[Menvi-discuss] Music XML resources

[Ella Yu]

Hey Stephanie, That's great to hear. That said, for better or for worse,
over 95% of the braille scores currently available on IMSLP are being
uploaded by a single person named Haipeng Hu, who hosts all his
transcription work (including all the braille scores he uploaded to IMSLP
so far) on brailleorch.org. Is there any way to get more braille music
transcribers or libraries for the blind to upload suitable public domain
contents to IMSLP?

Another big issue is that the bulk of Haipeng's transcriptions are for
orchestra or chamber ensemble. Because producing both full scores and
performance parts per piece is too time consuming, and because Haipeng
sources most of his MusicXML files from publishers, he is only able to
publish full scores for ensemble music in braille format. This means that
if someone wants just the first violin part for one of the orchestra scores
he transcribed, the only way to get it is to contact him directly and ask
for a MusicXML to convert yourself. I've gotten a few pieces of my needed
orchestra music this way. This is, of course, a non-issue for solo piano or
instrumental music.

I wish way more MusicXML/notation files were available on IMSLP. The thing
is, IMSLP has allowed uploads of MusicXML/notation files for years. It's
just that the vast majority of people who are uploading typeset PDFs to
IMSLP are choosing to leave the corresponding notation files behind.

On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 1:27 PM Stephanie Pieck via Menvi-discuss <
menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:

> Hi,
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> I can report that IMSLP does now have over 600 braille scores and the list
> grows a little each day. I’ve already benefited from this resource, finding
> scores for several pieces I thought I’d have to get transcribed on my own.
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> Steph
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> *From:* Menvi-discuss [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] *On Behalf
> Of *Ella Yu via Menvi-discuss
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 02, 2024 12:56 PM
> *To:* This is for discussing music and braille literacy
> *Cc:* Ella Yu
> *Subject:* Re: [Menvi-discuss] Music XML resources
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> Hi, thanks for posting the list of websites offering music in MusicXML
> format compiled by the official MusicXML people. Unfortunately, I think the
> list is out of date, as a number of the websites on it are no longer
> available. Also, many of the websites on that list actually only offer a
> very small percentage of their material in XML format. For instance, I'd
> say less than 5% of material on IMSLP is available in MusicXML format, but
> interestingly, IMSLP recently started accepting braille music scores, which
> I posted about on this list back in January. I have not personally
> investigated the Choral Public Domain Library, but I suspect it is a fairly
> useful resource for accessible choral materials.
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> On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 6:39 AM Stephanie Pieck via Menvi-discuss <
> menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Recently there was a question about where to find scores in XML format.
> The following link may be of use. This site lists several options for where
> to find XML scores. I hope this is helpful.
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> https://www.musicxml.com/music-in-musicxml/
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> Steph
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