I hate everyone

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Okay so today I was talking to my violinist buddy and he was like...

Yeah man, my violin teacher visited Rachmaninoff's granddaughter, or great granddaughter or something, and there was a vault of like 100 unpublished rachmaninoff pieces.

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She's not releasing them because she wants the copyright.  So my teacher got hella mad and put her on blast and then left.

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What??

Dude who the heck do you think you are?  Did YOU write the music?!  Can you even play the music?!?!? LOOKIN ASS!!!

The nerve of people these days.

You know what, I'm not even gonna start.   

[j_menz]

The nerve of people these days.

It's rather more common than you might think, and a great tragedy.

To counterbalance it, we have quite a bit of music which was preserved by relatives despite composers' express wishes that it be destroyed.

[invictious]

It's rather more common than you might think, and a great tragedy.

To counterbalance it, we have quite a bit of music which was preserved by relatives despite composers' express wishes that it be destroyed.

Fantaisie-Impromptu!

[mjames]

Fantaisie-Impromptu!

Unfortunately.

Also, there are quite a few mazurkas and Waltzes owned by the descendants of Chopin's peers. When I think about it, it kinda makes me mad. In 10 years time I'm going gather a group of musical nuts and I'm going rob all of these people and spread the joy of our ancient heroes. Don't worry Rach4Ever, you'll get your pieces.

[Bob]

Fantaisie-Impromptu!

Fantaisie-Impromptu... Are you ready for it? 

[ahinton]

Okay so today I was talking to my violinist buddy and he was like...

Yeah man, my violin teacher visited Rachmaninoff's granddaughter, or great granddaughter or something, and there was a vault of like 100 unpublished rachmaninoff pieces.

...
...
...

She's not releasing them because she wants the copyright.

Even if this relative of Rachmaninov might have been entitled to all of any poart of the copyright in these pieces (of dubious origin), she'd not be receiving it now because, under the widely-used 70-year rule, Rachmaninov's copyright expired at the close of last year.

Best,

Alistair

[austinarg]

Even if this relative of Rachmaninov might have been entitled to all of any poart of the copyright in these pieces (of dubious origin), she'd not be receiving it now because, under the widely-used 70-year rule, Rachmaninov's copyright expired at the close of last year.

Best,

Alistair

If this still doesn't convince her, there is always the path of the "offer that can't be refused"...

[quantum]

Indeed it is sad, but far too often occurs.

This is one of the reasons I'm into open publishing initiatives. 

[kakeithewolf]

I knew from the title of this thread that this had to be Rachmaninoff_forever's thread.

[j_menz]

Even if this relative of Rachmaninov might have been entitled to all of any poart of the copyright in these pieces (of dubious origin), she'd not be receiving it now because, under the widely-used 70-year rule, Rachmaninov's copyright expired at the close of last year.

Best,

Alistair

That is true, and may limit her options, but since she has ownership of the only extant physical copies, she may be able to sell them, either to a collector or to a publishing house. They aren't exactly valueless.

[khantallis123]

Gershwin died 70 years ago, but his works are stillcopyrighted by... HIS "RELATIVES"!

[sean528]

Can we sue her for hiding human legacy, delaying the development of music industry? Or I don't know, I only know what she does is stupid. Equating that kind of treasure to stupid money? She should be ashamed of herself.