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Managed by Rafael Ornes. http://www.Cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. {Accessed November-December 2007) [Requires a Web browser and an Internet connection. Downloading scores may require software dependent on the file format.]

The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is a free, Web-based, wild-style portal dedicated to providing free, legal scores of choral music. Rafael Ornes, minister of music at Valley Presbyterian Church in Portola Valley, California, started CPDL. in 1998. The tore of the "Wiki way" is collaborative self-governance. With Ornes as the site manager, users contribute the majority of content and are encouraged to report or fix errors as they are detected. In addition to content where copyright has lapsed, composers are welcome to add their own original scores to the database.

The goals of the CPDL are well defined:

* To make sheet music available for free.

* To create a website for public domain music that includes only legally downloadable scores.

* To develop a viable collaborative model for sheet music distribution.

* To publish scores that are not otherwise commercially viable.

* To create a website that catalogs a large number of Free sheet music websites. http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Help:What_is_CPDL_anyway%3F).

The interface for CPDI, has the look and feel of a Wiki (i is a Wiki, and identifies itself as "ChoralWiki" in different parts of the database), and requires no special software- for searching and browsing, but it has a number of requirements for downloading scores in various formats. The record for each entry is supplied with a legend that identifies in which format the score is available. The legend also indicates other types of files, such as picture files (.GIF) and...

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