>here is most emphatically "no."As with that copyright case which was discussed on this list a week or so ago, the key question is (or should be) whether the work(s) in question show distinctive stylistic touches not to be found in other works by the composer-of-record, and it seems to me that the answer
To which Dennis:
were not equivalent in different ways; they both own the relationship.
It might be like domestic partnership. Because one spouse does not generate monetary income during a relationship does not mean their contributions
If that were the case, then you would expect Berio's compositional style (at least in vocal works) to have changed significantly following their divorce. As that is not the case, the hypothesized collaboration remains to be established.
As for _Visage_ (you don't name any other works so I don't know how far you are pressing your claim), to say that "the work simply wouldn't exist without her" can only be true if there were no other mezzo in the world capable of executing Berio's instructions appropriately. Or are we talking about her having inspired the piece? If being someone's muse entitles one to co-composer credit, then heaven help all of us.
Query: does Charles Seeger deserve co-composer credit for everything Ruth Crawford Seeger wrote, none of which would have existed without him? That's the direction this argument seems to be heading.
-- Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press
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