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The '''International Music Score Library Project''' ('''IMSLP'''), now also known as the '''Petrucci Music Library''' after [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], is a project for the creation of a virtual library of [[public ___domain]] [[sheet music|music scores]], based on the [[wiki]] principle. Since its launch on February 16, 2006, more than 2223,000 scores, for 1213,000 works, by over 1,200400 composers have been uploaded, making it one of the largest public ___domain music score collections on the web.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freesheetmusicguide.com/classical.htm |title=Classical and Choral Sheet Music |accessdate=2007-11-06 |date=2007 |work=The Free Sheet Music Guide }}</ref> The project uses [[MediaWiki]] software to provide contributors with a familiar interface.

==History==