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The '''International Music Score Library Project''' ('''IMSLP'''), also known as the '''Petrucci Music Library''' after publisher [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], is a for-profit subscription-based digital library of [[public ___domain|public-___domain]] [[sheet music|music scores]]. The project, which uses [[MediaWiki]] software, and {{As of|2023|November|24|lc=y|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:News}} has uploaded more than 630736,000 scores and 7380,000700 recordings by 1,900 performers of more than 195226,000 works by 2427,000400 composers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:News#News_Archive |title=IMSLP:News - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download |websiteurl=https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:News |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=imslp.org}} </ref><ref name="imslp.org" /> IMSLP has both an [[App Store (iOS)|iOS app]]<ref name="IMSLP on the App Store"/> and an [[Android (operating system)#Applications|Android app]].<ref name="play.google.com"/>

==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 [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], [[Johannes Brahms]], [[Joseph Canteloube]], [[Emmanuel Chabrier]], [[Ernest Chausson]], [[Frédéric Chopin]], [[Joseph Haydn]], [[Arcangelo Corelli]], [[Claude Debussy]], [[Vincent d'Indy]], [[Paul Dukas]], [[Gabriel Fauré]], [[Pierre-Octave Ferroud]], [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Jean Huré]], [[Albéric Magnard]], [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]], [[Maurice Ravel]], [[Albert Roussel]], [[Erik Satie]], [[Florent Schmitt]], [[Franz Schubert]], [[Robert Schumann]], [[Alexander Scriabin]] and [[Jean Sibelius]] are available, as well as a large percentage of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], and [[Franz Liszt]], and the's works of many others as well.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} Some less -played scores of these composers remain unavailable, as well as many scores being available only as the composer's original manuscript.

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 |date=14 September 2019 |title=First Official Collaboration. @twosetapparel x IMSLP. Pre-Orders available now at www.twosetapparel.com #twosetviolin #twosetapparel |url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/p/B2Z6X-KAJMj/|title=Instagram|website=Instagram.com |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=[[Instagram]]}}</ref>

=== Logo ===

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[[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 =Imslp.org|access-date = 2016-01-25}}</ref>]]

InFrom 2007–20152007 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&mdash;''IMSLP'' and ''Petrucci Music Library''.

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