Other classical sheet music stores have met similar fates. Portland's 93-year-old Sheet Music Service closed in 2010. The Music Center of San Francisco shut its doors in 2012.

A young Canadian composer studying law at Harvard University has created an online music score library for thousands of pieces of classical music. Edward Guo is revolutionizing how sheet music is ...

Apparently Universal Music Group – which has been dipping its toes into DRM-free waters this year – is none too worried about music pirates getting into classical music. Deutsche Grammophon, a ...

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has a free online concert library, with audio recorded by Classical MPR. Browse past performances and watch with a free account . Vienna State Opera ...

But imagine performances featuring 50- to 70-plus tablets and you have a sense of the difficulties that would face a digital orchestra. New software and technology is needed to make that work.