Klarinet Archive - Posting 000217.txt from 2000/07

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] editions
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 18:07:33 -0400

>From Roger:
> What do they say about an arrangement of such a work for another medium?

and

>If a person makes an edition of the Weber Concerto 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?

A question I asked the group. A piano reduction is a new arrangement -
copyrightable, as any new arrangement (and a new arrangement must be
significantly different from any other arrangement). If the piano reduction
has fallen into public domain, a new edition using that piano reduction
(even if it has been edited) is not copyrightable. The clarinet part would
not be copyrightable, even if edited. According to the lawyers - in the US.
It is or will be very different in France and Italy.

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