Author: JTJC
Date: 2023-07-10 20:34
Here in the UK I find its quite common to receive orchestral hire parts which contain a transposed clarinet part. Sometimes it's hand written, but increasingly its been produced through music software. Neither publishers (if they are the hirer) or the hirer company seem bothered to remove and destroy the 'illegal' copy parts on copyright grounds.
Quite recently, we had hirer parts for Mahler 5 from Germany. The second clarinet part also contained sections for D clarinet. All the entries for D clarinet has been covered over with identical printouts for Eb clarinet, which has been taped in place (with that semi-clear sellotape). The copied sections were perfect in every detail, even down to font size and any markings in the original, no matter where they were on the page.
If I ever need something serious transposed in a part, or the whole part, I just leave the transposition in the hire part when it's returned, just to make it easier for the next person. If I was ever questioned about copyright I'd just say the 'illegal' copy was in the hire part when I received it. But who is going to bother chasing the source of a copied part, especially a transposed one?
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