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1. To collect and organize
information and documentation about Ave Maria compositions throughout
time;
 | Most of this work has happened through online searches. |
| This is an ongoing project and new information is being obtained on a
regular basis. |
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2. To acquire and preserve
documentation of extant Ave Maria compositions; (scores, audio/video
recordings)
| through personal effort of searching websites and downloading
available documentation |
| through personal effort of contacting potential sources as found
in websites |
| through submission of documentation by website visitors and
contacted sources. |
| Documentation is maintained in digital format. |
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3. To present the outcome
of this effort in a manner that is both accessible to the general public
AND respectful of copyrights of authors and publishers.
| website presentation:
 | non-copyright works may be presented in full, and if available,
links are provided to websites where the
score can be downloaded. |
| Scores of copyrighted
works are NOT made
available on this website in their entirety. They are represented as 'samples'
with incomplete
scores.
When such information is available, external links are
provided to websites where copyrighted score can be legally
purchased. |
| scores are converted to MIDI to complement the visual
presentation of the printed score. |
| audio recordings (MP3s) are generally considered to be under copyright protection
and presented as samples as well. When such information is available,
external links are provided to websites where those recordings can
be legally purchased. |
| If embedding is possible, audios and video files may be available for complete playback.
If embedding is not possible, sometimes a link to a website with
full playback may be available.
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| Data collection is ongoing and new information is being added to the
presentation regularly. |
| The website presentation generates interest for the presented
works and submission of new documentation.
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Why the wiki,
when there is already "Geert's Ave Maria Pages"?
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| This website was developed with FrontPage. That platform is no
longer supported by Microsoft and might not work very much longer on the
hosting server. |
| The current format of this website can
present the information only in the fixed table, sorted alphabetically
by composer name. An important advantage of the Wiki format is the
ability to search available data and sort the results according to
different criteria. |
| The wiki format allows participation from other volunteers, which
would allow for this project to be continued indefinitely. |
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Why a new Wiki instead of using
an existing Wiki like
CPDL or
IMSLP?
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There are some essential differences that make this undesirable. |
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| The focus of Geert's Ave Maria pages is on all Ave Maria settings throughout time.
This is a very narrow focus when looking at the total body of musical compostions, but useful if
one wishes to concentrate on the evolution of the musical interpretation of this text throughout times.
Geert's Ave Maria pages had a listing of over 3,000 composers with about 2,000 documented
Ave Maria settings in April 2010 when AveWiki was started. This listing includes solo voice and
choral works with our without instrument accompaniment as well as instrumental-only works.
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| CPDL ChoralWiki focuses on choral works. In April 2010, they had about 11,000 works of some
1,500 composers listed and only 100 of those listed works were Ave Maria settings.
Many of AveWiki's Ave Maria settings would fit in with the CPDL structure and goals, and
there will be extensive cross-referencing to CPDL when AveWiki is set up to make the AveWiki
information accessible in CPDL. My objection to complete integration
into CPDL is the loss of focus and incomplete compatibility of the
CPDL goals with our listing, e.g. CPDL
managers delete manuscript scores and
instrumental-only works.
| The Ave Maria settings would be "lost" in a multitude of other works.
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| The listing at CPDL would be incomplete for our purpose. |
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| The IMSLP focus is on public domain works.
Objections to complete integration with IMSLP are similar to those given for CPDL.
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CONCLUSION:
AveWiki has a very limited focus,
but that makes it very useful for its intended purpose:
For info on the Ave Maria in song,
AveWiki is the place to belong. |
avemariasongs.org
