Klarinet Archive - Posting 000184.txt from 2006/09

From: "David Lamb" <dlamb@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music (Business) Ethics?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:54:23 -0400


Tim Roberts comments on musical ethics:
>
> My favorite "offender" in this arena is Sy Brandon and Co-op Press.
> Every year, Co-op Press (ostensibly a publishing house) runs a contest
> in which musical groups may apply for grants to fund a commission of a
> new piece by a contemporary composer. In the fine print, we find that
> the contemporary composer must be Sy Brandon. And Co-op Press is owned
> and operated by Sy Brandon. (snip)...it just seems vaguely wrong.

More than "vaguely" for those of us who innocently went to the time and
expense of submitting scores. There was important information that was not
even included in the fine print.

David Lamb in Seattle

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