Mutopia project

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The Mutopia project is a volunteer-run effort to create a library of free content sheet music, in a way similar to Project Gutenberg's library of public domain books.

The music is reproduced from old scores that are out of copyright. The new scores are typeset with GNU LilyPond and distributed in PDF, PostScript, Midi, and LilyPond format.

Currently, there are more than 1300 pieces of music available, more than half of which are pieces for piano. There are also many pieces for voice, and various other musical instruments. On the Mutopia project home page, there is a list with links to the most recently added pieces.

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List of online music databases
Public domain resources
Open music
Free content
IMSLP - International Music Score Library Project, this free public domain music score library was a similar project, but focused mainly on scans of old editions as well as all public domain scores. It is now closed, but reopening at the start of July.