For Immediate Release
Classical Scores Library now live!
Alexander Street is pleased to announce the first release of our
highly anticipated Classical Scores Library. This initial
release includes 800 in-copyright scores from Boosey and Hawkes and
selected material from the University Music Editions (UME) microfilm
series. Forty-nine composers' works are included in this release,
including notable 20th-century composers such as Aaron Copland,
Benjamin Britten, Igor Stravinsky, Steve Reich, and Ned Rorem.
Further
releases will include substantial additional Boosey and Hawkes
material, the entire catalog of UME, manuscript material from the
Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research, and many new editions from
other in-copyright publishers. At completion, the collection will
contain 400,000 pages of classical scores from both in-copyright and
public domain editions, representing the output of the major
composers as well as many lesser known works.
The database has been indexed to enable users to search on musically
relevant fields, such as, composer, work/opus number, key, genre,
instrument, and time period, as well as score-specific
fields such as, score type, duration, presence of non-standard
clefs or figured bass, editor, arranger, and publisher.
This detailed indexing allows users to search, analyze, and research
scores in a simple but powerful manner.
Classical
Scores Library
also provides a unique combination of valuable additional features:
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No additional software required:
unlike some other services, the scores in Classical Scores
Library are available in the universally-viewable pdf format
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Printing enabled:
users can print any score in the collection
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Movement-level navigation:
users can jump directly into a score at the movement level,
rather than navigating through large scores to find specific
information
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Integration with
Classical Music Library:
subscribers to both services will see links in Classical
Scores Library, so they can listen to the work while
following along with the score
Go to
http://alexanderstreet.com/shmutrial.htm to request your free
trial to this new database, or contact your sales representative for
more information.
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publisher of electronic full-text databases in the humanities,
social sciences, and music. Founded in July 2000, the company
publishes collections in history, literature, music, psychology,
sociology, drama, film, performing arts, black history, women’s
history, diversity studies, and other areas. Alexander Street Press
is located in Alexandria, Virginia.
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