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Milhaud's Le boeuf sur le toit is apparently public domain in the US. Does that apply to the orchestra only version as well? (I'm not talking about the version for violin solo otherwise known as Cinema-Fantasie.) If the piece is public domain in the US, the orchestra parts are nowhere to be found th...

Could someone please clarify some questions regarding different editions of Mahler? I know that Mahler's Symphonies published in his lifetime are public domain in the US. My question is are the "Fassung letzer Hand" versions copyright in the US? Many of the "critical" editions pu...

Hi. Does anyone know what the status of Pulcinella suite original 1922 version is? My youth orchestra has a set of parts by Kalmus (presumably pre-1996) and I'm assuming this is NOT the same set of parts used in the 1947 version rented out by Boosey. Is anyone familiar with the publication history o...

Hello.
I am a newcomer here and I have a question regarding arrangements. If someone makes an arrangement of a PD work (e.g. Bach, Brahms) but uses a critical/urtext edition by Barenreiter, Henle, Breitkopf, etc. as a source or one of the sources, would that arrangement infringe copyright law?