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hey.. i'm like.. new around and i would like to know when is the 2nd symphony by mahler will be available?

thanks in advance

Probably soon, I agree something like that should be reviewed.

wow can't wait. thank you

It has been reviewed, but it's under copyright in the United States because it's a reprint from 1970.

Someone should have the original version (I doubt it).

hm.. any chances that you might have it? ( not the original version )

If someone wants to purchase a Dover score, which is PD worldwide, scan and post it, I'll be happy to tag it V/V/V so it can be downloaded as much as you like.

who can explain me what a dover score is?

i mean ... it might be the publisher , right? but why is it different than the others? or is it not? aren't there the same notes?

It's the publisher, yes. If it's public domain, then most likely it's the unrevised version, probably with some different tempo markings, articulation, etc.

I am in the process of slowly buying the Mahler Scores from dover. I have 3, but I'd need to get a scanner that works first.

lord_x wrote: who can explain me what a dover score is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Publications

Dover is primarily a reprint publisher (though they do issue a couple of new editions that are under copyright). They reprint works that are public domain and offer them at a very reasonable price. Their reprint quality is often very good, though (like everyone) they mess up now and again. Reprinting the Soviet edition of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (where the editors had to replace the quotation of the old Russian national anthem because of the government) is a case where they really dropped the ball.

There are other reprint publishers - namely Kalmus and Lucks. Other publishers who aren't normally known as reprint houses have been known to reprint public domain items as well (Schirmer, Boosey and Hawkes).