Klarinet Archive - Posting 000824.txt from 1995/10

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Schubert on the Rock
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 00:29:26 -0400

Neil,
SHAME ON YOU!!! Shepherd on the Rock is a very, very common piece
and there are at least three editions on the market right now for around
$10. If you special-order, it'll be in your hands in a day from any
decent dealer, including Eble, Woodwind Services, etc. Why break
copyright and xerox such accessible music? Sorry to come on a bit strong,
but we musicians really ought to start owning up to our responsibility to
support music companies when they actually put out decent, inexpensive
editions. I could understand if the work were out of print but this is
not the case here. It's the same with recordings. Way to much taping is
going on and not enough purchasing. It's no excuse to plead poverty.
Composers, who need those publishing companies to publish and distribute
their music, can't. And anyway, isn't it about time you start building up
your own library? Any serious clarinetist really ought to own a copy of
"Shepherd". I'll get down off the soap box now.

Fred Jacobowitz

On Sun, 22 Oct 1995, Neil Leupold wrote:

> Does anybody have all three parts to Der Hirt? I need to start
> rehearsing it very soon and it is not present at S.M.U.'s library
> (somebody has checked it out). I would be happy to pay copy costs and
> postage (this is not a paid performance).
>
> NBL
>