[Trombone-l] Biebl and copyright

[George Butler]

Let me try posting this again:
   
  In my post about the Biebl possibilites for trombone choir, I suggested
 a couple of days ago that a shift in key and an opening up of the
 spacing between voices might help avoid a muddy texture.  Without
 permission to do so from the copyright holder, an arranger would probably be
 running afoul of copyright law.  If I were recording it, I would certainly
 want not want to risk that.  
   
  I've also been wondering why I would suggest that the Biebl would
 need improvement.  The version for men (trio TTB plus TTBB chorus)
 certainly is not muddy, and the Chanticleer recording is evidence of that.  
  Indeed, when the choir is holding a long note, the trio is ascending in
 moving notes.  Both groups answer each other back and forth.  This is
 one of those little pieces that is perfect just the way it is.
   
  Three months ago here, I offered to help a list member get the
 trombone parts for the Sibelius Seventh Symphony.  Mr. Nieweg reminded us
 then that the work is still under copyright.  Having seen a Dover score of
 the Fifth, I had assumed incorrectly that the Seventh (1925) was
 public domain also.  Well, any day now.
   
George Butler
Tallinn, Estonia


       
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