[Open-education] [MLA-L] New Music OER: The Public Domain Song Anthology!

Thu Mar 14 21:12:15 UTC 2019

Hi Kathleen,

I do not understand. Do we have to pay to access this resource or is it up
to a donation? Is not it an open-access resource that you are advertising?

Sincerely,

~NT.

On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 4:50 PM Kathleen DeLaurenti <
kathleendelaurenti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
>
> The Music Library Association is thrilled to announce the Public Domain
> Song Anthology: Popular Music for Study and Performance with modern and
> traditional hamonizations by David Berger and Chuck Israels.
> <https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/pdsongbookbios>
>
>
>
> The first Music Library Association Open Edition and the first open
> educational score anthology, the Anthology will be published by Aperio
> <https://aperio.press/site/about/>, the University of Virginia Library’s
> open access press.
>
>
>
> The Public Domain Song Anthology is a songbook of 370 popular tunes that
> includes early popular music, jazz, and traditional tunes that have become
> part of the jazz standard repertory. Newly arranged by David Berger (Jazz
> at Lincoln Center) and Chuck Israels (bassist and former member of the Bill
> Evans Trio) <https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/pdsongbookbios>, the
> songs are presented with both a modern and traditional harmonization – providing
> students and performers with expert lessons on how to realize these
> important tunes in the standard repertory.
>
>
>
> This is an open education project, and we are looking to secure
> productions costs in advance of release instead of recouping costs through
> sales. We are inviting libraries to purchase the Anthology with a variety
> of value-added options. You can purchase your copy of the Public Domain
> Song Anthology today!
> <https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/pdsongbookpurchase>
>
>
>
> The publication is engraved in Sibelius notation software and will be
> released as Sibelius source files, musicXML, and a musicXML encoded PDF.
> Sibelius files are meet NVDA standards for musicians with visual
> impairments and musicXML files will be translated to Braille music files
> over time. In addition to being an accessible teaching and learning tool,
> because all of the tunes are in the public domain, the songbook can be used
> by professional musicians who are looking for repertoire to play alongside
> originals in small clubs and restaurants that do not have public
> performance licenses.
>
>
>
> David and Chuck are donating all of their original work in these
> arrangements to the public domain with a CC-0 license in celebration of the
> 13 new works included entering the public domain in 2019.
>
>
>
> We are grateful for co-publishing support from the University of Michigan
> Library and the Arthur Friedheim Library of the Peabody Institute of the
> Johns Hopkins University. We hope you’ll join them today in supporting
> this valuable music resource!
> <https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/pdsongbookpurchase>
>
>
> Questions? You can reach me directly or email
> openaccess at musiclibraryassoc.org!
>
>
> Please share widely with your collections and administration colleagues!
> We look forward to making this valuable resource available.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Kathleen DeLaurenti
>
> Open Access Editor, Music Library Association
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