On Mar 22, 2014, at 4:21 AM, Paul Tannous <ptann...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Lilyponders, > > I am considering starting a Kickstarter project to engrave a major choral > work in LilyPond that is in the public domain. The idea is to raise funds > to pay for the LilyPond engraving, proofreading, contributor premiums, etc. > > The LilyPond source would then be put into the public domain. Rather than > make PDFs available, the LilyPond source could be put on a web site with > the URL for LilyPond. Anyone wanting a printed copy, could download and > install LilyPond if they didn't have it already. The idea would be to > generate interest in LilyPond. > > Premiums for contributors could be PDFs of some of the parts of the > engraved choral work or even the whole score for large contributors. From > what I've seen of Kickstarter, typically the smallest premium that is > attractive enough to generate contributions is a T-Shirt. So, this could be > one of our premiums. If you have ideas for other premiums, they would be > appreciated. > > If this project is successful, other projects for different works could be > started. A successful project might spawn imitators making even more > LilyPond source works available. > > I have talked to several choir directors about what to use for a first > project. Handel's 'Messiah' was suggested by all of them. I am aware of > Nicolas Sceaux's fine work in engraving 'Messiah', but the choir directors > who spoke with me prefer to use a different version for their performances. > > All comments regarding this project will be appreciated. > > Thank you, > Paul Tannous > Sounds like a great idea! Make sure to e-mail choir directors across the US to see what may interest them - even if they cannot contribute financially to the project, it will have more chances of success if you have concerts lined up to which donors can go, a recording that they can receive, a program in which their name appears, etc.. All the best and good luck! Cheers, MS _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
