Musopen

Musopen is a

Tarzana, California, launched by Aaron Dunn in 2005.^{[citation needed}

Mission and charitable activities

Musopen provides an online library of public domain music recordings and sheet music. It also raises money to finance classical music recordings which are released into the public domain.

In 2008, Musopen released newly commissioned recordings of the 32 Beethoven piano sonatas into the public domain.^[1]

In 2010, the site organized a fundraiser via

Archive.org. The final list of music was announced in August 2012.^[5]

In September 2013, a new Kickstarter fundraiser was launched by Musopen to record the complete works of Frédéric Chopin. The fundraiser was successful, exceeding the funding goal of $75,000 by over $15,000.^[6] All recording for this project has been finished and editing was completed in April 2015.

Musopen operates under a

losslessly encoded music; and "benefactors" paying $240 per year may in addition request recordings (as of October 2018).^[7]

^ "Musopen puts classical recordings, scores in public domain". Ars Technica. May 22, 2008.
^ "Orchestra To Turn Copyright Free Classical Scores Into Copyright Free Music". Slashdot. September 12, 2010.
^ Dunn, Aaron. "Musopen: Record and release free music without copyrights". Kickstarter.
^ Dunn, Aaron (July 13, 2012). "Done!". Kickstarter.
^ Dunn, Aaron (August 15, 2012). "Done and Done". Kickstarter.
^ "Set Chopin Free". Aaron Dunn/Kickstarter. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
^ Musopen Inc. "Sign Up". Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.()