Hans Rott-Symphony in E major

[ClaudeMahler]

Hi!

I found this work a few days ago. I loved it, but to enjoy it in the best way, I have to read the score. I need that score...please!

[Eric]

I think it was first published in 2003 so copyright laws in most of the world, I believe, would place it out of the public domain for awhile... though if you're asking where you can buy the score (it's published by Ries & Erler) that's another matter. I doubt we're allowed to host it on IMSLP for some time, though...

(if one were to post the manuscript -and- if the work had been first performed awhile ago, this would be different, but I gather the premiere was in 1989. One movement was presented before a composition competition in 1880 though not performed, I gather. Source for this and that - mostly Hans Rott pages.)

[ClaudeMahler]

Thank you very much indeed. I was thinking about to search it in some music shops here in my city, but I think that will be very hard. Rott waited a very long time (such as 109 years) to hear his masterpiece completely performed. By the way, thank you for your disposability.

[Eric]

depends, they may well have the score available but I can't guess what the cost will be. And happy to help as I can even so, of course. I first heard the Rott symphony back in the early 1990s and hope to hear it and his other music more often.

[Carolus]

If the work was performed in Rott's lifetime, the work itself (meaning the manuscript, or an older edition) is free in Canada. If not performed until the 1990s, Canada's 50-year posthumous publication rule might apply. If first publication was in 2003, the same holds true for the USA. If first published between 1978-2002, the work is protected in the USA until 2048. In the EU, it would be protected for 25 years from first publication.

[Eric]

Since I think it was premiered in 1989, that's the problem, then...