Klarinet Archive - Posting 000104.txt from 2002/10

From: MVinquist@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Dover Scores
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 21:41:05 -0400

Leila -

Don't worry about Dover tinkering with their reprinted scores. The only
reason they can sell them at such low prices is that they use only public
domain material and simply photograph it. As far as I can tell (and I was in
music publishing for several years), the only thing they add are page numbers.

Older editions were engraved in metal and are easy to distinguish from modern
music typewriter or computer-generated materials once you know the
difference. The big thing is that the Dover editions are photographed from
printed originals, where the ink has spread out and so looks much heavier
than modern materials (or even a pristine first printing of the old edition).
Also, with consecutive printings from metal plates, the metal gets battered
and deformed and so looks even heavier; there are small breaks in the staff
lines; the 16th and 32nd note bars across the notes are often filled in; and
the type faces for words to vocal music or Italian expression words are in
very old fashioned.

But as I said, you never have to worry about copyrights for Dover scores (or
most Kalmus scores). Arrange and copy away on the Couperin.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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