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Complete Mozart Works Now Free

Posted by samzenpus on from the eine-kleine-internet-nachtmusik dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mozart's year-long 250th birthday party is ending on a high note with the musical scores of his complete works available for the first time free on the Internet. Although most classical music is obviously too old to be under copyright, the rights to specific editions of pieces are owned by the publishers. Now, the International Mozart Foundation has acquired the right to publish the prestigious New Mozart Edition of every Mozart work on the internet. The response has been so overwhelming that the Foundation has been forced to increase their server capacity."

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  1. Mozardot by Pig+Hogger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you sure it isn't the Slashdot effect???

    1. Re:Mozardot by Sj0 · · Score: 3, Funny

      What they really need is an LC notch filter to isolate their fundamental frequency.

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  2. Slashdot effect.. by Beuno · · Score: 4, Funny
    The response has been so overwhelming that the Foundation has been forced to increase their server capacity.


    And now they're going to have to increase them again...
  3. Sheet music only? by rinkjustice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you download the music files also? If so, where are the links?

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    1. Re:Sheet music only? by stubear · · Score: 5, Funny

      You got the fucking code, compile it yourself.

    2. Re:Sheet music only? by Nasarius · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's /dev/violin, you noob.

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    3. Re:Sheet music only? by bckrispi · · Score: 3, Funny
      You got the fucking code, compile it yourself.
      Thanks. Orange Juice almost squirted out of my nose.
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    4. Re:Sheet music only? by harlows_monkeys · · Score: 5, Funny
      Thanks. Orange Juice almost squirted out of my nose

      It was milk for me. The disturbing part is that I wasn't drinking at the time.

  4. Completed Mozart Now Works For Free? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They finally finished reassembling him, eh? And he creates new works without charging a penny, eh?? EXCELLENT!

    I now command the recently re-animated corpse of Mozart to pen me a symphony, with no expectation of compensation! POST-HASTE!

    1. Re:Completed Mozart Now Works For Free? by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Heck, I'd be satified if he finished his Requiem Mass...

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    2. Re:Completed Mozart Now Works For Free? by the+phantom · · Score: 4, Funny

      Unfortuantely, the newly animate corpse has actually been destroying many of his works. Mozart has been busy decomposing.

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  5. See? Copyright has its limits by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure Mozart is finally wealthy enough to where having his music in the public domain won't hurt him.

    Wait? He's been dead for 215 years? Oh. Nevermind.

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  6. Re:weirdest torrent ever? by Bagels · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once saw a torrent composed of hundreds of pie recipes. That beats out Mozart easily.

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  7. It's a compiler, so by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 4, Funny

    /usr/bin/violin

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  8. Re:weirdest torrent ever? by Isotopian · · Score: 5, Funny

    at ThePierateBay, duh.

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  9. Re:A+ by montyzooooma · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're missing the point! The scores have been set free in a victory against the RIAA! Now all I have to do is organise my own orchestra and I'm really going to be sticking it to the man...

  10. Re:Nope..It's lots of fans! by tverbeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Meanwhile, the webmaster for Salieri250thBirthday.org is still waiting for his hit-counter to go into triple digits, and plotting a DOS attack on Mozarteum.at.

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  11. Re:A+ by Dr.+Blue · · Score: 3, Funny
    If Linus Thorvalds provides Linux for all of mankind...

    Great... a one character typo, and now I've got a mental picture of Linus in the middle of a battlefield wielding a big-ass hammer. Thanks a lot.