****Forwarded message from Peter Scott <[log in to unmask]>****
Google have recently launched a beta version of a new service called:
<http://books.google.com>http://books.google.com/
While they have not yet decided to scan printed music, there are many
useful text books and catalogues that include musical topics. The
majority of volumes provided to date are nineteenth century.
What makes this service particularly useful is
(a) you can download and print material for which copyright has
expired [this may depend on the domain of your country and depend on
local copyright laws]
(b) each book's page has been treated with an advanced optical
character recognition, resulting in an extensive search database in
various scripts besides Roman.
Before you search you should select the radio button 'Full view
books' to produce complete copies. It is also possible to purchase
certain books through online publishers. While this project has
already attracted controversy, it will bring many benefits to
scholars (such as reduced degradation upon fragile books and might
reduce the need to travel to foreign libraries).
You are most welcome to forward this to other interested scholars.
Yours sincerely,
Peter J D Scott
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Dr Peter J D Scott
Associate Lecturer
Department of Music
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
Editor of _Insider's guide to hidden Dublin_
<http://www.hidden-dublin.com>http://www.hidden-dublin.com
Please note that forwarding this message without permission is a breach of
confidence and may infringe copyright.
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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Lecturer in Music
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, Great Britain
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Music/jpeh-s.html
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