Haas critical report of Bruckner Symphony No. 2 - public domain?
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:48 am
Hello,
In principle, of course, the entire Alte Gesamtausgabe of Anton Bruckner is already available on IMSLP. However, in an essay linked to on the Symphony No. 2 work page, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs mentions that Robert Haas prepared a critical report for the Symphony No. 2. Cohrs mentions that this critical report is of interest as including the only (up-to-that-time) complete documentation of sources for the work so far. The copy of the Symphony No. 2 currently on IMSLP - even on the AGA work page (#562918) - is of the score only.
Several scores from the AGA work page do include the critical report. I have not yet reviewed the critical report for this volume, but I am assuming that it is similar to those included in other volumes of the AGA. That is, it includes a review of sources, version history, and so on - things that can be hardly considered "original material."
The source where I found a copy of the complete score - https://bcul.lib.uni.lodz.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=24170 - claims outright that it is public domain in full. Of course, that is not necessarily correct, so I am asking the copyright reviewers here whether this edition can indeed be freely shared (presumably on the AGA work page).
In principle, of course, the entire Alte Gesamtausgabe of Anton Bruckner is already available on IMSLP. However, in an essay linked to on the Symphony No. 2 work page, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs mentions that Robert Haas prepared a critical report for the Symphony No. 2. Cohrs mentions that this critical report is of interest as including the only (up-to-that-time) complete documentation of sources for the work so far. The copy of the Symphony No. 2 currently on IMSLP - even on the AGA work page (#562918) - is of the score only.
Several scores from the AGA work page do include the critical report. I have not yet reviewed the critical report for this volume, but I am assuming that it is similar to those included in other volumes of the AGA. That is, it includes a review of sources, version history, and so on - things that can be hardly considered "original material."
The source where I found a copy of the complete score - https://bcul.lib.uni.lodz.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=24170 - claims outright that it is public domain in full. Of course, that is not necessarily correct, so I am asking the copyright reviewers here whether this edition can indeed be freely shared (presumably on the AGA work page).