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Take a look at the parts for the Copland Sextet for Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet (can't post here due to copyright restrictions). The parts are so over-cued that I actually had to use Wite-Out to eliminate many of them because the music I had to play was obscured. Sometimes it's better to just...

This work was composed in 1913 and published before 1923. Therefore, it is PD in the US.

If I remember correctly, the person who engraved the SCORE version initiated this contest, confident that SCORE would edge out all competitors.

When it appeared that was not going to be the case, he quickly cancelled the contest.

Since this is an international discussion board, I would be careful discussing copyright issues. In some countries (like Canada, where IMSLP is based) it is a simple life + 50 years. The US has a labyrinthine and complicated law, brought to you by the Disney Company (in the form of pay-offs to membe...

I believe Petroushka 3 movements is in public domain since it was originally published before 1923. If the Boosey is truly a reprint and not a revised version, it too is PD.

cGilmore: Is that Symphony of Psalms?

It's possible. I do it all the time.

There is also a font called Norfolk which is a version of Bravura optimized for Sibelius. You might have more luck with that if you want it for your default music font.

I've been a professional clarinetist for more than 40 years and have never seen this clef. Anyway 9 would be an incorrect transposition for bass clarinet, since it is transposed a major ninth higher than written (usually, but let's not open *that* can of worms).

About the peddling – long, very long ago I stopped sending my critics to some composers that I work with. Everyone knows why and must take its own responsibility

Very wise advice. I wish I had taken it about 20 years ago!

Keep in mind that Crumb worked as a copyist for quite a while. His autography is beautiful - suitable for framing.

The music isn't bad, either...

I find that on average in each box of 12 Staedtler Tradition 3B there are 2 individual pencils whose leads keep breaking when being sharpened. As soon as this happens for a third time with any individual pencil, I bin it. The others in the same box continue to sharpen without any problem. Sort of h...