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The score has to have been published, since Boosey offers the set for rental. However, since the website just says it's not available for rental in my country, I can't see the publisher name. Perhaps someone else could look this up so we can try to get a date? The earliest LP I can find on WorldCat ...

Let me explain the specific problem, this might help explain what I need. I work for a university music department, but also deal with a lot of high school musicians who audition for concerto competitions. Where we are, there are several of these a year, but generally the university (and orchestras)...

I need to clarify this. The piano reduction is on IMSLP, but what I am looking for is the orchestral score and parts -- these are still rental only, apparently because they are still under copyright. I am interested in researching when this copyright expires.

This is a request for general information -- this piece is still under copyright, but I'm interested in the specifics. Apparently the copyright holder is Bruch's daughter? Could someone give me more information on this, and what her dates were? Also, if a copyright holder is not the composer himself...

I'm curious as to how often these pieces are being played, if at all. After +-20 years in a professional orchestra, I can honestly say that things like bass trumpet might not even be owned by a professional trumpet player. (Although most professional orchestras will own a set of Wagner tubas) Even w...

Thanks much!

These sonatas are posted at IMSLP, but are listed under the heading "Trio Sonatas". With only one solo instrument (flute or violin), plus keyboard and cello, they are more accurately solo sonatas. A Trio Sonata has 2 solo instruments plus basso continuo (comprising two people: keyboard + a...

Okay, thanks!

The work page for D'Indy's Suite in D 'dans le style ancien', op.24 lists this as using trumpet, 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola, cello "and bass", i.e. an octet. In fact, there is no bass in the work, and it's a septet, so could one of the moderators change the instrumentation and just delete ...

Yes, although it doesn't really come from a cat (which was apparently a corruption of 'kit', a word for a fiddle), but rather from cow, sheep or goat intestines. On top of that, the traditional covering for woodwind pads, leather, has been replaced in many brands by a double layer of fish skin -- I ...

I agree with what Yagan says. The programme can help us interpret the music when we play it, but if we don't know what that is, we can sometimes get it horribly wrong. I premiered a piece once by a composer who used the Tarot cards as a starting point for his programme. There was one movement that s...

While on the subject of changes, I would like to request that the instrumentation field be a required field. Those who browse new scores have difficulty with pieces for which no instrumentation is listed, and would need to download the whole file to see whether it is something they can use. This nee...

The high E question has another element to it: there is a difference between French and German bassoon-making and, therefore, bassoon tonal qualities. I'm not sure whether the preference for thinner tone created the manufacturing differences or the other way round, but the French bassoons traditiona...

As pertinent as this is to another topic, most of these posts have slipped off-topic, and there was only one real reply. The original request was to see if it is possible to make sure certain information is entered. I take Lyle's point that the person who notices the missing information should add i...

The information page on this, under "information", lists "violin, cello, piano and orchestra". Having downloaded the file, there is no evidence of any orchestral accompaniment. It is a standard piano trio. Could a moderator please verify this and change the instrumentation? Thanks.