Here we go!
Not much to report yet. Found an appropriate look for the site, and will be preparing content this summer. Starting with baby steps, as I have several more pressing projects on my plate.
Ultimately, this site will contain individual pdf files for each of about 2000 songs for which I’ve collected public domain sheet music, and more as I find and scan them. Unlike PD sheet music collections currently available, this will include many pieces from the “standard repertoire” for singers taking formal classical lessons. It is my hope that this will give students access to a wider range of pre-1923 vocal music, and free them to spend more of their sheet music budgets on 20th and 21st century works.
(I should remember to include a list of some of my favorite 20th century art song composers for this purpose! Some, like Ives, Bernstein and Copland, are well known. Others, like Bacon, Hundley, Musto, Hoiby, and Heggie, seem to only be well known within certain circles.)
I’ll probably be granting access to my students as I go, and make it more public as it starts to be large enough to be worthwhile. I was also going to tie it in with IPASource.com, but they recently decided to charge for access. Perhaps I’ll just have to create similar material myself.
