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The bass excerpt books I have are complete works (there actually is a different set of books by a different zimmerman that are selective excerpts from within different works but that's not what i'm talking about). One book will have all the beethoven symphonies. Another has 8 full mozart symphonies....

No, the books are orchestra bass parts - not arrangements or transcriptions with piano - just the bass part. They are literally the public domain versions like what are already uploaded here for various symphonies but with his fingerings and bowings. So the question is whether or not his bowings and...

I have excerpt books published in 1960 by Fred Zimmerman of public domain works (mozart, beethoven, etc). They contain fingering and bowing suggestions. Can I upload those, or are the fingering and bowings copyrightable?