Benjamin Crowell is making a few dozen of his arrangements of classical violin, viola, and cello pieces available for free at http://www.lightandmatter.com/music/strings/.
The quality of the engraving is pretty good, and the arrangements are comparable in quality to those from the major music publishers. I'll be retiring my tattered copy of the Accolay Concerto No. 1 in A Minor and replacing it with this version. The arrangements are all public domain or Creative Commons licensed, so you can copy and perform them without worrying about the Copyright Police.
Most of the pieces are appropriate for intermediate-level musicians: Bach and Pergolesi and Saint-Saens are well represented. Church violinists will appreciate his arrangements of the Bach suites and concertos, and especially Gounod's Ave Maria.
Ben is a regular contributor to the rec.music.makers.bowed-strings newsgroup.
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