Re: music and copyright

From: Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:03:58 -0800 (PST)

On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Julie Miran <jmiran1[_at_]swarthmore.edu> wrote:
>
> In a modern edition of the score of a musical composition that was
> originally published prior to 1924, what elements are under copyright?
> For example, given a score of a composition by J.S. Bach as published
> in the new critical edition, I assume that all elements of the score
> that come directly from 18th or 19th century sources are not under
> copyright. Thus, one might freely photocopy pages from the score as
> long as modern editorial elements such as fingering suggestions,
> translations, advice on performance practice, and text explaining the
> editor's decisions are omitted. Is this correct?

You're absolutely right.

Stephen Fishman
<sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>

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