Klarinet Archive - Posting 001331.txt from 1999/03

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] mistakes
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 07:36:18 -0500

From: Antoine Clark <CLARIGUY@-----.net>

> Mr.. Charette I am saying that if you should not change if it is
right. The
> copies I have are wrong. I do advocate making corrections. I am saying
that
> publishers should be careful when printing so as not to make mistakes.
> Please refer to my original post.

I did. You claim that the printing is incorrect, or the editing wrong.
That may be (and is most probably) the case. However ...

It's more complicated than that in some cases. The first printing of
many manuscripts is in error. The second printing may correct those
errors and introduce more. The composer has multiple manuscripts - which
is the "right" one? The composer makes errors on the manuscripts. An
editor makes changes that the composer agrees with, and now the
manuscript & printing disagree. An editor makes changes that the
composer _doesn't_ agree with, yet the composer remains silent so they
can get paid. And so forth.

What is "right" can be, and is, a complex issue, and there's the
possibility of more than one "right" edition.

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Mark Charette@-----.org/clarinet
"Cards by Aimee", http://www.sneezy.org/Aimee
"The phenomenon is too variable for proper study" often
translates from "I don't know how to get musicians to do
anything twice the same" - A. H. Benade

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