A dedicated site for Dorico project files has been attempted before, but sadly the costs (and effort) involved to run and maintain a free site were unsustainable.
However, I do believe that the availability of project files, both as “content” and as examples of what Dorico can achieve, is extremely important for existing users, and to encourage new users. (I’m certainly not the only person who has downloaded a copy of MuseScore, just to take advantage of the content on the MuseScore site, XML notwithstanding.)
To that end, I’ve created a page on my website with a selection of Dorico files for free download.
There’s currently only a handful of titles, but there’s a range of styles – keyboard works, piano-vocal, choral, choir and instruments, and orchestral.
I’m planning to add assorted standard repertoire works to it; but if anyone has any project files that they’d like to submit, I’d be happy to add them to the page.
Submission Small Print: Submitted scores must be original works by composers dead for more than 70 years; no arrangements or self-penned compositions. Project files must use Silent template and only use fonts that are common to Dorico and the Win/Mac platforms. I reserve the right to refuse submissions, or edit them before uploading.
Thank you very much, that is a great idea! And very useful for users like me, that are still beginners, it is great to see, how you are solving standard problems. A lot faster than looking up in the online help!
This is most important as Ben knows. It is only a general rule, however. There are exceptions in the USA for previously unpublished works by long dead composers—Ben is free to contact me privately on individual works that may fall into this category.
Although MuseGroup posts material under Copyright, they pay the fees and royalties through their Hal Leonard Publishing subsidiary. Only material entirely in the Public Domain is exempt.
Oh dear… You haven’t a clue. You do not know enough about this subject to debate, respond, argue or especially “litigate” this with me—or anyone else who understands this.
If you wish to argue this topic with anyone, I recommend starting with Oxford University Press about the many thousands of active copyrights that they hold by composers and authors long dead, in many cases going back hundreds of years.
I will recommend that you first learn about the 2039 rule, the provision of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) that lets OUP and other publishers do this. Find an IP attorney and be prepared to pay the going rate for your education.
My offer to review works that may fall into this copyright sandtrap was limited to Ben only. He knows how to contact me.
Just this morning I was perusing the Society for Music Theory’s annual conference program and noticed a session devoted to navigating copyright issues in one’s published theory work. The session is titled Don’t Wake the Balrog! I suppose they have a point…
Just to say that I’ve added some more free Dorico files to this page: including Beethoven 5, Tallis’s Spem in alium; the overture to Die Fledermaus, and Sousa’s Washington Post!
(Link at top of thread.)
The Symphony might be useful as a standard large condensed score for benchmarking and testing. I may make a post about the process of creating it – what was easy and joyous; what was tedious and annoying.
I’m planning to put up some ‘other types of material’ soon, so there will be as wide a range of examples as possible.
Great idea, I copied the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th. I use it to experiment with all sorts of playback options including 3D immersive exporting from Dorico to Cubase.
One of the first larger works I copied was Beethoven’s 7th symphony. Mainly to test playback with various libraries. So the engraving needs a lot work. I am always in doubt if I should try to match the original Breitkopf und Härtel score (which in Dorico would certainly generate 99+ proofreading issues) or if I should create a modern version. Presently I tend for the modern version. I will do some more work on the 7th and if of interest can post it on your site.
