And the publishers, who published this kind of music ? They invested a lot to get it engraved. You are right, most of these pieces are now public domain, but just the original & you do not have to pay royalties to the composers. But the printed music is not public domain as long as the publishing company exists. This makes a big difference. There are also the rights of the editors, whih must be respected.
If you get access to the originals from the libraries & if you edit them (make clear text), you would allow free public circulation ? Would you do this as a public service. I doubt. The original scores may be accessible free of charge, but not parts as they are not written by the composer but by the publishers or on order for the publisher who still owns the publisher rights. And why not buying these very low priced Dover scores & get the parts written out by yourself. We did that in the past. It is not a violation of any rights if you do this for study purpose, but you have a great benefit, getting the things into your brain without any extra effort just by writing them out. ============================================================ ============================================================ === -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay Anderson Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:02 AM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Mahler 9 I hesitate to respond, but here goes. There is no world wide problem and us younger generation people don't want everything for free (and we all don't waste our money on fancy clothes and parties like you imply). However I do value accessibility. Most classical music pieces that people play are in the public domain and are already FREE. I believe that these scores should be as accessible as possible to everybody. The best way to do that these days is to scan them in and put them up online for others to view. Many libraries (i.e. libraries at eastman, juliard, indiana university, etc.) are doing exactly this. Just because this activity was more difficult in the past doesn't mean we should make it just as difficult today. I seriously hope that one day the parts for Mahler 9 will become available for FREE, which would be great. -----Jay > There is a world wide problem now: > > you want everything for FREE, which is not good. If one is ready to > play Mahler 9, one can invest & should invest something to build up > ones own library, not from copies, but from real things. That´s we did > & we had less access & less funds. But we did it. We simply did spend > less on fancy clothings, parties ....... That´s the way. Johnatan said > it in the right way: buy the CD for 20.- $ & you get a bunch of parts. > Well, you dont need all of them at the moment, but might be in the > future. > > How can one build up knowledge, if one just buys the actual necessary > ???? One has to know more than the phrases given in a list for an > audition. It does not help in the long term. If you know just the > solo, what to do with the other spots or the whole symphony or opera ? > If you are prepared at best technically, good, if you are a well > prepared sight reader, better, if you know how to play the whole > pieces from listening too, best. You dont need to have played > everything to acquire this skills, but you need to get a feeling what > can be with Wagner or Strauss or Brahms or Beethoven or Strawinsky or > Mahler .... > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans%40pizka. de _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
