> so, and especially if I had worked it right through the texture of an extensive > passage of music, I would have been faced with an awkward decision: do I just > let the possible quotation stand - or do I throw away a lot of music which uses > that theme (or derivations or developments of it)? An alternative might be to > keep the passage, but change it in such a way as both to keep the integrity of
What is wrong with leaving the quotation from Sibelius? One melodic fragment does not a Sibelius symphony make; composers have from the beginning borrowed (consciously and unconcsiouly) melodic and harmonic ideas from eachother without shame, and current copyright law (through "fair use" doctrine) keeps this perfectly legal. One of my favorite quotes from Handel: someone asked him why he had stolen an entire aria from another composer, and he replied "well, he didn't know what to do with it!" ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** ** Benjamin Smedberg, Director of Music ** ** St. Patrick's Church, Washington D.C. ** ** VOX 202-347-2713 x102 - FAX 202-347-1401 ** ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** ** "Soli Deo Gloria" ** ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
