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I'm wondering if it's ok to upload these pieces from Sibley:

https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... emId=16839
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/instit ... emId=25893
(2 x 2 volumes of music)

It would be a nice addition since we only have selections from this important opus so far. The problem is: do the editorial additions by Lloyd Webber (died 1984) make it non-PD worldwide? As far as I can see, they only consist of added articulation and some dynamics.

Not if Andrew's father made significant editorial contributions - and articulations and dynamics might be just enough to squeak by. I would not really want to risk it.

Hm... I'm now comparing the Martin Weyer editions of some of the opus 123 pieces to those of Lloyd Webber, and it appears that Weyer's contain even more editorial additions (not only articulations and dynamics, but also registrations.)
It's unfortunate that this is all such a gray zone. In these cases I very much prefer true Urtext (where no editor has meddled with the composer's original intent) but often one only finds heavily edited scores, published in a time that there was little respect for romantic organ composers.