Klarinet Archive - Posting 000299.txt from 1998/04

From: "Scott Morrow" <sdm@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Copyright Infringement "Rules"
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:08:07 -0400

What ever happened to page turners?
-Scott

P.S. If there are any computer hardware/software developers out there who
are interested in working with me, I have a proposal for a device that would
alleviate this problem! (I am serious on this!)
-SDM

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua M. Coleman <joshcole@-----.Edu>
Date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 6:39 PM
Subject: RE: Copyright Infringement "Rules"

>Dee Hays wrote:
>
>> So I as the bill paying parent am stuck with buying two copies of the
>> soloists music and two copies of the accompanists music so that I can
>> cut it up and tape it together so that the unrealistic page turns can be
>> accommodated!!?? I can perhaps see the soloist memorizing but certainly
>> not the accompanist. They have a lot of people to play for and it is
>> certainly not reasonable. I gladly pay anyone their due but to require
>> me to buy two copies to be able to use it is simple GREED on the part of
>> the copyright holders or the publishers. When I buy something, I expect
>> it to be useable without modification on my part!! Unrealistic page
>> turns make it unusable
>
>I'm curious: Has a case like this ever gone into a court or been tried or
>anything? Because I have the same reaction to this as you did, Dee. I
>find it rather ridiculous that my accompanist has impossible page turns.
>And in order to alleviate this, I have to purchase _another_ copy? And
>what about the soloist? I own two editions of Scene and Air. In both
>copies, the page turns occur (for those of you familiar with it) near the
>end of the 12/8 section. Right after the page turn, there's a cadenza. I
>need to focus on playing the music, not turning the page! And I've seen
>my accompanist turn pages like a madwoman to avoid missing a beat.
>
>Have the publishers ever thought about printing the piano part in a way
>so that the pages lay side by side instead of a book-type format? This
>way, there are minimal page turns, and there won't be irate pianists out
>there photocopying parts to avoid page turns. Thus far, from my limited
>experience of performing solos, all accompanist parts I've seen are in the
>book-type format, involving many page turns.
>
>Just my 160 pesos (old pesos, not new!), 3 yen, 2 cents, etc.
>
>Joshua Coleman
>NMSU
>
>