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Many thanks to you, Coulonnus. It is indeed remarkable to find, and have online access, to Faure's manuscript for this version of La Bonne chanson.

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Gabriel Fauré published his vocal work, la Bonne chausson, in two version: for voice and piano (which IMSLP already has;) and for voice, string quartet and piano (which IMSLP does not have.) I would be most grateful if someone could scan and post the chamber music version, both full score and separa...

Is the following in the public domain in the US? --a manuscript by J. S. Bach, published in color facsimile in or before the 1970s by Edition Peters, Leipzig. No copyright statement or year of publication appears on the publication. I am referring only to the facsimile pages of Bach's manuscript, no...

A hypothetical question: An orchestral score by a European composer was performed in Europe in 1875 using a manuscript score and hand-copied parts. This performance is well-documented. Neither the score nor the parts were ever published, printed or copyrighted -- anywhere. The manuscript score and p...

Some additional research into Ede Remenyi's life reveals an extraordinary career as a violin soloist, and a composer/arranger of considerable merit. Although Remenyi was not Romani, but rather Jewish, his original compositions were highly influenced by "gypsy" music -- as was his fiery vio...

Eduard (or Ede) Remenyi was the Hungarian violinist who, in 1853, formed a violin/piano duo with the 20-year-old Johannes Brahms, and together they toured widely. In browsing Remenyi's biography on Wikipedia, I came across the following information: "Reményi made numerous transcriptions of pian...

That Jon Frohnen has the violin and vn/piano part for this concerto is welcome news. Jon, can you please scan and upload them to IMSLP. That is at least two steps in the right direction. The vn/pf reduction will not be PD in the US, since it was published in 1931. Drdla died in 1944, so he should be...

The Library of Congress holds the Thomas A. Edison Sheet Music Collection. This collections contains about 13,000 items of American sheet music. Here is an index to the collection. http://microformguides.gale.com/Data/Download/3049000A.pdf Here is the collection's abstract: "The collection cons...

Franz Drdla composed a violin concerto, the Concert D moll pour violon avec accompagnement de piano ou d'orchestre , op. 245. According to WorldCat, there is only one copy in the US, at Claremont College in California; and two copies in Germany, in Mecklenburg and Hamburg. Evidently, from reviews at...

Many thanks to Cypressdome. What an incredible resource you have uncovered! The digitized musical manuscripts of the Wienbibliothek. Here is a triple treasure trove -- literally hundreds and hundreds of significant works in manuscript, not only by all the members of the Strauss family, but also by F...

The plot thickens. Where are all the orchestral scores (and parts) for the innumerable waltzes, marches, polkas, quadrilles, etc. by members of the Strauss family? I came across the following in the article on Johann Strauss II on Wikipedia: "Most of the Strauss works that are performed today m...

IMSLP has posted tons of waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, etc. by members of the Strauss family. They are all listed as composed for orchestra. But, almost invariably, IMSLP has only the piano reductions. Where are all the orchestral scores and parts? Lucks Music rents parts to many orchestral works by ...

My inquiry concerns the PD status in the EU of a first publication in the US in 2014 of a 1927 manuscript that, according to Carolus, is PD in the EU and the US (by virtue of the date of death of the composer.) Carolus stated that the first publication in 2014 would be PD in the US but protected in ...

Hello Carolus,

Many thanks for the informative reply. Regarding editio princeps protection in the EU for a first publication in the US in 2014, would the fact that this work is PD in its country of origin (the US) invalidate a claim of edition princeps protection in the EU?

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Is this fragment of an instrumental work PD in the US?

French composer
died in 1937
fragment of an unfinished instrumental work
never published in any form, or publicly performed, or commercially recorded
manuscript signed by composer and dated 1927

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