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I get that this is a problem with all of publishing (maybe not a good fit for music.stackexchange), but musical errors can have a much bigger impact: Most typos are the difference between a slur ending on this note or that, but a wrong accidental is the difference between 'blue' and 'orange' (and a wrong time signature, or an incomplete measure is like the difference between 'green' and ...
Errata. Errata is simply the mistakes in printed music. there is a repository of many of these mistakes maintained by the Major Orchestra Librarian’s Association (MOLA). The mistakes and corrections are usually listed by instrument, rehearsal figure, measure number, beat, etc. Some of these lists can be quite extensive however, failure to ...
An errata sheet is definitely not a usual part of a book. It should never be supplied to correct simple typographical errors (which may be rectified in a later printing) or to insert additions to, or revisions of, the printed text (which should wait for the next edition of the book). It is a device to be used only in extreme cases where errors ...
Errata and the Orchestra Librarian. We’ve all experienced rehearsals that stop while a player and the conductor consult about which note is correct: the one in the part or the one in the score. For a professional orchestra, time is money, and that one wrong note can cost valuable rehearsal minutes. As librarians, one of our most important ...
A first edition of sheet music can contain errors such as wrong notes, wrong clefs, incorrect rhythms, bars with incorrect numbers of beats, articulation problems or difficult page turns…the possibilities for trouble are endless. When scores and parts contain thousands or more elements, it is almost inevitable that errors will exist.
To the best of my knowledge, there aren't many resources out there that compile errata in published sheet music. Since I stumbled across several recently, I thought I would start a thread here. I have heard rumors that some publishers made errors on purpose to help identify copyright violations; those are fair game as well.
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