Score archive
Scores, parts, OCR auto-upload, setlists, recordings and archive exchange.
The score archive is the heart of SinfoniaOne. Import and export are included at no extra cost. Current prices: sinfoniaone.at/pricing.
Copyright – read this first
Only upload with valid rights
Only upload sheet music PDFs for which your association holds the required rights.
Without the explicit consent of the rights holder, any scanning, digitising, storing, duplicating or distributing of copyrighted sheet music is prohibited – even for internal association use. Violations constitute a copyright infringement and may have civil and criminal consequences.
Typically allowed:
- Works whose protection period has expired (e.g. composer deceased more than 70 years ago).
- Your own compositions and arrangements where you hold the rights.
- Works for which you have a written licence from the publisher or collecting society (e.g. AKM/Austro-Mechana).
- Self-created arrangements where the underlying rights are free or licensed.
On first access to copyrighted content, every member additionally confirms the copyright notice. Responsibility for uploads rests exclusively with the uploading member and the association.
What you store
- Score – the work itself. Metadata: title, duration, cover, physical shelf location, genre, composer, arranger.
- Part – e.g. Trumpet 1 in B♭. Parts are reusable across the entire association.
- Composer / Arranger – global entries (visible across all associations).
- Genre – freely configurable; defaults are seeded for new associations.
- Ensemble – a named instrument set with counts and optional substitute part per slot.
- Setlist – an ordered selection of scores for a concert or performance.
- Recording – audio link or file attached to a score; can be flagged as own recording.
Anything you delete lands in the trash and can be restored.
Create a score
Manually
- Score archive → New
- Fill in metadata (title, composer, arranger, genre, location, duration).
- Save.
- Under Parts / PDFs upload individual sheet music PDFs and assign them to the matching parts.
A single PDF can be linked to multiple parts (e.g. one PDF for Trumpet 1 + 2).
Auto-upload (OCR)
For scanned archives SinfoniaOne offers the automatic upload:
- Score archive → Auto-upload.
- Upload a PDF (full score + parts in one document).
- The progress bar shows the status; the upload can be cancelled at any time.
- SinfoniaOne detects title, composer, arranger and part per page and suggests an assignment with a confidence score.
- Review the suggestions, correct where needed and confirm.
OCR learns
Every correction is stored as feedback. The more suggestions you confirm or correct, the better recognition becomes for your association – headline patterns, part spellings, variants of composer names.
PDF editor
Edit sheet music PDFs directly in SinfoniaOne:
- Rearrange pages.
- Split single pages out or merge multiple ones.
- Inline preview without downloading.
Combine parts
For performances and rehearsals you can build a single PDF per instrument across multiple scores:
- Pick a setlist or select scores manually.
- Choose an ensemble or specific part.
- SinfoniaOne gathers the matching sheet music PDFs, arranges them in order and exports one combined PDF per instrument.
If a part is missing or not cast, SinfoniaOne optionally uses a substitute part defined in the ensemble.
Setlists
A setlist is an ordered selection of scores for a specific occasion:
- Score archive → New setlist – pick a name.
- Add scores in the desired order.
- Export:
- Combined PDF – all parts of an ensemble as one set.
- Index PDF – the setlist as a cover sheet / programme overview.
Setlists can be extended, reordered or archived at any time.
Recordings
Per score you attach either an external link (e.g. YouTube) or an uploaded audio file, optionally marked as own recording. Recordings are deleted and restored alongside the score.
Import / export
SinfoniaOne uses a dedicated exchange format for scores (including all original PDFs).
Export
- Download any score as a file under Export.
- Useful for backups, association moves or exchanges with partner associations.
Import
- Import → Pick file.
- Structure and metadata are validated.
- On name collision the wizard offers merge or overwrite.
- The actual import runs in the background with live progress.
Search & filter
- Full-text search over title, composer, arranger, genre and shelf location.
- Filter by genre and ensemble.
- The trash is searchable separately (with the required permission).
Permissions (selection)
Per content type (score, part, sheet music, ensemble, setlist, recording, genre, composer, arranger) there are rights to create, edit, delete and export. These rights are distributed via groups.