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If I have questions over the cello part I am playing (for a cello and piano piece) I often refer to the piano score. It always amazes me how different the cello part and the cello part in the piano score can be – apart from the obvious mistakes. The differences are not normally different notes or no...

Can anyone find out more information on Pierre Mellarde? Based on Worldcat he wrote half a dozen pieces of music published by Weekes & Co in London between 1907 and 1910. There is no one in the 1901 and 1911 census with that surname, which might suggest it is pseudonym. Sounds French, but seems ...

Can anyone help with dates for Paul Vernon...

Arranger working on music for Ricordi, London in about 1907?

I've come up with a blank.

Thanks, Steve

I have a copy of the 3 cello duets Op.22 by F A Kummer (died 1879) edited by J Klengel (died 1933). This was published by IMC (plate 768) and was first issued in 1946. The typesetting is in the IMC house style. As I understand it, if I can show this is a reprint of an earlier edition published befor...

I was reminded of this post (which I started) when I uploaded a copy of Chants Russes (Lento) from Concerto Russe, Op.29 by Edouard Lalo. Already uploaded was a copy with plate number 'Edition Schott No.07171' My copy was from the same plates and had the Schott plate number 24247. So in making the l...

Can anyone help me with dates for these composers and arrangers to help with copyright? Despite extensive searching I cannot find them. Heinrich Kruse (1866-?) edited cello pieces for Schott Otto Waldemar, arranged pieces for cello dated 1908 for Gould and Bolttler, London Renzo Rotondo, cellist and...

Thanks for the input, Generoso. I had looked at these numbers but discounted them – perhaps too readily. The dates don’t seem right. The transcriber was born in 1885. The sequence you suggest has number 09729 in 1907 when he was only 22. In the 23 years between 1907 and 1930 they used about 23000 fu...

I have a transcription for cello and piano of a piece by Liszt - Angelus, Priere aux Anges Gardiens. The transcriber is Lothar Windsberger (1885 – 1935). So if published before 1923 (PD in US) it is public domain everywhere and worth uploading. The plate number is ‘Edition Schott No.06989’. This for...

Could someone help me with the copyright status of the following - I am unsure whether they are public domain and would like to know before scanning them. Eight of Bernhard Romberg's (died 1841) ten cello concertos (Nos.1,2,4,5,6,8,9,10) were published as a series by Litolff as Piano/Cello reduction...

I have a question relating to copyright on a piece of music published by Schott. La Serenata by G Braga (died 1907) Transcription for cello or violin and piano by A Pollitzer (died 1900) Schott & Co. Ltd. 48, Great Marlborough Street, London Front cover has at the bottom; 22904 1018.L Violin Par...

Thanks for the input. I will scan and upload for you to have a look at. I have looked again in more detail following your helpful suggestions. In this website (library.uncg.edu/depts/speccoll/cello/matzcon.html), by good fortune, is the following entry, confirming the original publication of this pi...

Could I ask for help in determining the date of first publication of the following, so I can decide whether to upload; David Popper (1843-1913) Concert Polonaise Op.14 Simrock Volks-Ausgabe No.117 Plate No. 21304 No editor When I looked up the Simrock plate number on IMSLP, it did not seem to be par...