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Since Ravel is PD in Canada, what about scores published after he died? For example, I uploaded (but should have asked first) Une barque sur L'océan, which was first published in 1983, and some other scores published around '75...what's the rule of thumb for these? Are they not PD if only an editor is mentioned for these posthumous score?

I think that the 50-year rule applies in Canada for posthumously published works. The score you uploaded is a bad example, though. It was actually published in 1950 and not renewed by Eschig, with the inevitable result that Kalmus reprinted it. Eschig then put a bogus 1983 notice on all subsequent scores. So, it's likely free in Canada as well, since it was actually published in 1950, not 1983.

Any verdict on determining if those 2 posthumous works I uploaded are PD? I'm referring to the first violin sonata and the sheherazade overture. Thanks for checking. Assuming these are PD, then I have a few more (songs mostly) that I could upload almost completing Ravel's complete works list aside from Daphnis and Chloe, the 2 operas, and a couple other orchestral scores (which I plan to scan and upload sometime in my life).

I'm afraid the two posthumous Ravel items are under copyright in Canada also. Where there is no editor cited on either title, the publisher is entitled to a 50-year term. There was little question of their status in the USA, where these pieces will not enter the public domain under January 2071. I'll be taking them down in the next couple of days.