August 26 - September 2, 2009. We have had two major disruptions in service over the past week, lasting over 24 hours each. The problems appear to have been fixed, and were the result of searches being performed with empty search criteria. This set up an endless loop on the server, requiring a restart. We have relied on the services of Seth Ganshl from Ganahl Consulting for help in diagnosing and fixing the problems. After several late night sessions, Seth has gotten our site back up and running. Let's hope it stays that way!
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience these service interruptions have caused.
The result also has another benefit; the website has been made more streamlined by removing extemporaneous coding, and search results load even faster than before!
We have posted a few online demonstration videos on YouTube to introduce the database functions of our site. You will be shown strategies and tips to search the Music-In-Print database - the way we do it ourselves! Look for the user "musicinprint" on YouTube to see the videos. Once we have posted a few more, we will have active links to them from this page and through our site.
We have posted an online tutorial to help demonstrate the database functions of our site. You will be given tips that may help you search the Music-In-Print database - please feel free to send comments, questions, or other feedback!
We are constantly working to improve search efficiency of our online databases.
We have changed our hosting company and server for our website to improve the service.
You should not notice any significant changes in the site navigation, but should see an improvement in the amount of time it takes to load pages and searches.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any problems, questions, or comments.
A major reworking of instrumentation codes and abbreviations has been an ongoing project for the past several months. Abbreviations are consistent with those set by The Music-In-Print Series printed volumes, and on the Abbreviations page of our site.
A Voicing and Instrumentation search has been included in the Sacred and Secular Choral areas.
The Composer Directory has been modified for searching. Alternate spellings for composer names
may now be found when searching, as well as names that are hyphenated.
The Publisher Directory is now undergoing a consistent form of updates. While publisher information
continues to be internally added, verified, and corrected on a daily basis, we update the Publisher Directory approximately twice a month.
Chamber Music In Print - The criteria for including works in this database are that the work must be for two or more unlike instruments
(with or without keyboard accompaniment).
Status of database entries. We are implementing a system of updating that compares titles currently listed in The Music-In-Print Series with the newest publisher catalogs (January 2005).
We indicate "active" status of existing Music-In-Print titles if they appear in the newest publisher catalog; in the same way,
we indicate "inactive" status of Music-In-Print titles if they do not appear in the newest publisher catalog. All entries in Music-In-Print are listed
with a date of inclusion, and when title status is verified, they will also indicate a verification date.
The Publisher Directory is incorporated into the standard search pages, so that publisher contact
information will display on the same screen as the Music-In-Print record. When an item of interest is located,
please click the "Detail" link to see complete information about that particular edition - including publisher contact
information!
Paperback reprints - select titles of the print format of Music-In-Print have now been made available in limited supply as paperback volumes.
Titles are Orchestral Music In Print (1979), Orchestral Music In Print: 1994 Supplement, String Music In Print: 1984 Supplement (all edited by Margaret K. Farish, Woodwind Music In Print (1997) (edited by Harry B. Peters), and Classical Vocal Music In Print (1976) (edited by Thomas R. Nardone). Contact
us for more details or to order! Click here to see other available titles of Music-In-Print in book or CD-ROM formats.
Popular Music In Print is active for subscribers and trial users. Explore this area and send your comments!!
Regular updates - The Music-In-Print Series is continuing its long-standing tradition of cataloging sheet music in print.
Much of our database structure is dynamic, so that changes, corrections, revisions, and updates can be implemented globally. For
instance, when a Publisher's Agent changes and is updated in our Publisher Directory, your search results will also reflect that change.
