> 3. In some countries, the same applies for editions. This could be > relevant to the Bach example. If a modern person has edited the music, > then they hold the copyright on the edition. This does not stop you from > removing the editorial features - remove all editorial slurs, phrasemarks, > ornaments etc and only leave those that you know to be original. You can > then add some of your own if you want to be your own editor. Interesting. This brings up more questions: Can you copyright an Urtext, an edition that (supposedly) reproduces what the composer originally wrote? How is anyone to know what is original and what is editorial? Access to a facsimile, Urtext, or multiple editions could help, but in many cases none of those options are available. Mark Fardal Amherst, MA
