Klarinet Archive - Posting 001033.txt from 1997/11

From: "BALDY" <comic@-----.com>
Subj: Re: New topic...when to transcribe?
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:10:38 -0500

Thankyou
comic

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> From: Ebklar@-----.com
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Re: New topic...when to transcribe?
> Date: Friday, November 28, 1997 1:25 PM
>
> Oh, Comic=bigfoot--------
>
> <What! It's reasonable to ignore copyrights?>
>
>
> Let's talk about copyrights and transcribing.
>
> 1. I always buy the music in question.
> 2. I always ask for permission from publishers, estates of dead
composers,
> etc., or learn whether the music in question is considered public domain,
in
> which case copyright laws, such as for rented materials and music of
living
> composers and of certain dead composers with huge estates and , quite
> frankly, greedy families, are not the same. With public domain materials,
> there is much more flexibility for copying, rearranging, etc.
> 3. With the obtained permission, I explain that although I can transpose
at
> sight , I prefer to wite the part out BY HAND so that I minimize a
peculiar
> in-perfromance phenomenon called the "Brain Fart,"during which the
performer,
> for a split second, remembers neither seeing the music before nor having
> practiced it 52, 312 times. Amazingly enough, most say yes to me, as long
as
> I don't make copies, sell it at ICS conventions, etc.
> Now, let's look at the rep that already exisits for Eb clarinet.....the
> Molter concerti.
> Those are for clarinet in D. We have 3 choices:
> 1. Go buy a D clarinet (I hear Buffet is making a decent D clarinet and
> selling them for about $5000 apiece)
> 2. Transpose something, after checking out copyrights, etc.
> 3. Go to Tiefnort or Eisenach, Germany to visit the Molter Archives and
> create your own orchestral reduction or piano score in the key you
> need.(Buying the D clarinet is cheaper)
> Mostly, publishers are willing to give permission if you buy a copy of
the
> music first.
> And always, always, pay the ASCAP fees on any recordings you make of the
> performance, whether your group sells the tape as a fund-raiser or the
tapes
> are for your personal archives.
> So, with that settled, what do you do for Eb and bass clarinet solos?
>
> Mark