For the first time in history, all musical scores written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have been made available for free.
A digital copy of the 'New Mozart Edition', published by Barenreiter of Kassel, Germany, can now be downloaded in part or in full via the International Mozart Foundation, based in Mozart's birthplace, Salzburg, Austria.The scholarly edition is considered the 'gold standard' of Mozart editions, with Barenreiter paid $400,000 for the digital publication rights. Program director Ulrich Leisinger told Reuters that they received 45,000 hits in the first two hours.










