Re: old music score question

From: Stephen Fishman <sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 11:05:49 -0800 (PST)

On 11/24/98, Beverly Stafford <beverlyst[_at_]nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us> wrote:
>
> I have a question pertaining to music scores: our library has a score
> published in 1868, a Liszt transcription of an operatic piece. It is,
> as you might guess, falling apart and brittle. Can we photocopy this
> score and use the photocopy to circulate rather than the original?
> It is out of print and I haven't found it in any other collection.
>
> Preferring to err on the side of caution...

A score published in 1868 is in the public domain. The copyright expired long ago. You can photocopy or do anything else you want with it.

Stephen Fishman
<sfish55[_at_]yahoo.com>

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