Klarinet Archive - Posting 000256.txt from 2010/07

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buying Music Discussion
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:29:03 -0400


1. A local (Long Beach, CA) music store, most of the time.
2. mp3
3. Yes
4. Adobe Acrobat
5. Yes
6. Having heard the piece
7. Standard repertoire, most of the time.
8. Not particularly, because on the whole I purchase very little sheet music.

As for technology having altered the publishing industry, when library card catalogs began to go electronic around 1994, I began to make use of Inter Library Loan services in the U.S. I'd do an on-line look up at one or another library and request it from the ILL office of my university library (most public libraries also offer that service for a nominal fee). That service offers a POTENTIALLY fundamental change in the way people can get sheet music. I say "potentially" because lots of people have not yet discovered how to effect on-line library searches and then to carry through an ILL request.

OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) is an international search engine and can be found at

http://www.oclc.org/us/en/global/default.htm

The great thing about ILL is that although one might find a score at some library in Slovenia which is not available via ILL, your friendly librarian may turn up the same score at a library in the U.S. which can be retrieved via ILL.

Several years ago the Bibliotheque National in France began to scan its archives to make them available on-line. Although I've searched for and found a few things (autographs of Mozart, I seem to remember), I clearly have not scratched the surface. On the other hand, there is still something to be desired as regards visitor access and the design of its web pages. I just went into the home page, poked around a little, finally found the link to musical scores, clicked on it and got

Error 500: Internal server error - resource cannot be retrieved

It seems to me that ease of access is the key, unless one wants specifically to find something of historical importance, then you may have to figure out how to get around that annoying "Error 500".

For those of you who haven't yet discovered it, take a look at the site of the Los Angeles Clarinet Institute at

http://www.clarinetinstitute.com/

and click on "free music" button. You'll get the pdf archives. Some of the files are straight pdf and others are ZIPped. Some are "notes only" and others contain complete articulation and dynamics. The web master has taken care to offer a disclaimer for those pieces which are scanned from commercial copies published before 1923 because they may still be under copyright in countries other than the U.S. Some of the links give the visitor a "404 error" for reasons unknown.

In any case, the collection is quite large.

Oliver

> From: retiredprof55@-----.com
> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:44:33 -0700
> To: klarinet@-----.com
> Subject: [kl] Buying Music Discussion
>
> Since technology has altered the publishing industry, I am curious to see if it has affected the purchasing habits of members of this group. In order to direct this discussion, please respond to as many of the questions below that apply to you.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sy Brandon, composer, arranger and publisher
> http://cooppress.net
>
> 1. Where do you purchase music? (music store, online, conventions, etc.)
> 2. If you buy music online, how do you prefer to listen to excerpts? (mp3, scorch, etc.)
> 3. Do you take the time to listen to musical excerpts when visiting a website?
> 4. If you buy music online, what format do you prefer? (print-on-demand, hard copy, etc.)
> 5. Do you find the lesser cost and immediate availability of print-on-demand music beneficial?
> 6. What influences you when purchasing music? (colleague or teacher recommendation, reviews, having heard the piece on a recording, radio or live)
> 7. Do you purchase only standard repertoire or do you seek out new contemporary music?
> 8. Is the economy affecting your purchasing of music?
>
> retiredprof55@-----.com
> Website http://cooppress.net
>
>
>
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