). A few scores are only available in
compressed Postscript format (indicated by the icon 
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The Sheet Music Archive is part of the Werner Icking Music
Archive archive. It contains ready-to-print sheet music, most in the
form of PDF files (indicated by the icon ). A few scores are only available in
compressed Postscript format (indicated by the icon ).
The main index is the list of composer names on the homepage. Each name is linked to a separate page listing and linking to that composer's available works. On the composer's page, clicking on his name (printed in Bold) will lead to a navigable file listing of the directory. This would not normally be necessary, but it would enable you to see the size of the files before downloading, and would occasionally give access to supplemental files not mentioned in the composer's page, e.g. brief README files concerning the composer or composition.
Most links to scores in the composer's page are followed by the icon 
. If you click on that
icon usually the first page of the score containing music is
shown as a graphic image. For some browsers this is done in a new window
which is reused for the next image. The resolution of these images is always
inferior to that of the PDF and Postscript files; they are only for quick
viewing and are not meant for printing. 
leads you to additional information. 
points at MIDI-files or
other sound files.
For most works the email address of the composer or editor is given. Use this address for any feedback, praise, criticism, blame, etc., and to inquire regarding permission for public performance of the modern works.
The archive contains "free" sheet music, free for non-commercial usage. This means that you may download the files for viewing or printing as paper copies, which may not be sold. It does not mean, however, that you may distribute digital copies of these editions in the given format or any other converted format. The right to print the music does not imply the right for public performances if the music is not already in the public domain. Please contact the composers concerning the conditions for public performance.
To add some stuff to this section, you need to upload it to the incoming directory of the Werner Icking Music Archive, and inform the archive editor about your upload. To upload it, depending on your browser type you may be able simply to point your browser to ftp://mutex-anon@upload.sunsite.dk/. When prompted for a password, enter mutex. If that doesn't work, try connecting to upload.sunsite.dk with an ftp client using the username mutex-anon and the password mutex. After uploading, inform the archive editor of your upload by sending an e-mail to Christian Mondrup. PDF is now the primary format of ready-for-print sheet music on the archive, although other file formats will be accepted. The page layout of your scores should be set to US-letter size in order to make them fit on both American letter (8.5" x 11") and European A4 (210mm x 297mm) paper. Contributors are encouraged to upload their source files used for typesetting along with the final score in which case the source will be made available to web guests, but that is definitely not a requirement for contributing to the archive.
PDF files can be displayed on screen and sent to printer by means of the freeware programme from Adobe, Adobe Acrobat Reader. Postscript files must be uncompressed for printing using GZIP unless you'e using newer versions of Ghostscript, Ghostview & GSview. There is an easy-to-install WIN9x/NT-version consisting of Ghostscript and GSview on our server.
