Klarinet Archive - Posting 000007.txt from 2009/12

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: The Clarinet Institute
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:02:44 -0500

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:17:19 -0800 (PST), matthew dineen
<mgnat45@-----.com> wrote:
> I recently came across a website for The Clarinet Institute, which says it has sheet music for clarinet works that are in the public domain, although the viewer is asked to agree it is his/her duty to verify public domain status when downloading.
>
> Does anyone know anything or have any views about the organization, including whether the sheet music on the site is really in the public domain? I wouldn't want to deprive a copyright holder or musician-transcriptionist of an opportunity to make a living.
>

We ordered their CD for our clarinet quartet. Almost all of the pieces
date from before 1923 (usually WAY before), and most of the arrangements
are by the web site author (David Schorr), who has granted the right to
print, play, and perform, but not sell or distribute.

As far as I can tell, it's all completely legitimate, and we are
certainly enjoying them.

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Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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