That imslp website is absolutely mind blowing! A virtual paradise of sheet music bliss. I remember visiting Patelson's Music House by Carnegie Hall to browse their endless collections. Of course, it's closed now:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/arts/music/13pate.html?_r=0But this imslp site is like owning everything in the store - freely accessible anywhere, anytime. How things change. According to the Times article, Kurt Masur was a patron of Patelson's. By coincidence, I own his old piano, a Bluthner from the turn of the last century. Analog indeed.
Sincere thanks from another old guy on the list,
Roger
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> I have a book of the piano version of the Firebird, but decided just now to check a website that has almost any classical score for download that you could ever want, and they too have a piano version in addition to the full orchestral version. It can be downloaded from the link below under the tab "Arrangements and Transcriptions (1)". It's a website anybody who can read music should know about.
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http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Firebird_(Stravinsky,_Igor)
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