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Hi, everybody !

I've found a russian edition of WTC 1 on emule. I can't read russian, I don't know who is the editor, when it was edited. Is it under copyright ? It still seems like an interesting edition. There are some fingerings. I have uploaded the file here.

http://rapidshare.com/files/295057380/W ... n.pdf.html

Does a russian speaker or reader could tell me the name of the editor written on the first page ? Is it under copyright ?

Thank you.

It is the Busoni edition.
I think it is not under copyright, but I am not sure.

Thank you for your answer, frossi.

Muzgiz appears to have reprinted (sometimes re-egraved) the original Busoni editions, instead of the ones revised by Petri. They should be fair game unless one surfaces which happens to mention Petri. I am not sure whether the Petri revisions are for real, or if they are part of the little game played by German publishers of adding a new editor's name every 25 years (as the term for most editions there is 25 years after publication). Petri was Busoni's student, so they could represent genuine revisions. Perhaps one of our resident Busoni experts could help shed some light on this issue.