Open Goldberg Variations

The creation of the new score was responsible for significant advancements in the state of the art for open source music notation software.{{cite web|url=http://musescore.org/en/developers-handbook/scrapbook |title=Scrapbook of feature changes and additions |publisher=MuseScore |date= |accessdate=2012-08-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/293573191/open-goldberg-variations-setting-bach-free/posts/83269 |title=Open Goldberg Variations - Setting Bach Free by Robert Douglass » Public review of the Goldberg Variations starts now! — Kickstarter |publisher=Kickstarter.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-11}} Two rounds of public, online peer review were utilized to spot errors and inconsistencies in the new score, as compared to Bach's manuscript.

Jamie Lughlin of The Dallas Observer underscored the need for a high-quality, public domain version of the score, saying "Unless a brand new score is crafted and gifted to the public, such as in this case, with all parties involved volunteering his or her time and signing over their rights to future kickbacks, the classics cannot be accessible to everyone."Laughlin, Jamie. [http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2012/05/bach_goes_open_source_you_now.php "Bach Goes Open Source: You Now Own the Goldberg Variations."], Dallas Observer, 30 May 2012

Pianist Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka supported the project by performing the 85-minute piece for the recording, including a five-day session in the Teldex Studio of Berlin.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}

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As part of the project the team developed a digital score that allows people to read the notes while they are being played. The technology recognizes which notes are being played and people can follow along with live performances using their smart phones and other digital devices.[http://musescore.com/opengoldberg/goldberg-variations/ "Open Goldberg Variations: Digital Score J.S. Bach Goldberg-Variationen BWV 988"], Musescore.com, 2012 The digital version has two major implications for the way music is being produced, used and distributed online:

1. It separates music notes from traditional paper, allowing people to edit, alter and share music online. This social component was a key factor for ensuring a high quality of the score, allowing people to review, improve and change the score in the course of on open peer reviewing process.
2. The digital version also changes the way people use and experience music, adding a visual layer to audio content. For example, it can be used in schools or universities to visualise music as it is being played, or it can be embedded into websites to extend radio programmes. On June 24, 2012, Wisconsin Public Radio broadcast the Open Goldberg Variations to their radio audience and simultaneously provided the score on their website, where the audience was able to follow the notes being played, have measures highlighted, and pages turned automatically, synchronized with the music from the radio.{{cite web |url=http://opengoldberg.wpr.org/ |title=Bach Meets High Tech in a Wisconsin Public Radio Broadcast Experiment |publisher=Opengoldberg.wpr.org |date=2012-06-24 |accessdate=2012-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729005316/http://opengoldberg.wpr.org/ |archivedate=2012-07-29 }}

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