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Original – Autograph manuscript of Alessandro Scarlatti's final opera, Griselda (1721).
Alt 1 - I did say it'd be a very minor crop.
Reason
This is the first page ("Atto Primo, Scena Prima") of an autograph manuscript copy of Scarlatti's final opera; it's in his own handwriting, and has some unusual features including a correction on the fourth stave. It's a good example of a "working copy" of a piece of music by a reasonably important Baroque composer. The manuscript itself is a little dirty and worn (especially in the lower right corner), but cleanup would not seem appropriate - this is, after all, how it looks!
The only other two music MS featured images have been cropped to give a white background rather than a grey one, but personally I feel the neutral background feels better - it makes the edges of the manuscript more visible.
Currently used to illustrate the Scarlatti article as well as the article on Griselda itself.
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Alessandro Scarlatti; Griselda (A. Scarlatti)
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Uploaded by commons:User:LibraryBot; digitised and released by the British Library.
I'm not sure how well it would work, but feel free to give it a shot :-) The paper's not completely straight-edged - and there's a bit of warping due to age - so we're either going to have to crop bits of the paper off, or still leave some background visible. Andrew Gray (talk) 13:24, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking just crop a little tighter, if it still looks good. I'll fiddle with it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 20:13, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original or Support white background (if made available). I won't support a straight crop that removes the entire book portion because that to me was a fascinating little extra bit to look at, the sheaf of papers and the cover. It's not much, but it's EV (for me, at least). If the dark background is removed though, and the book is kept whole, that's fine by me. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 18:05, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm good with either. I'll say support alt 1 because it will look much nicer and cleaner on an article. Would removing the background entirely be a bad idea? There'd be no faux border, this way, and the book cover would probably be a little more apparent than it is in Alt 1. Just a thought. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 23:46, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm happy with either version (in fact, I'd be happy just to upload the tighter crop over the original, if the Commons FP people won't mind switching...) Andrew Gray (talk) 21:22, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Alessandro Scarlatti - Griselda. (BL Add MS 14168 f. 5r) crop.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]