[Menvi-discuss] Music XML resources

[Noah Carver]

The question is: how do transcribers feel about such a resource? Would they
be interested in contributing to it? If such a catalog could be created in
a way which respects the needs of both music braille transcribers (for whom
this is their livelihood) and users, putting together such a listing really
should be done by someone.
--
Noah Carver
Candidate, B.M. '26 | Applied Music (Performance) -- Voice
Eastman School of Music | University of Rochester
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On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 5:45 PM Stephanie Pieck via Menvi-discuss <
menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:

> The ultimate dream would be to have an international database of things
> transcribers have already produced that could be searched by musicians
> looking for specific items. The musician could then contact the transcriber
> to ask about obtaining a copy. Too often, the same works get transcribed
> multiple times, which I think is a strain on the precious resource that is
> a braille music transcriber.
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> Sorry for getting on my soapbox!
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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 4:51 PM
> *To:* This is for discussing music and braille literacy
> *Cc:* Ella Yu
> *Subject:* Re: [Menvi-discuss] Music XML resources
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 1:27 PM Stephanie Pieck via Menvi-discuss <
> menvi-discuss at menvi.org> wrote:
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> 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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