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 The Musopen homepage as of 2019 | |
| Owner | Musopen.org |
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| Created by | Aaron Dunn |
| URL | musopen |
| Commercial | Freemium |
| Launched | May 2006 |
Musopen is an organization which creates, produces and disseminates Western classical music, via public domain recordings, sheet music and educational resources. It stands with the ChoralWiki and the Wind Repertory Project as among the most prominent online music databases.
Founded by Aaron Dunn in 2006, the site operates out of Palo Alto, California as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It rose to prominence amid a viral crowdfunding Kickstarter campaign in 2010, which raised US$68,359 to record a wide variety of orchestral and chamber works. Other commissioning projects include the complete Beethoven piano sonatas and the complete works of Frédéric Chopin.