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I personally still like to have a score engraved by hand or stamped rather than done by computers. It takes away the human touch required in music engraving. However, with the advent of computer engraving, I guess the transition from hand to computer engraving is unavoidable. Wonder if any of the ma...

Hi daphnis,
In your opinion, if I were to purchase an A3 scanner, what is the scanning speed I should expect when scanning at 600dpi black and white?

I'm afraid I don't have that much dough. I really hope there are some lawyers out there who could help IMSLP in these instances pro bono.

Hmm, can something be done regarding IMSLP's PR?

Yagan,
For your case, would you go for a printing service or a publisher for your compositions?

Will do. I will scan the first few pages of the Introduction.

3. Baerenreiter hasn't used plate engraving since the 1960s. Most of their work was done in Korea (stamping) starting from the 60s-early 90s, with programs like Score from the early 90s onward. Henle was the last publisher to use plate engraving. The last craftsman retired in 2000. They now use a h...

Carolus, do you mean that even if Peters made a new engraving (new layout, notations, page count, everything) of the Mlada score, it still won't be copyrightable because it does not meet the threshold of originality? I wonder how Peters can get away with this for such a long time.

Unless the music engraving and publishing is done by a professional music publisher, Yagan? If the score is of high quality then it can be uploaded with the permission by the composer.

Carolus, is your Kalmus reprint of the Sleeping Beauty the same reprint of the Jurgensen score? I have the Eulenburg miniature score of Sleeping Beauty and according to the preface, it's a reprint of the original Jurgensen score. The page count is 1082 pages.

Yagan, if one plans to publish a score with many copies in mind, does the score layout and engraving style come into consideration? Personally, my favourite music publisher and engraver (traditional hand engraving) is Baerenreiter.

I knew it sounded Baroque but as I've never heard of it I can't really identify it.

Would the library's access fee be similar to some service charge or maintanence fee, irrespective of the copyright status of the materials being kept in the library?

Hehe, if that's the case then I meant that soft/non-alcoholic drinks are on imslp.

Well, it's not to say the soprano clef is totally useless. In the old days, these C-clefs map out the singing range, so that if there are notes that are written with a couple of ledger lines, then its probably close to the limit of the singer's range. Now the use of C-clefs in vocal music is obsolet...