Klarinet Archive - Posting 000213.txt from 2008/11

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music dealers
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:06:14 -0500

McGinnis & Marx is still selling "Barefoot Dances." I have it in stock.

Gary
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David Lamb wrote:
> Sometime in the early sixties, McGinnis & Marx published my set of
> saxophone duets titled "Barefoot Dances." They sold fairly well, and
> for perhaps ten years there were royalty checks. Then suddenly the
> checks stopped. Some time later, there was a letter to my wife that
> obviously made the assumption that I had died. I wrote to, I believe,
> Mrs. Marx and explained that I was still alive and wondering what had
> happened to the royalties. There followed an unsatisfactory exchange of
> letters. Then I began getting letters from saxophone players asking how
> they could get copies of my duets. They claimed that the work was out of
> print. Telephone calls to McGinnis & Marx. The man in charge (whose
> name I can't recall) assured me that the work was still in print.
> Nevertheless, music stores were not able to order copies. I have no
> idea what is going on with the company -- if anything. For years now,
> whenever musicians write to me complaining about not being able to get
> the duets, I simply mail them a photo copy. It has been very
> frustrating, and I have the impression that nobody is minding the store.
>
> David Lamb in Seattle
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