Version 5.01
Last updating: 06-01-2024 18.13 +0100
Kdf provides a website featuring music in .mid format. Each page displays a neatly organized list of compositions in this format. These files can be downloaded without requiring any registration or payment. However, due to the operational and technical costs of the site, we have limited the number of downloads per day to conserve bandwidth, and distribute traffic efficiently. Users desiring to download more files can contribute through the two options available on the subscription page. This action should not be construed as payment for the files, and thus, it does not confer proprietary rights. Instead, it serves as support for the download service and a contribution to the work undertaken on the site.
The site hosts approximately 20,000 files, grouped into about 1,000 composers, spread across 400+ pages. It does not employ a database and all pages are entirely manual. The collection presented here is the result of meticulous work carried out over 10 years. It is the responsibility of the site user to respect and preserve this collection.
Kunst der Fuge [also 'kdf' or kunstderfuge.com].
Copyright, © 2002 - All rights reserved.
kunstderfuge.com is an Internet resource relying on voluntary contributions: either by direct file submissions or by authorization to download files from contributors' internet sites. File contributions are always authorized with written permission (email, letter, fax) from the respective contributor, performer, or rights holder.
All materials presented on the Kunst der Fuge site, including but not limited to graphics, images, texts, music files, code sources, and databases, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are exclusively the creative work and property of kdf. These materials are fully protected in accordance with prevailing copyright regulations.
Materials not directly owned by kunstderfuge.com are the rightful possessions of our collaborators and contributors, who have expressly granted permission for their works to be featured on this site.
Any utilization of the materials presented herein, beyond personal and private purposes, is prohibited.
The following Terms and Conditions (ToS) delineate the fundamental rights and obligations between you (You, Your, or Yourself) and kunstderfuge.com, governing your usage of the site, inclusive of all information, content, products, materials, and services provided through kunstderfuge.com by us (the Service).
Accessing kunstderfuge.com, and any actual or attempted use of the Service, including, but not limited to, any transmission, exchange of information, or communication associated with the services, signifies your agreement to be bound by and comply with the herein ToS, encompassing, without limitation, our Privacy Policy and any other policies, rules, and provisions described, linked, or otherwise referenced, forming part of this Agreement. Your visit to the site, usage of our Services, or contribution to the site implies your agreement with the full statement herein. Additionally, you are deemed to accept any modification to these ToS ten days after publication or modification of such (read more about modifications).
If you are under 16 years old or, for any reason, do not accept and agree to ALL the ToS outlined in this agreement, please discontinue use of the Service in any manner.
Updates and publications of MIDI and other files, texts, images, or other content on kunstderfuge.com are not bound to recurrence but occur at the sole discretion, formality, and timing of kdf.
We may revise or modify any of the aspects of our Service and/or any of the Terms and Conditions contained in this Agreement, from time to time, at our sole discretion. We will not notify you of any such changes other than by posting them on this page. By using this site you also agree to check this page periodically to make sure you continue to agree with the ToS herein. All changes will be effective upon the date of the publication on this page (effective date).
If any new files or services become available, they will be considered a part of the Service and your use of them will be governed by the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
If you are at any time in disagreement with any of the ToS, your only remedy is to not accede or purchase any Service and to leave the site.
kdf maintains the right to add, delete, modify or change the files, links, services and all other contents of its websites (kunstderfuge.com, and classicaland.com). These alterations may be made at any time without advance notice
Registration is not necessary for access to kunstderfuge.com and its Service as specified at The Service/(i); also there are no programs to download on your computer, no mailing-lists to enroll into, no registrations to make or any other special formats to follow. Otherwise to fully accede to kunstderfuge.com, as specified at The Service/(II), you have to subscribe by signing up your private account. You shall choose a personal ID name (the same of a valid email address) and a secret password. Every time you would come on the site you shall logging by using your ID (email address) and password.
You may have to activate your browser cookies to run into kunstderfuge.com and its Services (read more at: privacy.htm).
By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that you may only use the Service and each downloaded files (here included the ZIP collections, MP3 files and all media content of Kunst der Fuge site) and/or make copies of any file obtained through the Service, and with the full respect of the law, for your own personal use (here including your benefits at -/subscription.htm). This means that Use for personal reasons (single-user)* is allowed. Users are authorized to make archival or back-up copies of kunstderfuge.com files for the *sole* purpose of protecting the data from inadvertent loss.
You are not allowed to use any automated system, robots, download accelerators or similar software for the selection, listening or downloading of files.
You may also not use, nor allow others to use, the Service, directly or indirectly, to: (i) attempt to or actually disrupt, impair or interfere with, alter or modify the Service or any information, data or materials posted and/or displayed by us or anyone else; (ii) act in a way that affects or reflects negatively on us, the Service, or anyone else; (iii) collect or attempt to collect any information from others including, without limitation, personally identifiable information, without such party's prior consent. you agree to comply with all local, state, federal laws, statutes, rules and regulations, as well as any international treaties, which are applicable to your use of the Service.
You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the website and its Service, including, without limitation: (i) accessing data not intended for you or logging onto accounts which you are not authorized to access; (ii) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Service or to breach security or authentication measures, regardless of your motives or intent; (iii) attempting to interfere with or disrupt the Service or service to any user, processor, host or network, including, without limitation, by submitting a virus, worm or Trojan horse; or (iv) sending unsolicited e-mail or other information, including promotions or advertising. Violations of system or network security or this Agreement may result in civil or criminal liability. We have the right to investigate occurrences, which may involve such violations and may involve, provide information to and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
kdf reserves the right to immediately and permanently terminate your access to the Service if it believes that you are violating the above mentioned limitations.
Legal controversies of any type will be conducted solely in Italy at the court of Vicenza.
We may restrict, suspend or terminate your use of the Service immediately and without notice or liability, if you violate, breach or fail to comply with this Agreement in any way, without limits to our possibility of having recourse to whatever rights or remedies are available for our defence.
Termination of Agreement by you. You may terminate this Agreement at any time. It would be appreciated if you would provide explanations for your motivations to cease using our Service (see also Fees and Payments and Reimbursement). After having received your communication we will promply provide to delete your account at kdf servers. Your account will not be renewed again unless requested via new subscription.
Kunst der Fuge web site, texts, service program and whatsoever present at www.kunstderfuge.com and all its webpages are, except where differently indicated, the property of kdf. You acknowledge that the above mentioned is protected by the Creative Commons licences or, where otherwise indicated, by the International Copyright and other intellectual property laws (read more about rights at kunstderfuge.com).
Personal use. You may use and play everything from the kunstderfuge.com web site and from its Services for your personal, non-commercial, use only. you agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, broadcast, make available to third parties or circulate the musical content downloaded through the Service to anyone, or to exploit any such content for commercial or non-commercial purposes without the express prior written consent of kdf.
Other. You agree not to engage in any conduct that violates or infringes those intellectual property rights. You further agree that engaging in any activity with the aim of circumventing the site’s protection and methods is a copyright violation punishable to the full extent of the law. You acknowledge that kdf retains exclusive ownership of the Service and all intellectual property rights associated therewith.
You shall indemnify and defend kdf – here included Kunst der Fuge and its websites - and hold kdf harmless from and against any and all costs, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses arising out of any claims, actions, suits, or proceedings of any kind from any third party claim relating to your breach of the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement or to another person whose uses the Service on your computer.
The Service is provided on an “as is” and an “as available” basis. We do NOT make, and hereby disclaim, any representations or warranties regarding the use of the Service at www.kunstderfuge.com, and the products (collections and other) offered by kunstderfuge.com. kdf makes NO warranty, express or implied, that the Service will be adequate or meet your requirements and/or your access to/and use of the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, and/or free of viruses, not common or malicious codes, or other harmful components, and/or otherwise secure.
kdf makes no warranty with respect to the accuracy or effectiveness of the Kunst der Fuge website(s), including content therein, nor any errors or problems of any kind that may arise from the website. kdf shall not be responsible for losses, damages, costs, or expenses of any kind resulting from the use of the Service.
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE KUNSTDERFUGE.COM SITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Every possible attempt is made to verify that the MIDI files contained in kunstderfuge.com come from their respective owners or through their own written permission. The MIDI files submitted to Kunst der Fuge, or otherwise the MIDI files we have directly requested from our contributors, considering we have obtained their appropriate permission, are all placing in good faith. Nonetheless, there are cases where people unlawfully claim the work of others as their own. If this should happen, and to avoid any abuse of copyright, please notify it immediately and we will make the necessary corrections.
If we have inadvertently included a work with a copyright still in force, let us know and we will remove it immediately. If any copyright infringement has occurred, it was unintentional.
It is crucial to also read and comprehend the kunstderfuge.com privacy policy, available at privacy.htm, which applies to your usage for your benefit.
You can publish a limited number of the files (MIDI or PDF) presented on kdf in the measure you quote and link to us.
No commercial use admitted for any file of kunstderfuge.com and classicaland.com.
You may at any moment contact us through our feedback form.