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Can anybody upload the Molter Clarinet Concertos, particularly No. 3 in G?

thanks

That depends what you want to play it on. These were originally D clarinet concertos. Only number 3 has been transcribed for Bb, but here's the catch -- that transcription was done by Pamela Weston, who only died recently. Definitely not PD, I'm afraid.

The editions for the original D clarinet were published in the 50s by Breitkopf, but were edited by Heinz Becker. According to my library's details, he is still alive. At the very least, since death dates often don't get updated after pieces are catalogued, he would have still been alive when we bought this, which was within the last 20 years. I'm not sure they qualify as urtext editions, since someone would have had to realize the basso part.

It doesn't look like either edition will be PD.