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:musical_score: Open Scores for Piano encoded using LilyPond

Piano sheet music and piano transcriptions with source code in LilyPond language

LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to computer printouts. LilyPond is free software and part of the GNU Project.

Scores in pdf format

The following pdf files can be generated from source code, but have been added here for convenience. If you prefer to create these files yourself (and midi files as well), you can skip to the next section.

Latest release: Open Scores for Piano v58

The source code was compiled with GNU LilyPond 2.25.12 (running Guile 2.2) (Fedora Linux 40).

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AuthorWorkStatus:link: Scores
Hans Erich ApostelKubiniana Op. 13, 10 KlavierstückeII, III, VI, VII, IXpdf
Alban BergKlaviersonate Op. 1stalled :zzz:
Johannes BrahmsRapsodie Es-Dur, from 4 Klavierstücke Op. 119:white_check_mark:pdf
Rapsodie h-moll Op.79. I:white_check_mark:pdf
Rapsodie g-moll Op.79. II:white_check_mark:pdf
Carl Philipp Emanuel BachSolfeggio c-Moll (“Solfeggietto”) Wq 117/2, H.220:white_check_mark:pdf
Johann Sebastian Bach :zero:Clavierübung Teil I - Partiten I BWV 825:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil I - Partiten II BWV 826:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil I - Partiten III BWV 827:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil I - Partiten IV BWV 828:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil I - Partiten V BWV 829:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil I - Partiten VI BWV 830:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil II - Italienisches Konzert BWV 971:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil II - Ouvertüre nach französischer Art BWV 831:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil IV - Goldberg Variationen BWV 988:white_check_mark:pdf
Clavierübung Teil V (?) - Die Kunst der Fuga BWV 1080 :one::white_check_mark:pdf
Inventionen BWV 772-786 :two::white_check_mark:pdf
Sinfonien BWV 787-801:white_check_mark:pdf
Suite Anglaises I BWV 806:white_check_mark:pdf
Suite Anglaises II BWV 807:white_check_mark:pdf
Suite Anglaises III BWV 808:white_check_mark:pdf
Suite Anglaises IV BWV 809:white_check_mark:pdf
Suite Anglaises V BWV 810:white_check_mark:pdf
Suite Anglaises VI BWV 811:white_check_mark:pdf
Das Wohltemperierte Klavier - Teil Imilestone 3
Praeludium und Fughetta in d-moll BWV 899:white_check_mark:pdf
Praeludium und Fughetta in e-moll BWV 900:white_check_mark:pdf
Praeludium und Fughetta in F-Dur BWV 901:white_check_mark:pdf
Praeludium und Fughetta in G-Dur BWV 902:white_check_mark:pdf
Fantasie und Fuge BWV 904:white_check_mark:pdf
Neun kleine Präludien BWV 924-932:white_check_mark:pdf
Sechs kleine Präludien BWV 933-938:white_check_mark:pdf
Fuga d-Moll BWV948:white_check_mark:pdf
Fuga C-Dur BWV952:white_check_mark:pdf
Praeludium Fuge und Allegro BWV 998:white_check_mark:pdf
Musikalisches Opfer: Ricercar a 3, Ricercar a 6 BWV 1079:white_check_mark:pdf
Bach / BusoniChorale Prelude - In dir ist Freude BWV 615:white_check_mark:pdf
Chorale Prelude - Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639:white_check_mark:pdf
Chorale Prelude - Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland BWV 659:white_check_mark:pdf
Chromatische Fantasie und Fugue BWV 903:white_check_mark:pdf
Chaconne für violine allein BWV 1004:white_check_mark:pdf
Bach / KempffLargo from Harpsichord Concerto BWV 1056:white_check_mark:pdf
Siciliano BWV 1031:white_check_mark:pdf
Bach / LisztPräludium und Fuge BWV543 S462:white_check_mark:pdf
Bach / MadrisanChorale Prelude - Jesu meine Freude BWV 610 :three::white_check_mark:pdf
Chorale Prelude - Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland BWV 659:white_check_mark:pdf
Bach / PetriSchafe können sicher weiden BWV 208:white_check_mark:pdf
Bach / Ruoshi SunChorale Prelude - Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit BWV 668:white_check_mark:pdf
Bach / StarkSiciliano BWV 1031:white_check_mark:pdf
Bach / StradalOrgan Sonata 4 Andante BWV 528:white_check_mark:pdf
Ludwig van BeethovenKlaviersonate Nr.8 Opus 13 - "Grande Sonate Pathétique":white_check_mark:pdf
Ferruccio BusoniDrei Albumblätter BV 289:white_check_mark:pdf
Alfredo CasellaDeux Contrastes op.31:white_check_mark:pdf
Frédéric ChopinValse (Morgan Library & Museum Manuscript 2024):white_check_mark:pdf
Baldassare GaluppiSonata no. 5 in Do maggiore :four::white_check_mark:pdf
Mikhail GlinkaNocturne :five::white_check_mark:pdf
Gluck / SgambatiMélodie de Gluck depuis "Orfeo ed Euridice":white_check_mark:pdf
Rued LanggaardInsektarium, 9 Puzzle Pictures BVN 134:white_check_mark:pdf
Franz LisztTrübe Wolken (Nuages Gris) S.199:white_check_mark:pdf
Am Grabe Richard Wagners S.202:white_check_mark:pdf
Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch S.206:white_check_mark:pdf
En rêve (Nocturne) S.207:white_check_mark:pdf
Unstern (Sinistre) S.208:white_check_mark:pdf
Ildebrando PizzettiSogno:white_check_mark:pdf
Domenico ScarlattiSonata K. 1:white_check_mark:pdf
Domenico ScarlattiSonata K. 30 (Cat's fugue):white_check_mark:pdf
Domenico ScarlattiSonata K. 55:white_check_mark:pdf
Domenico ScarlattiSonata K. 87:white_check_mark:pdf
Domenico ScarlattiSonata K. 95:white_check_mark:pdf
Domenico ScarlattiSonata K. 141:white_check_mark:pdf
Domenico ScarlattiSonata K. 387:white_check_mark:pdf
Arnold SchoenbergSechs kleine Klavierstücke op.19 :six::white_check_mark:pdf
Clara Schumann WieckSoirées Musicales op.62. Nocturnepdf
Robert SchumannKinderscenen op.15:white_check_mark:pdf
Karol Maciej SzymanowskiDziewięć preludiów (Nine Preludes) Op. 1:white_check_mark:pdf
  1. Milestones
    • Milestone 1: Digitize all volumes of J.S. Bach's Clavierübung except the third one (which contains works for organ) :white_check_mark:
    • Milestone 2: Digitize the J.S. Bach's Suites Anglaises :white_check_mark:
    • Milestone 3: Digitize J.S. Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Teil I :dart:
  2. Die Kunst der Fuga BWV 1080
    • Contrapunctus I-XIV
    • Brief notes on the completion of Contrapunctus XIV
    • Canon I-IV
  3. Contains in the preface "A guide to ornaments, written in Bach's hand"
  4. Image of the J.S. Bach's manuscript of the Choral "Jesu meine Freude" (Das Orgel-Büchlein, p.15)
  5. Manuscript of the first page of the sonata
  6. Thanks to my amateur harpist friend Tristan Rollet (@Pluiesurlavitre) for pointing me to this beautiful romantic piece
  7. With a preface by Giancarlo Simonacci (Wikipedia :it:), in Italian with English translation by Davide Madrisan

How to manually create the .pdf and .midi files

See the file DEVELOPERS.md

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