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Re: Re: TEST PIECE RECORDINGS

In the US, "copyright" means that the copyright owner has the right to profit
from sales of the published work or recordings of that published work.  It
says
nothing about the actual content of the performance.  In other words, the
composer cannot control instrumentation, additions, or subtractions from
their work as long as the rights to the performance were legally obtained and
proper royalties were paid.   Copyright has to do with getting paid, not with
controlling the use of your work - as many, many composers have discovered
through the years.  It may not be ethical or correct to modify a composition,
but it is not illegal.  I don't know the details of the British copyright
acts, but
I don't believe that they are substantially different.

In regards to recordings, hearing recordings of pieces can be a useful aid when
a band is new to a piece.  However, the conductor must be very careful that
differences he may wish to make in the interpretation of the piece are not
overridden by adherence to the "right way" as shown by a recording.

>Aaron Lloydd wrote: "I take your point that there's any number of different
>interpretations of any piece of music BUT to say that adding percussion not
>written by the composer is one of them is incorrect. This is not a matter of
>interpretation, but actually a breach of the composer's copyright (making it
>technically illegal)."
>

Robert D. Schramm
Webmaster, The Brass Crest
<http://www.brasscrest.com/>

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