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Yes\u00adter\u00adday, we told you about a new Kick\u00adstarter cam\u00adpaign that intends to put 245 pieces by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin into the pub\u00adlic domain<\/a>. The cam\u00adpaign is being spear\u00adhead\u00aded by Musopen.org<\/a>, a non-prof\u00adit locat\u00aded a few miles up the road from us, in Palo Alto, CA. Oper\u00adat\u00ading since 2005 (a year before we took flight), Musopen pro\u00advides free pub\u00adlic domain scores <\/a>and a library of record\u00adings by clas\u00adsi\u00adcal com\u00adposers<\/a> that you\u2019ll want to check out.<\/p>\n

The library is best accessed via this page<\/a> where you can browse record\u00adings orga\u00adnized by com\u00adpos\u00ader, per\u00adformer, instru\u00adment, form, and time peri\u00adod As you\u2019ll see, Bach<\/a>, Beethoven<\/a>, and Mozart<\/a> \u2014 they\u2019re all there. So is Debussy<\/a>, Rav\u00adel<\/a> and Cop\u00adland<\/a>, not to men\u00adtion anoth\u00ader 140+ com\u00adposers.<\/p>\n

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Music can be streamed online for free. But if you become a reg\u00adis\u00adtered user<\/a> for the site, you can down\u00adload 5 tracks per day in stan\u00addard audio qual\u00adi\u00adty. Or, if you pay $55 per year, you can enjoy unlim\u00adit\u00aded down\u00adloads in high qual\u00adi\u00adty audio. Pay\u00ading mem\u00adbers help sus\u00adtain the site, and they also get to help deter\u00admine what music will be made avail\u00adable online in the future. Have more ques\u00adtions? Check out Musopen\u2019s FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you would like to sup\u00adport the mis\u00adsion of Open Cul\u00adture, con\u00adsid\u00ader mak\u00ading a dona\u00adtion to our site<\/a>. It\u2019s hard to rely 100% on ads, and your con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions<\/a> will help us con\u00adtin\u00adue pro\u00advid\u00ading the best free cul\u00adtur\u00adal and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal mate\u00adri\u00adals to learn\u00aders every\u00adwhere. You can con\u00adtribute through Pay\u00adPal<\/a>, Patre\u00adon<\/a>, and Ven\u00admo (@openculture). Thanks!<\/span><\/i><\/i><\/p>\n\n

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Yes\u00adter\u00adday, we told you about a new Kick\u00adstarter cam\u00adpaign that intends to put 245 pieces by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin into the pub\u00adlic domain. The cam\u00adpaign is being spear\u00adhead\u00aded by Musopen.org, a non-prof\u00adit locat\u00aded a few miles up the road from us, in Palo Alto, CA. 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