TubeNet

Where do I find public domain sheet music... The likes of Beethoven and Mozart?

This is a good place to start
http://icking-music-archive.org/

Lot of scores that were on the old IMSLP are here:

http://www.bh2000.net/score/

Get while the getting is good.

I've collected the sites with free scores I found on del.icio.us, ranging from big sites like icking and imslp to small collections of obscure medieval facsimiles:
http://del.icio.us/scbbib/free
105 sites and counting...

Here's one:

http://www.8notes.com/classical/

You can view or print as gif image, copy and paste into Word document, or... subscribe @ $20/yr and download a pdf file. I choose to paste the gif into a Word doc, then print a pdf copy to my desktop using 'cute pdf writer' (free and installs like a printer). They recently added mp3 files as well.

tubashaman wrote:Or just go to your local college music library and make copies

but be sure the individual scores you're copying are actually in the public domain.

(Yes, the music of Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, et al. is in the public domain; individual transcriptions and arrangements of their music, however, are[/i] copyrightable, and therefore may be protected under copyright law.)

btw, you mentioned Mozart:

The entire New Mozart Edition (The official urtext edition used by serious musicians and scholars) is available for free, for personal and educational use:
http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/start.php?l=2