Its motto is "free access to music anywhere in the world."
I happened to hear a Brahms recording on WETA (the classical music station in DC) that I wasn't familiar with, and my wife and I liked it so we waited until the end for the announcer to identify the music. It turned out to be Brahms' Double Concerto in A Minor, Opus 102. Lo and behold, it's also on musopen. You don't have to pay for a music download. The version on musopen is played by the Skidmore College Orchestra. (In 2006, Newsweek/Kaplan identified Skidmore as a 'New Ivy,' an elite school providing an excellent education outside of the Ivy League, according to musopen.)
I have embedded the Brahms double concerto on my blog, just to give you a sample.
So the next time you need music for, say, your wedding, check if it's on musopen. Musopen has done some terrific things. According to Arstechtnica, musopen "has recently rolled out a new version of its web site, added freely-downloadable sheet music, and raised enough cash to professionally record the entire set of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas and place them in the public domain." Three cheers for Aaron Dunn, who started the site when he was in college. Donations, of course, are welcome.
Videos from PBS are now online: The Public television Service today launched its new video portal that allows online viewers to stream an array of its best-known shows over the Web. Pretty much the entire universe of PBS is now available online! You can watch programs in their entirety, just like Ian McKellen in King Lear, which was just broadcast some weeks ago.
These are just some of the shows available just one click away:
- American Masters
- Antiques Roadshow
- FRONTLINE
- Great Performances
- Masterpiece Theater
- NOVA
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