Klarinet Archive - Posting 000400.txt from 2001/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] OT - Sheet Music
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 19:01:03 -0500

At 06:23 PM 2/10/2001 +0000, Ian Black wrote:
>Sorry for the off-topic post, but can some of the US subscribers tell me if
>vocal scores are available for the recent big Broadway (or London West End)
>shows? I can't seem to find these in the UK, and am wondering whether these
>are published, or whether the licensing company don't allow it.
>
>I'm talking about shows like the recent Lloyd-Webbers (all post "Cats"), Les
>Miserables, Little Shop of Horrors, etc. I know that most of these have a
>"selected songs from..." book, but there are songs and
>undescores/incidentals which didn't make it to these books.
>
>If not, does anyone know why not? Study of Musical Theatre as a genre is
>then restricted to Rogers & Hammerstein and that era, and can't cover the
>more recent work...

Generally, these items are rentals. What is not available through Rogers
and Hammerstein (who also control Irving Berlin's shows, I believe), should
be obtainable through Tams-Whitmark or Music Theater International or a few
other smaller firms. MTI's web address is:

http://www.mtishows.com/index.htm

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
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