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schubert960

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Dear All

I have entered some piano competitions, the first of which is in a few days. I am reading through the requirements and it seems that any competitor is required to bring a clean copy of the score of the music they are playing. Would a printout from IMSLP be acceptable for this, or am I going to have to purchase a brand new score just for this competition?

Many thanks.

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chopinawesome

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Re: Piano Competitions

Reply #1 on: May 08, 2016, 08:29:04 PM

When I take part in competitions, I have to borrow my teacher's book if I don't have the book that has the piece I am playing. The judges think that IMSLP is illegal.

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benjdod

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Re: Piano Competitions

Reply #2 on: May 13, 2016, 05:55:06 PM

The judges usually want a full score of the piece. This is mainly because the edition you downloaded could be totally and helplessly screwed up. IMSLP is a great resource for learning, but usually just doesn't have the reputability of a score (you know what they say about the internet

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tinyking12345

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Re: Piano Competitions

Reply #3 on: May 16, 2016, 06:22:45 PM

I nearly always print scores of imslp to give to adjudicators...
Most good adjudicators don't usually look at the scores anyway.

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