Klarinet Archive - Posting 000313.txt from 1998/12

From: J & K Morgan <morgan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fw: [kl] Russianoff reprint. campaign
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 16:56:49 -0500

McGraw Hill has the rights. The copy of volume II I saw was 8.5 x 11 inches
spiral bound. I may be able to get the copy of volume II my instructor has and
have it fall on a photocopier. The music would print quite nicely at 1:1 .

John Morgan
corrie jagger wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim O'Briant <jobriant@-----.com>
> To: corriej4@-----.net>
> Date: Sunday, December 06, 1998 1:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Russianoff reprint. campaign
>
> corrie jagger wrote, in part:
>
> > ... Here is another request for names to add to the fore-mentioned
> petition I
> > am crafting to be sent to the former (potentially future publishers) of
> the
> > Russianoff studies. ...
>
> Corrie --
>
> I'm a tuba player and music publisher who subscribes to the Klarinet list
> but
> skips a lot of it. Thus, I've missed a lot of your discussion of the
> out-of-print Russianoff Studies.
>
> I may be willing to consider publishing a reprint edition of these studies,
> but
> at this point I know nothing about them. In order for me to determine
> whether
> or not this is a project that my company, Bayside Music Press, may want to
> undertake, could you provide me with some pertinent information? In
> particular,
> I'd need to know:
>
> * What company originally published the studies?
> * What is the copyright date on them?
> * How many books are there?
> * How many pages in each book?
> * What size were the originals (that is, the size in inches of each page),
> and
> was the music engraved in a large or a small font? I ask because if we can
> indeed reprint them, the most efficient way would be a through photographic
> reproduction of an original copy in mint condition. But if the pages are
> huge
> and the printed music on them is pretty small, we wouldn't be able to reduce
> the
> size to a a standard 8½" x 11" page without making the music too tiny to
> read.
> Thus, we'd have to re-typeset the entire book, which might make it
> impractical
> to do at a reasonable price.
>
> If you can answer the above questions for me, I can decide whether this is
> an
> appropriate undertaking for my company, and if so, then I can start the
> process
> of obtaining the copyright owner's permission to re-print the studies.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jim O'Briant
> Bayside Music Press
> Gilroy, CA USA
>
> Any input, fellow clarinetists? What sort of freak would have a piece of
> music in mint condition?? ;o)
>
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