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IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library

The free public domain sheet music library.
Online since February 16, 2006 · 19,626 works · 43,549 scores · 2,585 composers

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Welcome to the Petrucci Music Library! Our goal is to create a virtual library containing all public domain music scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge.

The Petrucci Music Library also encourages the exchange of musical ideas, both in the form of musical works and in their analysis. Feel free to post your analysis of a particular piece on the "discussion" pages, or join our forums for interactive discussion with the community. Read on...

News

11 November 2009 - 43,000 scores.
3 November 2009 - More than 2500 composers are represented on Petrucci Music Library (see forum topic)
2 November 2009 - 19,000 works have scores or parts on Petrucci Music Library.
1 November 2009 - 42,000 scores, again under a week after the previous milestone.
27 October 2009 - 41,000 scores, three days after the previous milestone - roughly 300 scores per day.
25 October 2009 - For the first time, more than 100000 downloads today.

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Contributing

The IMSLP needs your help! Visit the Contributor Portal to learn about contributing to IMSLP. It is recommended that all new contributors read the score contributing guide and public domain.

Contributing: You can contribute and participate in the growth of this wiki by sharing your knowledge of music with others. If you have public domain sheet music on your shelves or hard disk, consider sharing it with the rest of the world by uploading it to the Petrucci Music Library! You can also help by importing public domain scores from other websites. Please refer to the score contributing guide for details.

Projects: The aim of our Community Projects is to acquire collections of works from inactive archives, scan or upload works from private donations, or other tasks. One of the current projects is the Orchestra Parts Project. Completed projects include the acquisition of the bh2000 archive, the Gutenberg score archive, and the Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe.

Other Tasks: There are several ways of helping IMSLP, apart from contributing scores. You can help with the website maintenance, translation of IMSLP, or support IMSLP financially, among other things. Scores are not the only thing that one can contribute!

This is just a short overview. One can find all the details about contributing in the Contributor Portal.

Copyright

This site strives to comply with Canadian copyright laws (see public domain for more information). If you believe that this site has violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us using the methods found on the About page. Thank you.

Featured Scores

The full score of Beethoven's Fidelio, Op.72, published by C.F. Peters.
The parts for Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6), published by Bärenreiter as Series VII, Band 2 of the Neue Bach Ausgabe, and C.F. Peters (No. 6). Edited by Heinrich Besseler and August Wenzinger.
The full score of Rimsky-Korsakov's 1908 revision of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, published by W. Bessel & Co.
The Autograph Manuscript, Full Score, Orchestral Parts, and Solo Violin part for Chausson's Poème, Op.25, published by Breitkopf & Härtel.