Klarinet Archive - Posting 000519.txt from 2002/09

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb/A Conundrum
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:03:51 -0400

Bill, I don't remember what the question was about the Three Pieces.
Could you run that by me again?

Thanks,

> Wouldn't it be a weird twist if Mozart asked for a certain basset
> horn/range in order that he could confound plagiarists?

The fact is that Mozart had no significant protection against copying,
plagiarism, or even publication of his works by someone else. He even
hired copyists to do their work in his home so that the music never left
his sight.

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