I'm afraid it's not exactly that simple. An urtext edition can involve a lot of editorial work. Often, there are several different sources (handwritten manuscript, first printed version) and an editor must judge which source to trust most or if several alternatives should be printed. Also, even Urtext editions often contain some additional slurs and other markings that wher4e included by the editor to correct for more or less obvious mistakes in the original. I'm certainly not a layer, but I fear that such editorial work may be copyrighted even though the original music is in the public domain and the edition is marked as Urtext.
/Mats
Roland Goretzki wrote:
Hello list, hello Kilian,
You wrote:
The *music* itself isn't copyrighted, since the composers died more than 100 years ago. If your printouts don't claim a copyright, and/or are underived work ("Urtext", i.e. reproductions of the autographs), they contain no "creative additions" to the compose's work.
In other words: take an "Urtext" edition and lilypondize it. Henle is a good candidate (they made a lot of "Urtext" editions).
It's not easy for me to believe, that this is SO EASY.
I'm not a lawyer, but if some other mutopia-writers on this mailing-list can affirm, what You say, then I'll go on working. :)
Or ask me; IIRC, I've Henle's Urtext-Editions of all Beethoven sonatas and maybe of some Chopin etudes.
Thank You, but for the moment I have enough material with "Urtext". :)
Best Regards Roland
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