Klarinet Archive - Posting 000101.txt from 2009/11

From: Oliver Seely <oseely@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Bellison Ensemble (and a reply to Fred)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:22:06 -0500

There is, of course, the other matter, a cultural attitude held over
from the time before Gutenberg invented movable type: "This book
stays HERE, CHAINED TO THE WALL. DON'T DREAM of checking it out."

In obtaining some of the manuscripts I've sequenced for my web page,
I remain very passively persistent. It took me a year after I found
where a manuscript rested for Ponchielli's "Il Convegno" and I got
and received local help in Rome to push the matter along to get a
microfilm of the work. It took me 4 years to track down the
autograph of Bruch's Double Concerto. Fortunately the library which
had it didn't make me sign anything saying that it was for personal
use only. That may have been because the staff lines had practically
disappeared (on the monochrome microfiche anyway) and they figured
that it could never be reconstructed. He! He! He!

I fear that libraries are going to become more sophisticated (and
proprietary) about the works they hold. That is bound to slow down
the democratization of knowledge, starting way back with Aldus
Menutius who invented italic and the pocket book.

Krommer composed 45 partitas of which only 13 survive. I'd love to
get my hands on a 14th in some dusty private European
collection. Keep your eyes peeled for me!

Oliver

At 04:02 AM 11/12/2009, you wrote:
>sarah elbaz wrote:
> > Josef,
> > It only needs a person who will do it for several month, and will
> be paid. The budget that universities in Israel have
> > is much, much less than other countries. It will be done one day.
>
>Hmm ... I don't know what the exact logistics are, but I don't see why
>it can't be done on a piece-by-piece basis. Work out the rough costs
>per page (or whatever) of doing the scanning(*), then offer people
>making the requests the chance to sponsor the scanning for the work(s)
>they're interested in. Then make sure that the PDF of the work includes
>a nice title page crediting the sponsor(s) for their support.
>
>Even if it _does_ need someone's continuous effort over several months,
>you can always still use a sponsorship model like this to raise funds.
>It's just nicer for the people interested if you can let them have a
>personal involvement with the works they want (and get them earlier).
>
>Best wishes,
>
> -- Joe
>
>(* If the IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library can be so successful, I don't see
>why it's actually so difficult. Give anyone who wants it the ability to
>walk in and make the scan -- if there isn't anybody, fair enough, but if
>there is, don't stop them!)
>
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