Klarinet Archive - Posting 000068.txt from 2009/02

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Derivative Works
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:22:19 -0500

Hi Jonathon,

I'm no lawyer, but as a composer I'd have a real problem if someone took
my (very) fictional "Concerto for Sousaphone and Clarinet Ensemble" and
performed it as as my "Concerto for Contrabass Clarinet and Clarinet
Ensemble" without my permission. Much more so than if an articulation
was changed.

-Adam
http://www.michlinmusic.com

Jonathan Cohler wrote:
> Not as far as the law is concerned.
>
> Changing an articulation is a bigger deal in my opinion.
>
> At 6:08 PM -0500 2/3/09, Adam Michlin wrote:
>> On the same list that will debate to the end of time (and beyond)
>> whether playing a C clarinet part on Bb clarinet changes the
>> fundamental character of the work (not to mention potentially causing
>> one to grow prematurely old and whither away, of course), your
>> argument is that playing a flute sonata on the clarinet does not?
>>
>

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