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Line 19: == History == === Overview === The site 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 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 3rd, 2008. Besides J.S. Bach's complete public ___domain works, all of [[Frédéric Chopin]]'s, [[Johannes Brahms]]'s, Handel's, a large percentage of [[Franz Liszt]]'s, and others are nearly all available as well. Besides providing a digital repository, IMSLP offers possibilities as a [[musicology\|musicological]] encyclopaedia, since multiple and historical editions of a single composition can be uploaded, and musicological analyses and historical commentaries accompany the scores.

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