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Thank you KGill One last question... If I understand correctly, the copyright you are referring to is on the music itself, not on a printed representation of the music.This is an abstract notion - in what form does the music actually exist? My understanding of copyrights fall into 3 categories... 1....

Sorry, I'm not making my question clear. Let me try again... What constitutes a new print edition? Can you read a Schirmer edition of a work, and enter the notes and markings into a notation program and have it be a new edition and not in violation of copyright? What about if you read it and play it...

Rob, Thanks for your reply. When we say "the "work" is in the pubic domain, are we talking about the music composition itself, or the written score? Publishers don't own copyright on the audio - on the performance of the work, just on their own printed version, correct? So if it's the...

Hello, I'm curious how new print editions of public domain works get created. For example, Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata is available from Schirmer, Fisher, Alfred and many more. How did these publishers get rights to print this work? The rights are obviously non-exclusive. As a widely he...