Klarinet Archive - Posting 000216.txt from 2000/07

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] editions
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 17:55:46 -0400

Another question,

If a person makes an edition of the Weber Concertito for piano and
clarinet, does it not qualify as copyrightable even though the original was
for clarinet and orchestra? In other words, if a person arranges the
orchestra part into a piano edition - even without changing anything in the
clarinet part - is this copyrightable?

RG

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

A Clarinetist's Revenge is sometimes personified by the following excerpt
from the London Daily News, circa 1926:

"The saxophone is a long metal instrument bent at both ends. It is alleged
to be musical. As regards markings, the creature has a series of tiny taps
stuck upon it, apparently at random. These taps are very sensitive: when
touched they cause the instrument to utter miserable sounds suggesting
untold agony. Sometimes it bursts into tears. At either end there is a
hole. People, sometimes for no reason at all, blow down the small end of
the saxophone which then shrieks and moans."

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