Albinoni-Giazotto Adagio

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Albinoni-Giazotto Adagio

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I understand this work is copyright-protected. It seems Ricordi holds the rights. So to whom do I address a request for permission or a license to publish or distribute a derived work? The Ricordi web site doesn't seem to have any such contact.

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You have to write or otherwise contact Ricordi's legal department.
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If I recall, the last time I performed this work, it was under copyright. It had almost the same situation as Wagners Rienzi, unfortunately this piece was found in a chest at a cathedral, during a bombing in WW2.. Which, it was then realized and published. So, I don't know whether the original question was to post them to IMSLP or that, but I would'nt suggest it.

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Re: Albinoni-Giazotto Adagio

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No, actually the whole thing was written by Giazotto. That Albanoni had anything to do with it is a hoax.
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Re: Albinoni-Giazotto Adagio

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Melodia wrote:No, actually the whole thing was written by Giazotto. That Albanoni had anything to do with it is a hoax.
Giazotto said that he'd composed it using a thematic idea and a figured bass by Albinoni. It wasn't his fault that some misinformed people attributed the whole thing to Albinoni. One suspects that many detractors are simply jealous of the success of the work. In any case, the Albinoni-Giazotto work is definitely copyright-protected and I'm in touch with the licensing department at mgbhalleonard.com
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Re: Albinoni-Giazotto Adagio

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Yes he said that. Kreisler also said he found a bunch of music by Baroque composers.

He could say anything he wanted, but most people agree he was lying
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adagio_in_G_minor
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Re: Albinoni-Giazotto Adagio

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Melodia wrote:He could say anything he wanted, but most people agree he was lying
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adagio_in_G_minor
Have you looked at that site recently?
The discovery by musicologist Muska Mangano, Giazotto's last assistant, of a modern but independent manuscript transcription of the figured bass portion and six fragmentary bars of the first violin, "bearing in the top right-hand corner a stamp stating unequivocally the Dresden provenance of the original from which it was taken," provides some support for Giazotto's account that Albinoni was his source.
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