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Author: Mario
Date: 1999-02-22 15:55
Hello Folks:
Anybody knows how I could get "The Pied Piper" from Walter Mourrant. It is "copyright restricted", which probably means it was never published. It is not in the catalog of the major sheet music vendors in the US.
Thanks
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Author: Mario
Date: 1999-02-22 16:03
Actually, I just discovered (talking to ELBE MUSIC) that this piece is only available from the American Composer Alliance (212-362-8900). Any special relationships between us and this association that would allow me to get this work at a reasonible cost? Anybody is interested in working on a piano reduction?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-02-22 16:15
It's available for rental only. Any piano reduction would have to be cleared via the ACA and possibly the heirs of Mourant. Any photocopying or transcription of any copyrighted piece is illegal - even if only for your own use.
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Author: Mario
Date: 1999-02-22 17:45
The ACA no longer has it since the estate has not paid its memberships for a long time. Any idea?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-02-22 18:36
1) If the ACA still holds the copyright, then that's the only place you can rent it from.
2) If the copyright reverted to the estate, then <B>they're</B> the only ones who can help you.
The ACA should know who (or what) controls the estate, and could help you get in touch with them.
Mourant had over a hundred compositions under ACA auspices; it'd be a shame if none could be played for another 70 years!
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-02-23 00:03
Mark Charette wrote:
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... Mourant had over a hundred compositions under ACA auspices; it'd be a shame if none could be played for another 70 years!
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If they were copyrighted BEFORE 1978, they are only protected for 75 years from the date of original copyright as a maximum. Thus if copyrighted in 1977 (the last year under the old law), expiration would be in 2052 If after that date, the limit is 50 years after his death. So if he died this year, expiration would be no later than 2048. Either way, they could be played in less than 70 years. Of course if the estate has the only copies and they won't let anyone else copy them, that also keeps them tied up.
So when was it originally copyrighted and when did the composer die?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-02-23 00:43
Mourant died very recently - within the past 5 years. <B>The Pied Piper</B> was copyrighted 1954, so it'll be 2029 before it's out of copyright.
Mourant was born in 1910, died 1995.
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Author: Mario
Date: 1999-02-23 12:36
Thanks for the great info. I am curently trying (through the ACA) to see how I can get this piece. Why all this effort? I do not know if you know the piece. It is a lovely 3 minutes little miniature that I must play. It is simply wonderful. I discovered the piece on a ASV CD with George MacDonald as the clarinetist. "Le coup de foudre"
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Author: Gary Van Cott
Date: 1999-02-23 19:24
I will be sorry if this really isn't available. I contacted them a couple of years ago and the price was less than $30. But they wanted so much for shipping (around $12) that I didn't get it. This was for everything. I double there is a piano reduction.
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Author: Gary Van Cott
Date: 1999-02-23 19:24
I will be sorry if this really isn't available. I contacted them a couple of years ago and the price was less than $30. But they wanted so much for shipping (around $12) that I didn't get it. This was for everything. I doubt there is a piano reduction.
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