When is an arrangement mine?
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:51 pm
I‘ve got a quastion about legal publishing of own my own work under a public domain license.
The case:
-A concerto for solo and orchestra, originallypublished in 1947, the year the composer deceased (I‘m living in Germany, so 70-year-rule apply).
- I‘ve re-arranged the concerto for the orchestra l‘m playing in for our instruments and respective mastering levels, combining information from
a) A Solo-Instrument + Piano Transcription (dated 1948)
b) A recent orchestral arrangement (dated 2011, all rights reserved)
Into my own edition, enhanced with strokes, fingering and dynamic, into a new set of scores using a digital score editor.
My questions are:
1. Is it legally ok for me to publish this work under a creative commons license
2. If yes, Which information about my sources do I have to / should I include about my sources?
The case:
-A concerto for solo and orchestra, originallypublished in 1947, the year the composer deceased (I‘m living in Germany, so 70-year-rule apply).
- I‘ve re-arranged the concerto for the orchestra l‘m playing in for our instruments and respective mastering levels, combining information from
a) A Solo-Instrument + Piano Transcription (dated 1948)
b) A recent orchestral arrangement (dated 2011, all rights reserved)
Into my own edition, enhanced with strokes, fingering and dynamic, into a new set of scores using a digital score editor.
My questions are:
1. Is it legally ok for me to publish this work under a creative commons license
2. If yes, Which information about my sources do I have to / should I include about my sources?