>> No, but you are believed to be a publisher of commercial ARRANGEMENTS. > Not exactly. > I self publish a few things for the lute that I WROTE and some that I > arranged, melodies that I harmonized and added variations to. There > is little market for such material from lutenists. Not the same as > selling facsililes. I mostly license my pieces to a publisher and > they sell them. This is what I do for a living. I'm a full time > composer and arranger. > I have many downloads of lute pieces on my site where there is no > charge. Good!
>> I do not wish to open a second can of worms, but earlier I have >> expressed an opinion that an arrangement, although it is not a >> facsimile, should carry only a minimal price tag, because it is >> basically someone else's music, usually from public domain. RT > Then make arrangements and sell them for a minimal price or give them > away. > Simple And that' what I have been doing for years, no fee. RT
