Klarinet Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2009/02

From: Martin Baxter <martinbaxter@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Derivative Works
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:02:46 -0500

I seem to recall that when an unofficial arrangement was made for
Brass Band of Elgar's first symphony the critic of The Times, who
complained about this' was rebuked by Elgar in their columns. He said
that he would rather his music was heard in arrangement than not at all.
It would seem that the objectors are those who make their living "on
the backs" of the actual composers,
Martin

On 4 Feb 2009, at 00:22, Adam Michlin wrote:

> 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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