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The '''International Music Score Library Project''' ('''IMSLP'''), also known as the '''Petrucci Music Library''' after publisher [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], is a subscription-based digital library of [[public ___domain|public-___domain]] [[sheet music|music scores]]. It includes public ___domain and licensed recordings to allow for study [[Playing by ear|by ear]]. The project, which uses [[MediaWiki]] software, has uploaded more than 630,000 scores and 73,000 recordings of more than 195,000 works by 24,000 composers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:News#News_Archive|title=IMSLP:News - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download|website=imslp.org|access-date=2022-02-14}}</ref> IMSLP has both an [[App Store (iOS)|iOS app]]<ref name="IMSLP on the App Store"
==History==
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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. Also, pages on publishers provide valuable information, and the work pages themselves often contain a large quantity of information, e.g. roles in an opera.
IMSLP is recommended as a research tool by [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/archives/354 |title=Wiki of public ___domain classical scores |access-date=2007-11-06 |author=Moore, Christie |date=2007-01-05 |work=MIT Library News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111193507/http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/archives/354 |archive-date=2007-11-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=12401&sid=104163 |title=Research Guides: Music |access-date=2008-09-04 |year=2008 |work=MIT Libraries }}</ref> which also uses it extensively for providing scores for its [[MIT OpenCourseWare|OpenCourseWare]] courses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-250Fall-2006/Listening/index.htm |title=21M.250 Schubert to Debussy, Fall 2006 |access-date=2007-11-06 |author=MIT |year=2007 |work=MIT OpenCourseWare |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013150248/http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-250Fall-2006/Listening/index.htm |archive-date = 2007-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-262Fall-2006/Listening/index.htm |title=21M.262 Modern Music:1900–1960, Fall 2006 |access-date=2007-11-06 |author=MIT |year=2007 |work=MIT OpenCourseWare |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013150253/http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Music-and-Theater-Arts/21M-262Fall-2006/Listening/index.htm |archive-date = 2007-10-13}}</ref> It is suggested as a resource by the [[Sibley Music Library]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/?page=request|title=Request Public Domain Scores|access-date=2009-02-01|year=2008|work=Sibley Music Library|archive-date=2020-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703075214/https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/?page=request|url-status=dead}}</ref> and by libraries at other universities such as [[Stanford University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/music/research_help/outsidelinks.html#sheet |title=Outside links of interest |access-date=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=Stanford University, Libraries and Academic Information Resources }}</ref> [[University of California, Los Angeles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/music/12291.cfm|title=UCLA Library / Music Library / Music Scores and Sheet Music Online|access-date=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=University of California Music Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725051517/http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/Music/12291.cfm|archive-date=2008-07-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Brown University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dl.lib.brown.edu/gateway/program.php?programid=45&task=internet#32 |title=Selected internet resources for music |access-date=2008-09-04 |author=Quist, Ned |year=2007 |work=Brown University Library |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026103105/http://dl.lib.brown.edu/gateway/program.php?programid=45&task=internet#32 |archive-date=2008-10-26 }}</ref> [[University of Pennsylvania]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.html#music|title=The Online Books Page: Archives and Indexes|access-date=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=Penn Libraries}}</ref> [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.library.wisc.edu/resources/scores.html#online-scores |title=Resources: Scores (Printed Music) – Mills Music Library, UW–Madison |access-date=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930170524/http://music.library.wisc.edu/resources/scores.html#online-scores |archive-date=2008-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oberlinconservatorylibrary.blogspot.com/2007/04/classical-music-in-public-___domain.html |title=Classical Music in the Public Domain |access-date=2008-09-04 |author=Conlib |date=2007-04-26 |work=News from the Oberlin Conservatory Library }}</ref> [[Manhattan School of Music]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://library.msmnyc.edu/screens/freestuff.html |title=Free stuff on the web |access-date=2008-09-04 |author=Sharp, Peter Jay |year=2007 |work=The Peter Jay Sharp Library, Manhattan School of Music }}</ref> [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.guides.umd.edu/findingscores |title=Finding Music Scores |access-date=2013-07-10 |year=2012 |work=University of Maryland Libraries |archive-date=2013-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221064815/http://lib.guides.umd.edu/findingscores |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[University of Washington]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/Music/dr/elsco.html |title=Musical Scores |access-date=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=University of Washington Libraries |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920005522/http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/Music/dr/elsco.html |archive-date=2008-09-20 }}</ref> [[University of Cincinnati]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://libraries.uc.edu/libraries/ccm/research/OnlineMusic.html|title=OnlineMusic|access-date=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=University of Cincinnati Albino Gorno Memorial Music Library}}</ref> [[University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/Music/online_scores.html|title=Finding Online Scores|access-date=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=UWM Music Library|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415092941/http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/Music/online_scores.html|archive-date=2009-04-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Appalachian State University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/emusic.html|title=Electronic Scores|access-date=2009-01-28|year=2009|work=Appalachian State University Library|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120213190655/http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/emusic.html|archive-date=2012-02-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the US, [[McGill University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/music-library/collections/links/onlinescores/ |title=Scores (online databases and indexes) |access-date=2008-09-04 |year=2007 |work=Marvin Duchow Music Library, McGill |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222064031/http://www.mcgill.ca/music-library/collections/links/onlinescores/ |archive-date=December 22, 2008 }}</ref> in Canada, [[University of Oxford]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/music/eresources/links|title=Useful Links – Music Faculty Library|access-date=2009-02-12|year=2008|work=Music Faculty Library|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223024120/http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/music/eresources/links|archive-date=2012-12-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[University of Cambridge]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/external/pendlebury/wwwresources.html|title=Faculty of Music: Pendlebury Library – Online Resources|access-date=2009-02-12|year=2007|work=Pendlebury Library of Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303190956/http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/external/pendlebury/wwwresources.html|archive-date=2001-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[University of Edinburgh]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resbysub/music_dbs.shtml|title=Edinburgh University Library: Resources By Subject: Music Databases, E-Journals, Search Tools & Websites|access-date=2009-02-12|year=2008|work=Edinburgh University Library}}</ref> [[University of Bristol]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/library/subjects/music/internetlinks/|title=Bristol University / Information Services / Internet links|access-date=2009-02-12|year=2009|work=Bristol University Library|archive-date=2011-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607210141/http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/library/subjects/music/internetlinks/|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the UK, [[University of Melbourne]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/Content.aspx?topicID=581|title=VCA / LENTON PARR LIBRARY / Music / Websites|access-date=2009-02-12|year=2009|work=Lenton Parr Library|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100510194522/http://www.vca.unimelb.edu.au/Content.aspx?topicID=581|archive-date=May 10, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> in Australia, and others. In 2019, IMSLP and [[TwoSetViolin]] collaborated to make a TwoSetViolin x IMSLP merchandise lineup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/p/B2Z6X-KAJMj/
=== Logo ===
[[File:IMSLP logo (2007-2015).png|thumb|IMSLP logo (2007–2015)]]
[[File:IMSLP main page 2016.png|thumb|300px|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 =
In 2007–2015, 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}}
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===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. --> |
===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}}</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}}</ref> later announced that operations had been handed over to
===US server===
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===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}}</ref> announced the opening of a new server located in Canada and operated by
===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}}</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}}</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}}</ref> when the site founder was studying at the [[New England Conservatory]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imslp.org/wiki/User:Feldmahler#Contact |title=Archived copy |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=http://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}}</ref> The website provides an e-mail address for the site's founder ("preferred"), and a physical address for the company's [[registered agent]] in the United States (for "any legal or formal correspondence").<ref>{{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 = 2009-05-29 }}</ref>{{primary inline|date=August 2016}}
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}}</ref>
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