Klarinet Archive - Posting 000509.txt from 2002/09

From: w9wright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb/A Conundrum
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:07:09 -0400

<><> Allen@-----.=A0Levin wrote:
Stravinsky did a lot of "rewrites" like that. He had been having
problems with the copyrights to many of his early works. Particularly
Russian copyrights. The "new" editions were intended to protect his
royalties. He assumed that performers - as opposed to publishers - would
know to use the correct instrument.

Was there anything approaching 'coyright law' in Mozart's time? Any
sort of royal decree about ownership (perhaps based on patronage) or
enforcement of any sort?

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