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Back in the day when Print Music Publishing Houses were “sacrosanct”, there were no such things as "personal use" copiers. Spinning the age old question of "which came first, the chicken or the egg"; the issue of performance protocol did not exist.
With all rights and attributes being acknowledged today, is it acceptable to use copied print music when performing?
The proverbial “chicken” in this case would be the Print Music Publishing Houses of yesteryear. Recalling my own experience with an arrival of a music book published in France; the size, texture, and tactile “feel”
of the paper - not to mention its “aroma” - thrilled my young heart. I had and held a secret... I was no longer sitting at the piano, but was rather a traveler voyaging to an exotic “far away” place. So..., with a great deal of stealth, I opened my Mother’s teaching school supplies cabinet, and chose heavy manila stock paper to enclose my precious secret and prized possession...
Today, with the ease of Internet, Computers, and Copiers, one has within reach music no longer in print. It is now accessible through Digital music libraries; and some scores are now “Public Domain”
worldwide. In this instance, copied music can be considered as the proverbial “egg”; being that it is a "product" of the original, historically recognized Print Music Publishing Houses.
Question: Is there actually a globally accepted print performance protocol in place?
For myself as both a Musician and an avowed “Foodie”, an “egg” with my noodles is delicious, as well as any “chicken” on the run...
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Musically speaking... IT’S ALL GOOD!
