PLN: CPDL
The CPDL is the Choral Public Domain Library. It is hundreds of thousands of songs that have either outdated their copyright or never had one. These songs are amazingly useful tools, because you do not need to buy the rights and such. Great educational uses could be for sight-singing or practicing harmony in all ages. This is a way to save money effectively, and still have valuable resources. The only negative is that the material isn't of the highest quality. They wouldn't be able to use for performance settings, but as previously mentioned, they work great for a classroom lesson setting.
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YAY!!! Another public domain reasource!! Thank you for this Becki! I've actually have been looking for a good resource for choral music and this one looks absolutely perfect. I'll be sure to keep this in my bag of tricks if I ever teach choral music
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think that you wouldn't be able to use them in a performance setting? I actually sang with a choir, and for our madrigal concert, we did use a lot of pieces printed straight from CPDL. It might just be a matter of digging for the quality material, or knowing specifically what you need. This is a great resource, and I'm glad you thought of ways other than choral concert repertoire.
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