User talk:Boccaccio

Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library

Dear Mr or Mrs Boccaccio

Welcome to IMSLP! Your scans of the manuscripts of the Napoli Bibliotheca are most interesting! However, it is difficult to understand the origins of the manuscript (copyist, date). Do you have access to this information, for example on the website of the library ? --Peter _talk 13:59, 11 July 2008 (EDT)

Well, the copyists are in most cases not known by name (actually there are also some autographs, in this case it is easy, of course). The date of origin for most pieces is given on the library's website (or rather through the search engine [1]), though in most cases it just gives rough estimates like 1710-1740. The problem however is that some of the works I downloaded from there some time ago are currently not available, so I cannot give any date. Nevertheless all of them are pre-1800, so from a copyright point of view they are "clean". --Boccaccio 14:17, 11 July 2008 (EDT)

Really interesting contributions, Boccaccio. Thanks so much for them! Carolus 15:47, 11 July 2008 (EDT)

Well, don't thank me, thank the people in Naples who did the scans. My task was just to compile them into one pdf file using imagemagick and to upload them here. --Boccaccio 15:54, 11 July 2008 (EDT)

Contents 1 user instrument category 2 Monteverdi 3 Monteverdi 4 Thanks 5 Telemann - SLUB 6 Manuscripts 7 Monteverdi 8 Fontana: 9 Sonatas

user instrument category

Dear User,

After discussion on the forum, the IMSLP Instrumentist categories have changed for flute and recorder. The old category containing both flute and recorder (with instrument code rec) is now split in flautists (fl) and recorder players (rec). All users who used the old rec instrument-code now only are registered as recorder players. Please correct this to your own wishes. Thank you, Peter _talk 17:31, 12 July 2008 (EDT)

Monteverdi

Considered sharing some of those wonderful typesets? :)-- Snailey _{Yell at me Email me} 17:28, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

• Well I thought that maybe I should wait until I finished the whole Libro VII. Furthermore I am not sure if I am allowed to post the scores here on IMSLP since I use the Malipiero edition as a source (though I leave away everything which is due to Malipiero like all dynamics and B.C. figures).--Boccaccio 01:51, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

Hello Boccaccio, yes you can post them here as long as you eliminare anything added by Malipiero that is his own original work (like B.C. realizations). Items added from other public domain sources are OK, however. For example, if Malipiero inserted dynamics from an ealier printed edition or different manuscript sources, those dynamics would be OK. Carolus 02:59, 25 April 2009 (EDT) (IMSLP Copyright Admin)

• I guess the real problem is to figure out what is Malipiero's addition and what not. Dynamics and B.C realizations certainly are, but who knows if he corrected obvious typos etc. There are no critical notes at the end of the volume which could give enlightenment in this case. --Boccaccio 03:05, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

Correcting typos would not meet the "threshold of originality." Dynamics could, if they were truly original additions and not obvious interpolations from parallel passages, instrumental doublings, etc. The obvious missing dynamic in a viola staff where there are already dynamics in the violins above and the bassi below doesn't really meet the threshold of originality, either. Hope this helps some. Carolus 03:15, 25 April 2009 (EDT)

Monteverdi

I have just answered here: http://imslpforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1996&p=10736#p10736

Ciao Carmar

Thanks

I just finally created my account here because I needed to thank you. I am having so much fun with your scans! Best wishes, Eva

• Thanks for your thanks. But I'm just uploading what the people in Wroclaw scanned. --Boccaccio_{Talk Email} 06:16, 24 May 2009 (EDT)

Telemann - SLUB

All I can say is ...... OUTSTANDING!!!! Carolus 15:08, 17 June 2009 (EDT)

And there are roughly 300 of these scores! :-) --Boccaccio_{Talk Email} 15:12, 17 June 2009 (EDT)

Re: Oboe Concerto duplication - Don't worry, I'm sure someone will get around to deleting the duplicate at some point or other! :-) --Robert.Allen 20:24, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Could you give me the filename? I'll delete if you need it. Of course, in the future, just add the template{{Delete|Reason}}-- Snailey _{Talk to Me Email me} 20:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

It's here: [2] --Boccaccio_{Talk Email} 13:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Done deal.-- Snailey _{Talk to Me Email me} 14:37, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Manuscripts

Hi, and thanks for all of your fantastic contributions! In the future, when posting manuscripts, could you please use the "Manuscript Scan" category instead of "Normal Scan?" This automatically puts the score into a "manuscripts" category, and many more useful things. Thanks again, and I look forward to future posts!-- Snailey _{Talk to Me Email me} 13:44, 20 June 2009 (EDT)

Oh sorry, my fault. At some point I just did the filling out of the upload form more or less automatically, must have hit 'n' instead of 'm' at one point... Well there is enough left to exercise ;-) --Boccaccio_{Talk Email} 13:50, 20 June 2009 (EDT)

Oh, and I like the new signature. Been getting ideas from me, PML and Peter, have we? ;)-- Snailey _{Talk to Me Email me} 13:50, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, though it took me some time to figure out why on my page the link to my page is not shown as a clickable link ;)--Boccaccio_{Talk Email} 13:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi Bjoern, I thought I'd chime in here; as you've found out, self-referential Wiki links turn out bold rather than clickable. The six books of five-part Gesualdo madrigals in score is an amazing upload. Wow. By the way, I've done a lot of re-typesetting of Monteverdi's book 8, occasionally borrowing from midi files imported from CPDL - including your own. Do you have any particular objection to me putting things up here as CC-BY-SA 3.0? Also, at some stage I'm going to attempt to fill out more of this page and do a bit of a tidy-up of the equivalent pages over at CPDL. Philip Legge _{@ © talk} 07:45, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi Philip, feel free to upload anything as CC-BY-SA 3.0. When I found the Monteverdi scores on the net, I was also thinking about resetting them (using Lilypond) in order to make them available at mutopiaproject and/or here. I didn't know that the list of compositions of Monteverdi existed, really nice! --Boccaccio_{Talk Email} 08:00, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Monteverdi

I nearly fell off my chair when i saw what you were doing...awesome!!!!! This goes on featured scores the SECOND you are done! :)-- Snailey _{Talk to Me Email me} 14:38, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, there is some more to come...:D Be ready to also see all Gesualdo madrigals soon! --Boccaccio_{Talk Email} 14:43, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

!!!!!!!!!!!! Your fan club looks like it's going to get much much larger! (Telemann and Quantz vs. Gesualdo and Monteverdi)-- Snailey _{Talk to Me Email me} 14:44, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Fontana: 9 Sonatas

Dear Boccaccio,

I was very excited when I saw that you have put the Fontana sonatas up on IMSLP but when I try to open the pdf, it only opens up a blank page for me. Is there something wrong with my browser, or is there a problem with the file? I am very interested in getting hold on the sonata VI in particular.

Thank you very much,

Best regards,

Elen

Hi Elen, I just opened the file and it works for me nicely, but I have to admit I use Linux (and okular to view the pdf). Maybe someone else can confirm if it works under Windows and Acrobat Reader, too. Otherwise you may also try the website of the Univerity Wrocław, where I found this file originally. They offer it as djvu. --Boccaccio_{Talk Email} 04:50, 28 September 2009 (UTC)