Wikifonia
{{Short description|2006–2013 sheet music website}}
Wikifonia was an on-line publisher of sheet music, combining a MusicXML-based technology in a wiki system, with copyright clearance. Its score database was accessible from 2006 to 2013.
Development
The Wikifonia system was developed in a collaboration between several institutes of higher education in Ghent, Belgium. In March 2005 the researchers of the project received the Creativity to Business Award from the Ghent University Association.{{efn|For information on the Ghent University Association, see their [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218151805/http://www.augent.be/page.aspx/944 archived about page].}}(in Dutch:) [http://www.techtransfer.ugent.be/detail_news.asp?id=96 Prijsuitreiking Creativity to Business Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628164654/http://www.techtransfer.ugent.be/detail_news.asp?id=96 |date=2007-06-28 }} ("Prize distribution of the Creativity to Business Award") 22 March 2005 The system went live on 6 November 2006.(in Dutch:) De Standaard, 6 November 2006:
- (Newspaper article:) [http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=GB2143PPQ Op de maat van het internettijdperk: Het Gentse Wikifonia heeft de ambitie om een Wikipedia voor partituren te worden] ("Sized for the internet era: Wikifonia from Ghent aims at becoming a Wikipedia for sheet music")
- (Press communication:) [http://standaard.typepad.com/innovatief_vlaanderen/wikifonia/index.html Er zit muziek in] ("There's music in it")
Copyrights
The Wikifonia system aimed at the creation of music, the publication of public domain traditionals, and the publication of previously copyrighted music.
Music published on the Wikifonia website was licensed by [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721190149/http://www.musicopy.nl/ Musi©opy], a music copyright clearance organisation based in the Netherlands.(In Dutch:) Telenet, 6 November 2006: [http://master.breedband.telenet.be/ondernemen/actueel/wikifonia_biedt_muziekpartituren_aan Wikifonia biedt muziekpartituren aan] ("Wikifonia offers sheet music") The actual rights were paid for by the Wikifonia foundation, a non-profit organisation founded in July 2006.(In Dutch:) Belgisch Staatsblad, 31 July 2006: [http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/tsv_pdf/2006/07/31/06124292.pdf Foundation charter of VZW Wikifonia]
Wiki
Termination
The Wikifonia website was discontinued on {{wikidata|property|P576}} due to Wikifonia Foundation's inability to continue to obtain copyright licenses. After this date, the website encouraged visitors to use MuseScore.{{wikidata|references|P576}}
See also
Notes
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite web |last=Gaitan |first=Andrea |date=December 14, 2012 |title=Friday Favorites: Wikifonia {Lead Sheets} |publisher=Toneworks Music Therapy |url=https://www.toneworksmusictherapy.com/2012/12/14/friday-favorites-wikifonia-lead-sheets/ | access-date=2 December 2020}}
- {{cite web |last=Jargstorff |first=Frank |title=Review: Free Lead Sheets from Wikifonia | website=Frank Jargstorff's Blog | date=17 April 2012 | url=http://www.jargstorff.us/2011/review-wikifonia-free-lead-sheets/ | access-date=2 December 2020}}
- {{cite web |last=Wardrobe |first=Katie |title=11 of the Best Free Sheet Music Sites | website=Midnight Music | date=15 November 2009 | url=https://midnightmusic.com.au/2009/11/11-of-the-best-free-sheet-music-sites/ | access-date=2 December 2020}}
- {{cite web | title=Wikifonia, a repository for music scores of all kind | website=saxopedia | date=21 February 2012 | url=http://www.saxopedia.com/2011/07/10/wikifonia/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221230902/http://www.saxopedia.com/2011/07/10/wikifonia/ | archive-date=21 February 2012 | url-status=dead | access-date=2 December 2020}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.synthzone.com/files/Wikifonia/Wikifonia.zip Archive of Wikifonia database in MXL format]
- [https://app.box.com/s/h4a8x8w01e70grijkaw0 Archive of Wikifonia database in PDF format]