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Wikisource

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:35 am
by vinteuil
WIkisource is a wonderful free-content library on which I, unfortunately, cannot find any sheet music. Does anyone have any ideas about a possible partnership (or with, for that matter, Gutenberg, CPDL, etc.)?

Re: Wikisource

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:53 pm
by Lyle Neff
My understanding -- unless I'm mistaken -- is that Wikisource doesn't act like IMSLP, that is, it doesn't show works as PDFs -- let alone as images. It's essentially an electronic-text-oriented compendium. What you see on the screen is the text of a book, play, poem, etc. in ASCII, Unicode, etc. -- with some images added, such as for Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Apparently the "type" of works that is called "manuscript" is still an electronic transcription of the text.

But that does raise the question: Does Wikisource have any books that are primarily visual?