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by Carolus
Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:12 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Are fantasias really arrangements?
Replies: 3
Views: 6271

Re: Are fantasias really arrangements?

Like so many things, it depends on the nature of the item. There plenty of operatic derivatives which are little more than medleys or mere highlights of the more popular tunes. These certainly qualify as arrangements - there's no originality involved apart from abridgement, simplification and maybe ...
by Carolus
Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:21 am
Forum: Copyright Related
Topic: Please kill this page with fire
Replies: 4
Views: 11592

Re: Please kill this page with fire

This has now been blocked until further notice.
by Carolus
Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:14 am
Forum: Copyright Related
Topic: Copyright Protected vs. Public Domain Material
Replies: 1
Views: 8784

Re: Copyright Protected vs. Public Domain Material

This is actually something of a misunderstanding on your part. While it is true that a majority of the 122,000 works are out of copyright at least in Canada, there are quite a few items that are under a type of copyright here (more than half the files, actually). These files are all available here u...
by Carolus
Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:03 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: is removal of certain editing features enough?
Replies: 8
Views: 13282

Re: is removal of certain editing features enough?

You would need to be able to compare the original with the newer edition. Generally, things from ca.1800 don't include a lot of articulations, etc. as you probably know. However, there are exceptions, especially if the composer was a well-known teacher.
by Carolus
Thu Aug 10, 2017 3:53 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Are fantasias really arrangements?
Replies: 3
Views: 6271

Re: Are fantasias really arrangements?

Only in an older sense of the term than is commonly used now. Depending on how far it departs from the incorporated material, these can range anywhere from original compositions to a simple pastiche or medley of the famous tunes. In any case, that was one of the reasons the OpDerivs template was set...
by Carolus
Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:42 am
Forum: Score Requests
Topic: Joseph Jongen - concert a cinq op 71
Replies: 2
Views: 4488

Re: Joseph Jongen - concert a cinq op 71

That would definitely be a piece worth having. I'll see if it turns up when I visit some black holes and similar dark venues next time. Russia theoretically has a copyright law, but its application is .... peculiar.
by Carolus
Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:31 am
Forum: Feature Requests / Bug Reports
Topic: How can I simplify the Scanner, Uploader and Date fields?
Replies: 2
Views: 9480

Re: How can I simplify the Scanner, Uploader and Date fields?

Not as you describe. Sometimes you can use Scanner=myfriend (no number) if that person did the majority of the scans and then use Scanner 5=coulonnus Scanner 6=coulonnus for the remainder. This seems to work only for newer items though.
by Carolus
Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:17 am
Forum: Work Page Issues
Topic: system messes up titles
Replies: 4
Views: 5588

Re: system messes up titles

You can put whatever you like in the General Information section of the work page - even Kanji characters and much else. That's the place Google and other index bots use most often anyway. The downside is that you sometimes have to amend after the fact as the system will default to an initial cap ev...
by Carolus
Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:57 am
Forum: IMSLP-US
Topic: What has happened to my submission?
Replies: 13
Views: 38354

Re: What has happened to my submission?

jossuk wrote:Should each of the Beethoven piano sonatas (for example) then be listed on the same page as the collections of Beethoven piano sonatas?
Absolutely not. There would be little point in having collection pages if that were the case.
by Carolus
Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:53 am
Forum: IMSLP-US
Topic: What has happened to my submission?
Replies: 13
Views: 38354

Re: What has happened to my submission?

Collection pages are really not for new editions - and especially arrangements - of individual works. Invidual works should ideally have their own pages. This is not always expedient so we often allow such things to pile up until someone - usually me but also others - takes the time to set up pages ...
by Carolus
Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:38 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: Copyright status, Telemann concerto
Replies: 15
Views: 47535

Re: Copyright status, Telemann concerto

The operational thing here is the legal definition of the term "publication". The existence of copies made by someone other than the composer or one of his known copyists is substative evidence that publication took place in the composer's era or shortly thereafter.
by Carolus
Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:33 am
Forum: Copyright Status Requests
Topic: work first published after the death... 25 years
Replies: 6
Views: 11716

Re: work first published after the death... 25 years

This rule primarily applies to the EU and countries whose copyright laws are inspired by those of the EU. Thanks to the Motezuma decision of 2005, the person or entity making the claim basically has to prove the item was never copied or distributed before. There is no limitation on the age of the it...
by Carolus
Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:15 am
Forum: Work Page Issues
Topic: Issues with Bottesini work pages
Replies: 2
Views: 4012

Re: Issues with Bottesini work pages

In order to not be classified here as an arrangement (and transposition), the "Concertino" really must have some significant structural differences with the Concerto. Musicologists who create separate catalog numbers for arrangements and transpositions of the same work (Liszt, for example)...
by Carolus
Mon May 29, 2017 4:57 am
Forum: Moderator Requests - Help - FAQ
Topic: Uploading to a specific instrumentation page
Replies: 6
Views: 7446

Re: Uploading to a specific instrumentation page

He does not have to split up the collection - that is why we added collection pages a few years ago. This way he can get his items up relatively fast and the crosslinks between the content listing and the Bach pages can be handled later.
by Carolus
Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:46 am
Forum: Work Page Issues
Topic: How do I remove a misleading tag from a work sheet?
Replies: 1
Views: 3057

Re: How do I remove a misleading tag from a work sheet?

The tagging system covers arrangements as well as the original version. As the librarians will no doubt inform you if you start messing with them - you should leave tags alone unless you are on the library team.