On 10/16/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
When it is not possible to play a piece by Haydn
Mozart Rossini because
there is no music available, we should SCAN these works and digitize
them.
For some orchestral pieces finding scores which are not modern
arrangements can be a challenge. ... for works where unaltered scores
are available there should be little problem in obtaining a legal
recording.
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ < folks working on score
transcriptions, wikisource style, for works which can be legally
cleared. As you can see, their collection is not that large.