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Walton died in 1983. The concerto was written in 1939. Ironically, this means the work enters the PD in both the US and Canada in almost the same year (2034 or thereabouts). Yes, I'm sure it was technically published later, adding even more years onto the US copyright date (although nowhere near the...

All six of Nielsen's symphonies are up now, including better quality versions of the two already posted.

Sorry, I was thinking of the more recent editions (like Shostakovich and Prokofiev), of which Dover editions do exist that can no longer be sold. The company has been around for a while (under various names), so of course anything published before 1923 would be free everywhere (more or less, like Tc...

I am in the middle of fulfilling a request for Nielsen's symphonies, and I wanted to check about his last two to make sure before I post them. I figured due to the parts included in the Orchestral Music Library that Symphonies 1-5 were PD in the US, while 6 was not. Nielsen died in 1931, so he is fr...

I think the answer is they used to be, at least until 1996. Then they were all restored to copyright, which seems slightly dubious legally but is probably fair. But still, you have the situation of Russian composers making more money now than when they were alive. Unsurprisingly, it's obvious who th...

sbeckmesser wrote:Full scores of Nielsen's Syms. 1, 3, 4 and 5. I'm surprised nobody's brought these up here yet. These are some of the most significant works for which IMSLP has parts but no full scores.

--Sixtus

I'm on it. Look for them coming in the next few days, hopefully.

Rather "interesting" lists from above. I suppose a lot of it depends on your definition of climax (although I'm not sure that defends some of the pieces mentioned, but I digress). For high points coming at the end of a piece, Tchaikovsky is the undisputed king. Capriccio Italien, Marche Sl...

In my opinion, Mahler's First is the least refined (bare with me on that one) and least interesting/most boring of all his symphonies. I'd normally say I assume you've never listened to his Eighth, but you probably have and like it better than the First. The 55-minute second movement is the most ri...

I checked again and you are right. The suite indeed has a 1920 published copyright date. And I was already aware of the other suites he published (the 1945 version (which tries to be more like the original by adding some transitions to the 1919 version (among other changes no doubt)) may have only b...

Orchestral Music Library really screwed up with regard to The Firebird. The 1910 version is PD in the US, but apparently they only thought of the 1919 suite, which isn't. So they neglected to include parts to one of his most famous works (while the later ballets Petrushka and Rite Of Spring are incl...

So I'm the one with the dates screwed up when you've stated there are 1871 and 1887 versions of the Third Symphony which don't actually exist. And it's the 1873 version Bruckner showed to Wagner, not the 1877 version. The copy he sent to Wagner was the main source for that version. I stated nothing ...

Yes, I remember the good old days when Shostakovich was PD worldwide. Then we ran into the antitime anomaly from that one Star Trek episode and his works reversed into copyright. I guess we'd better enjoy his works while we can before they disappear forever. Oh well, at least Shostakovich is finally...

Alright, it's obvious you have absolutely no idea about the multitude of versions of Bruckner symphonies out there. Let me state it again, none of the Nowak versions are PD in the United States. They were only published starting in 1951, which means the absolute earliest any of them will be PD in th...

The Nowak editions are the good ones (the Bruckner Gesamtausgabe), but were published starting in 1951. The site has 1981 listed as the first published date for the 1877 version of the Third. All of them are possibly PD in Canada, since Bruckner died in 1896, although most of the versions probably w...

The Ravel Daphnis et Chloé parts are available from Luck's (and probably Kalmus) for $25 a pop. And although Mazeppa is PD everywhere, no parts or score for the full opera are available (nor have I come across a Mazeppa score). Unfortunately, the Orchestral Music Library has not touched any operas o...