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Nov 7, 2020 · Welcome to ChoralWiki, home of the Choral Public Domain Library! CPDL was founded in December 1998, ported to ChoralWiki in August 2005, and incorporated in May 2010 as a U.S.A. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt charitable organization.
May 14, 2009 · Sheet music. A catalog of all scores on CPDL. Click on the alphabet links (above) to navigate this list. In addition, there is a list of subcategories which organize music by era/genre/voicing. The subcategory Works by language organizes choral music by the language of the text underlay.
Nov 10, 2022 · This category page provides a list of all composers with choral or vocal works available at CPDL. Click on alphabet links below to navigate this list. There is also a catalog of music publications available. For other people at CPDL, see Lyricists, Compilers-Editors, Translators, and CPDL Editors.
The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL), also known as the ChoralWiki, is an online database for choral and vocal music. Its contents primarily include sheet music in the public domain or otherwise freely available for printing and performing (such as via permission from the copyright holder).
4 days ago · A place for contemporary composers and others to discuss their works and issues of composing choral music in our time. 9 Topics.
“The largest website devoted exclusively to free choral sheet music. Begun in December 1998, the site has over 140 contributors and 3,200 scores.” Search by title or composer, or browse in the following categories: chant, medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, early-20th, or modern.
CPDL is all based on user submissions, so the best way to strengthen the resource is to contribute to it directly. You can work on a new edition of an expired score, submit your own new compositions (if you wish to put them in the public domain yourself), or help edit or translate submissions.
Jun 1, 2008 · The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is a free, Web-based, wild-style portal dedicated to providing free, legal scores of choral music. Rafael Ornes, minister of music at Valley Presbyterian Church in Portola Valley, California, started CPDL. in 1998.
Nov 8, 2023 · Choral Public Domain Library. The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is a collection of free public domain choral music. CPDL currently hosts free scores of at least 23680 choral and vocal works by at least 2754 composers.
Aug 9, 2007 · Choral public domain libray -> the piece is supposed to be in the public domain. No. The original work must be PD to allow it to be copied in the first place, but the new typesetting is (in some jurisdictions) treated as a new, copyrightable work.
