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Jean Sturm Executive Director of Musica
M usica and Choral N et are pl eased to
sa mple scor e pages, compo ser and aurh or
Every chor al mu sician in t he world is invired
announc e th e mer ge r of th e two mos t
bi og raphi es, publi sher s' descr iptio ns, pro-
nor on ly to use rhi s exce pri o nal reso ur ce as
import ant cho ral mu sic rep erto ire referenc e
nun ciarion files, texrs a nd rhe ir rran slarion s
firsr point of inqui ry about chora l reper-
cools on the Int ern et into th e newly co nfi g-
in severa l lang uages and o rher resourc es rh ar
toir e, but also to conrrib ure coop erarively to
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Mu sica Virtu al C horal Libr ary
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After mont hs of coop erativ e work, th e
are avail ab le for th o usand s of rhe pie ces lisr-
irs cnh ancemenr by scndin g any mi ssing
ed . T hese featur es, alon g wirh m any orh er
in format ion for u pgrading ir. Ali publi shers
C hor alN et Resourc e Site (C RS) has been
reso urc es, a re in co nst a nt d evelopment by
o f ch o ral mu sic are req uested to check rh eir
comp letely m erged wit h th e Musica dat a-
the Mu sica sraff, rhe member s of Mu sica
citat io ns, and to get in tou ch w ith rhe offi ce
base to crea te thi s new reso ur ce.
Int ern atio nal assoc iatio n , a nd co mmitr ed
o f Mu sica (m usica@mu sicanet.org) to
A commicr ee compo sed of representative s of
vo lunt eers w ho parricipar e in Mu sica wo rk-
become compr ehensively lisred in rh e
bo th Mu sica and C hora lN et includin g Dolf
shop s around rh e world .
Mu sica virtu al libr a ry. •
Rabu s, Rob ert D. Reyno lds, Mich ael
Th e new resour ce o n-lin e de scrib es now
Shasberge r, Allen Sim o n and Jea n St u rm was
mo re rh an 135, 000 ri ries of ail ge nr es, sty les,
charged with comp lerin g th e form ai derails
counrri es, centuri es, as well as about 26,000
M ichael Sha sberge r, President
o f rhi s m erge r follow ing a jo int m eetin g of
co mp ose rs, 11,000 aurh o rs of rexr and
James D. Feiszli, Secretary
For C horaln et , In c :
1,800 publi shers.
For Musica Intern atio nal :
ar w hi ch rhc co ncept o f rhc m erge was
T his en hanced reso ur cc is readi ly availab lc
Jean- C laud e Wi lkens, President
en d o rsed by b o rh en ri ries. Yanni ck Berth o
to ail ch ora l mu sicians in 4 la nguages via the
Jean Sturm , Executive Di rector
and Allen Sim o n we re charged w ith th e
Mu ica wcb site: htrp:// www .mu sica net.o rg
rh e
ho ralNe r and Mu sica Boa rds in M ay,
red esig n o f rhe M usica sea rch int erface to
and via a link fro m rhe C ho rain er repertoir e
in sur e rhar ir wo u ld be ea ily und erstood
resour ce page rhat is ea ily acce sible from
and nav iga ted by rhose who have relied
th e C ho ralNe t webp age: http: // v1W\v.cho ral-
upon rh e tw o diff erenr rep ertoir e reso ur ces
net.or g. ln irs curr enr form, basic inform a-
fo r m any yea rs. Jea n St urm an d th e staff o f
tio n o n ail sco res in rhe Mus ica Virru al C hora l Libr ary
M usica, assisred by m any vo lu ntee rs ar M usica wo rksho ps, wo rked di lige nrl y ove r
is includ ed in rhe web based sea rch engine,
rhe sum me r a nd fall to inr eg rare the files
a nd is rhu s ava ilable to ail w irh o ur cosr, in
sup plied by Al len Sim o n fro m t he C RS.
o rder no r to d o a ny di scrimin atio n by
Afte r mu ch effo rt to pre pare the files for
money becween develope d an d dev elop ing
m erge and elimin are dup licate en tri es in th e
co unrri es. Addi rio nally, Mu sica o ffers a C D
rwo syste ms, rheir wo rk has resulr ed in a n
RO M versio n of rhe reso ur ce rhar bas
alm os r 50% ex pansio n o f rhe reperro ire
expa nd ed reference inform atio n for mos r
cired o n rh e M usica sire.
enrr ies a nd a softwa re allow ing more poss i-
Th e increasin gly so phi sricated Mu sica
bili ries. Iri s ava ilable for sale rhrou gh the
resou rce bas grown far beyon d irs o riginal
Mus ica websire. C hora lNe r w ill co n tin ue to
d esig n as a simpl e d ara base of pub lishcd
p rov ide irs extensive reperto ire a nd co mp os-
chora l mus ic. To recog nize rhar devd up-
er forum ~, archive o fl iterat ure di scussions
menr , rhe me rge co mmi tree end o rsed rhe
from C ho ral List, a nd exte nsive lisrs of reper-
new name fo r rhe sire, rh e M usica Virtua l
toi re so rted by var io us top ics and in reresr
C hora l Libr ary. T his nam e ap rly d esc rib es
a reas ro prov ide a valuable comp lement to
the expan ded reso u rces ava ilab lc tu chora l
the M usica vinua l library.
mus ic ia ns, including numerous record ings ,
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