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Does anyone know if there are any rights around Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and the like?

• robin_reala 6y ago
  Their original works are all in the public domain in every jurisdiction, but classically (hah) the problem has been that copyright is applied to re-set scores. Luckily, there are a good number of modern scores dedicated to the public domain that were based on scans of the originals. A good starting place is https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
  • howenterprisey 6y ago
    Is there any way to get a hold of the originals for titles like Rhapsody in Blue?
    • robin_reala 6y ago
      You’d be looking for public domain scans, of which there seem to be several from 1924 at https://imslp.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue_(Gershwin%2C_George) https://imslp.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue_(Gershwin%2C_George)
  • ghaff 6y ago
    And, of course, modern recordings are generally copyrighted.
• dheera 6y ago
  No, although I once recorded myself playing Beethoven and posted it on Facebook and the audio got muted by a stupid algorithm that thought I was violating some Sony recording of some artist. I don't know whether to feel honored that my playing was decent enough to be (mis-)recognized by the algorithm as a professional artist or sad that I got muted.