Klarinet Archive - Posting 000116.txt from 2010/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sheet music copyright
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:27:00 -0400

At 10:44 AM 7/7/2010, you wrote:
>This is very true. However, commercial scores are ridiculously expensive and
>not always free from errors. They decay with time and use (especially French
>ones on rice paper). Maybe a greater commercial return could be achieved by
>reducing the cost of scores and stimulating sales. Music publishers do seem
>to assume a rather authoritarian/patrician stance. It also leads schools and
>amateurs to rely more on "low grade" stock scores (A Lloyd Weber etc) again
>doing nothing for contemporary composers.

Andrew Lloyd Webber music is ridiculously expensive! So is John
Williams. A lot of schools would pass on these, since they can buy
TWO good works for the price of ONE by these guys. But clearly the
overall market will bear those prices as the necessary cost of
getting the perceived added value.

And as an aside, how is Andrew Lloyd Webber NOT a "contemporary" composer???

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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