I'm surprised that this degenerated into yet another copyright rant. If
*Pictures at an Exhibition* isn't PD, then nothing is or ever will
be.
Of far more potential interest to the original poster is that there are
a number of prominent errors in all PD editions of the piece. Recent
(copyrighted) editions correct these errors, and it is useful for
anyone working with this piece to know about them. They are:
Il Vecchio Castello, 15: last RH note 4 not 8 (Ravel corrects this in
his arrangement). The dotted 4 in the parallel passage at 47 is correct
(Ravel makes the two the same).
Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle, 15: RH octave Gs, fifth entry from the
end of the m., should be Gb, not Gn. Simile at 17 and 19. 24: last note
of this bar should be Bb, not C, in all 4 octaves.
The errors in Goldenberg/Schmuyle are so very prominent that some
conductors "correct" them in the Ravel. IMO however that is a mistake:
the notes are wrong for 19th-c. Russian piano, but not necessarily
wrong for a 20th-c. French orchestra. There are, after all, numerous
places where Ravel deliberately overrules Mussorgsky, and no one (or no
one w. taste) would dream of "restoring" these.
Critical editions of the piece correct numerous other errors in the old
publications, but these are the usual minor stuff that makes little
difference in the actual sound of the piece.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/kallisti.html
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