The Strad|access-date = 2016-01-14|language = en-US|date = 2016-01-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160114085206/http://www.thestrad.com/cpt-latests/imslp-music-library-introduces-paid-membership/|archive-date = 2016-01-14}}</ref> Users who have not paid are subject to a 15-second waiting period on certain files (excluding [[Creative Commons]]-licensed files that constitute a majority of the site's files),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=40283#p40283 |title=Upcoming changes - Page 2 |publisher=IMSLP Forums |access-date=2016-07-10 |archive-date=2016-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214102734/http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=40283#p40283 |url-status=live }}</ref> and are required to wait up to two days to access newly uploaded files.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Membership_Q%26A |title=IMSLP:Membership Q&A - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music |access-date=January 27, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131001340/http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP%3AMembership_Q%26A |archive-date=January 31, 2016 }}</ref>
The project leader Edward Guo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/User:Feldmahler |title=User:Feldmahler - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music |access-date=April 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418150035/http://imslp.org/wiki/User%3AFeldmahler |archive-date=April 18, 2015 }}</ref>{{primary inline|date=August 2016}} claimed the changes were made because the level of funding was "not sustainable in the long run", but also noted:
<blockquote><poem>The income we receive from various sources have been enough to maintain the site so far, but I increasingly believe that this level of funding is not sustainable in the long run. We are not, like traditional music libraries, bound by the service of a conservatory, university or publisher, but rather can do things that traditional institutions are not willing to do, because we serve only musicians and music lovers. But everything is a tradeoff – we also do not have the funding infrastructure these traditional institutions have, and over the past few years I’ve frankly exhausted my imagination in searching for new realistic sources of funding for IMSLP.
And so I will announce here that a subscription system for IMSLP will be put in place. But this will not be a traditional subscription model – in particular, no file will be blocked from access by the public. Rather, a subscription will permit a member to download files without having to wait a certain number of seconds, eliminiate [''sic''] some of the advertising on the site, and a few other benefits. I see this as a way to both preserve IMSLP's philosophy of open access and to secure IMSLP’s future.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8187 |title=Upcoming changes |publisher=IMSLP Forums |access-date=2016-07-10 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613134755/http://www.imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8187 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Strad2016"/></poem></blockquote>
Guo attributed the change in funding to discussions with librarians at an [[International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres|IAML]] conference in June 2015. Some contributors to the website expressed concerns that Guo had not properly attempted to raise donations, but without any prior warning, introduced the membership system to monetize their work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8187 |title=Upcoming changes |publisher=IMSLP Forums |access-date=2016-07-10 |archive-date=2016-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613134755/http://www.imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8187 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Naxos Music Library===
On April 18, 2016, the IMSLP announced<ref>{{cite tweet|number=722119931194683393|user=imslp|title=IMSLP membership now includes full access to Naxos Music Library with 1.8MM+ tracks for instant streaming!<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |access-date=2016-08-22|date=2016-04-18}}</ref> on its [[Twitter]] account that all subscribers will have access to the [[Naxos Records|Naxos]] Music Library.
===EU server===
On July 10, 2010, a forum thread<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3794 |title=Imslp-Eu |publisher=IMSLP Forums |access-date=2016-07-10 |archive-date=2016-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911140125/http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3794 |url-status=live }}</ref> announced the opening of a new server located in the Netherlands. This server allows works that are public ___domain in Canada and the EU to be downloaded legally, even if they are under copyright in the US. The server was initially run by an unaffiliated European organization, while a forum thread<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6985|title=Project Leonardo|website=Imslpforums.org|access-date=2013-07-07|archive-date=2014-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803142345/http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6985|url-status=live}}</ref> later announced that operations had been handed over to Project Leonardo, a new unaffiliated company incorporated in New Zealand to "provide web hosting services to online libraries that distribute free contents in any fields of arts and science". Files on the EU server are flagged (EU).
===US server===
A similar, also unaffiliated, US server allows users to download works that are in the public ___domain only in the US. Unlike the other servers, this one can only be contributed to by administrators and users who have asked for the privilege, though the files are freely accessible for download.
===CA server===
On July 1, 2013, a forum thread<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7099|title=Anniversary and Canadian server announcement|website=Imslpforums.org|access-date=2013-07-07|archive-date=2013-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003014057/http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7099|url-status=live}}</ref> announced the opening of a new server located in Canada and operated by Project Leonardo, the unaffiliated company that also runs the EU server. This server is especially intended for users located in countries where copyright lasts 50 years from the death of the author, such as Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, and many others. Files on the CA server are flagged (CA).
===WIMA merge===
On August 23, 2011, an announcement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5236|title=IMSLP to merge with WIMA|website=Imslpforums.org|access-date=2011-08-28|archive-date=2011-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924071324/http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5236|url-status=live}}</ref> was made that the [[Werner Icking Music Archive]] would merge with the IMSLP. WIMA had announced the merge on its own site five days before in an open letter to contributors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icking-music-archive.org/IMSLP.php|title=WIMA merges with IMSLP, the International Music Score Library Project|website=Icking-music-archive.org|access-date=2011-08-28}}</ref> After working out some technical issues, the IMSLP decided to officially commence the merge on August 28. The merge was announced to be complete on July 21, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5236&start=150#p33434|title=IMSLP to merge with WIMA|website=Imslpforums.org|access-date=2012-07-21|archive-date=2012-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004052540/http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5236&start=150#p33434|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Current legal structure===
IMSLP is now owned by Project Petrucci LLC, a private company created to run the website. Project Petrucci LLC was registered as a [[Delaware]] [[limited-liability company]] on June 28, 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx |title=Division of Corporations - Filing |website=Icis.corp.delaware.gov |date=2004-12-15 |access-date=2016-07-10 |archive-date=2015-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921182309/https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> when the site founder was studying at the [[New England Conservatory]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/User:Feldmahler#Contact |title=User:Feldmahler - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music |access-date=April 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418150035/http://imslp.org/wiki/User%3AFeldmahler |archive-date=April 18, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Knopf |first=Howard |url=https://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2011/02/imslp-back-in-news-library-of-public.html |title=EXCESS COPYRIGHT: IMSLP Back in the News - Library of Public Domain Music Scores |website=Excesscopyright.blogspot.com |date=2011-02-22 |access-date=2016-07-10 |archive-date=2016-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310105104/http://excesscopyright.blogspot.com/2011/02/imslp-back-in-news-library-of-public.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Project Leonardo is an [[internet service provider]] that hosts free online content in the arts or sciences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leonardolibrary.org/ |title=Project Leonardo Portal |publisher=Leonardo Library |access-date=2016-07-10 |archive-date=2016-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713145957/http://leonardolibrary.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Similar projects==
* [[Choral Public Domain Library]]
* [[Musopen]]
* [[Mutopia
* [[Werner Icking Music Archive]]
==See also==
* [[List of online music databases]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|IMSLP}}
{{Wikidata property|P839}}
* {{Official website}}
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