Klarinet Archive - Posting 000825.txt from 1995/10

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Chastisement
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 00:44:51 -0400

Yeah, yeah, Fred. Shut up already and give me some phone numbers for the
various music publishers & retailers out there. If I'm going to be a
good citizen, I need to have knowledge of those resources.

NBL

On Mon, 23 Oct 1995, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:

> 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
> >
>

   
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