Klarinet Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 1999/03

From: "Jim O'Briant" <jobriant@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: European copyright
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 02:42:25 -0500

David B. Niethamer wrote:

> This puzzles me, too. Our orchestra scuffled to buy parts to various
> Ravel and Debussy works that had gone out of copyright before this new
> law went into effect, which was January 1, 1999, as I understood it.
> These works had previously only been available on rental, and for a brief
> time had been coming from Kalmus and/or a British publisher, something
> like MusicMasters. What's the story here, anyone?

When you speak of "MusicMasters," are you perhaps thinking of "Masters Music
Publications?" It is a reprint house, and is a subsidiary of Kalmus. It is
possible to order the Kalmus catalogs and the Masters Music catalogs at the
Kalmus website:

http://www.kalmus-music.com

Hope this is helpful ....

Jim O'Briant
Bayside Music Press
Gilroy, CA USA

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