On Nov 15, 2006, at 3:17 AM, dhbailey wrote:
If those works really have been transcribed hundreds of times, before
and after the publication of HAM, then you can most likely go ahead
with your arrangement.
Now if you can find an edition which predates the HAM edition [...]
For me, that's always the answer. If I think something has been
transcribed "hundreds of times" before the copyrighted source that's in
front of you, I tell myself, "OK, fine. Then just go out and find one
of those hundreds and use it as your source instead."
In many cases, I then found some older, uglier score in the library
which is pre-1923 and used that as starting point for my arrangement
instead. In a few cases, I couldn't find another source, at which
point I pause and think maybe that copyrighted edition I was looking at
before is more original than I realized.
Bottom line is that you really shouldn't ever have to rely on a
copyrighted edition for a public domain piece. If the piece is really
PD, then it'll be out there somewhere and all you have to do is find
it. If it's not out there, then the later editor has done YOU a
service by making available to you a score which otherwise is not, and
you should respect that.
mdl
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