Could you ask Harvard if they would be willing to make digital
photographs of the pages you want?
On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
I recently was able to find a library that has a manuscript collection
on microforms.
Saur Verlag photographs large music manuscript collections in
Europe; and then sell these collections to libraries or whoever wants
a copy.
I'm researching Telemann, so I was pretty excited when I found out
that Harvard has a copy of the Telemann Frankfurt manuscript
collection by Saur.
This is the single largest collection of Telemann, with about 800
cantata manuscripts (in parts and score).
When I contacted Harvard and was on the telephone with staff at the
music library, in an effort to make arrangements for a visit,
the music library was concerned when I mentioned I'd print out about
250 pages, since this a commercial product (and copyrighted).
I explained that 250 pages seemed like a lot, but it wasn't:
a cantata with score and parts would be about 40-60 sheets of
manuscript paper. Four cantatas would be roughly 240 pages.
I had to point out to her, it just wasn't practical for me to spend 3
days to go to Boston to Xerox a couple of pages from this collection.
But the library understood my concerns. They were very helpful and
considerate. Top notch people.
But this raised some questions in my mind.
This collection costs 3,200.00 USD.
It's so expensive, even most institutions have a hard time purchasing
it.
(I asked U.N.C. Chapell Hill if they would ever purchase this
set. "No. Too pricey for us."
So what's a researcher like me supposed to do?
I'm not a student. I'm not a teacher or professor at a college.
And Saur doesn't issue partial sets of this collection. And I wonder
if *technically* I am violating Saur's copyright with print outs?..
No matter what happens with me in this case, the funny thing is,
somewhere in Harvard's vast library system,
there are students at Xerox machines, gleefully copying entire books.
--
Kim Patrick Clow
"There's really only two types of music: good and bad." ~
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