Robert Nathaniel Dett: In the Bottoms.
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 4:51 pm
Hallo.
I'm new posting here, and I thought I'd name something I'd really like to see posted if that is possible and anyone has it. It's Canadian composer Robert Nathaniel Dett's suite of 5 piano pieces "In the Bottoms". I have wanted to play these for maybe 20 years, but have only ever found one of the pieces, which is Percy Grainger's edition of "Juba" (one of the movements).
I'm sorry, but I haven't followed one of the suggestions given for posting here: namely, to make sure the piece is in the public domain before requesting it. It's just that I have no idea how to find out whether it is or not - I think it may be old enough to be, and it is almost certainly long out of print now - but I don't know if the publication year is the only relevant factor. I have an idea that you almost have to be a copyright lawyer to tell for sure whether something is in the public domain or not - and I'm afraid I don't have the time or expertise to be lawyer on such things.
So I'm hoping someone else knows whether this particular composition is in the public domain.
Thanks.
Regards, Michael.
I'm new posting here, and I thought I'd name something I'd really like to see posted if that is possible and anyone has it. It's Canadian composer Robert Nathaniel Dett's suite of 5 piano pieces "In the Bottoms". I have wanted to play these for maybe 20 years, but have only ever found one of the pieces, which is Percy Grainger's edition of "Juba" (one of the movements).
I'm sorry, but I haven't followed one of the suggestions given for posting here: namely, to make sure the piece is in the public domain before requesting it. It's just that I have no idea how to find out whether it is or not - I think it may be old enough to be, and it is almost certainly long out of print now - but I don't know if the publication year is the only relevant factor. I have an idea that you almost have to be a copyright lawyer to tell for sure whether something is in the public domain or not - and I'm afraid I don't have the time or expertise to be lawyer on such things.
So I'm hoping someone else knows whether this particular composition is in the public domain.
Thanks.
Regards, Michael.