Hi all: I know there is some interesting research going on with "intellectual copyright" issues in the 18th century, when I find out more, I'll post some information. I will mention that when Christoph Graupner died, the Landgrave of Darmstadt prevented Graupner's estate possession of the manuscripts and the court case dragged out until 1819 (Graupner died in 1760). The Landgrave believed the music was the property of the Darmstadt court based on the salary paid Graupner. What's odd is why the court cared so much about music that must have become very old hat quickly. The Graupner estate apparently wanted to sell the collection to a publisher. Graupner in his will had made it clear he wanted everything he wrote to be destroyed.
The Graupner estate solicited some testimony from other German kapelle's as "evidence," including Georg Benda in Gotha, who gave evidence in regards to Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel's manuscripts. Stölzel had died in 1749, and Benda was appointed in 1750. Thanks Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
