On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Johannes Gebauer <[email protected]> wrote: > the BGH, the highest civil court in Germany, just confirmed a decision > against the Singakademie regarding Vivaldi's opera Montezuma. The point the > court made is that the Sing Akademie could not prove that the opera had not > already been in wide circulation at the time of its first performance. Only > if it had been completely unknown until now the Singakademie would be able > to claim the performance rights.
Thanks Johannes, I had heard about this from one of the involved parties this weekend, and they were quite relieved the matter was settled. I do have a question for you though on a different mater: why was Jordi Savall given the Handel prize from the city of Halle--which is rather odd since Savall doesn't record Handel, and far as I can tell, doesn't do editions of Handel. Thanks, Kim > > However, in the case of otherwise unknown music I think the court may well > decide differently, and the Singakademie will certainly be better prepared > in the courts in the future. > > This now went on for 7 years I believe, I am not sure that you would want to > pay your lawers for that long... > > The full story here: > > http://www.nmz.de/kiz/nachrichten/bgh-begruendet-urteil-im-streit-um-vivaldi-oper-motezuma > > Johannes > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > -- Kim Patrick Clow "Early Music enthusiasts think outside the Bachs!" _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
