Mishen
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Joined: Aug. 2004 |
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Posted: June 27 2010, 04:19 |
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Well, back in 1994 I transcribed part one of Ommadawn myself, and had it performed by a group of classical music students in Auckland, which can be seen in this youtube video. I made the very rough score which I produced available on my personal website in around 1999, and it's been there ever since (although that site has long since been abandoned). I made the score as a young fan and didn't charge any money for the performance or for the score - and I called Virgin Records in Auckland at the time and they didn't seem to have any problem with it. I also sent a few pages to David Bedford who was very kind and sent me a few of his CDs - he, of course, was probably the first to transcribe Ommadawn as well as TB, HR, and Incantations - I've always hoped he'd make the scores available, and it would probably be a good idea if someone who knows him asked him to do so!!
I suppose that anyone who wants to save a copy of that scanned version of my score is as welcome to it as you have been for the last 11 years - and honestly I couldn't take that site down if I wanted to [who remembers passwords from abandoned sites put up a decade ago? ] That being said - it's a very rough score, I think it's more or less accurate, but I didn't have any idea what I was doing really - and it's scored as a rearrangement, not an exact transcription of the original instruments. I made some additions so the performers with minor parts would have extra things to do - but I regret them now! I have actually asked in the past if anyone with good musical education would clean it up and produce a computerised version of the score - no bites yet...
I recommend, my friend, if you have proudly produced a score as a fan as I did (I'm sure you did a much better job!, to let the copyright holders know what you did and that you did it as a tribute. I wouldn't charge for it, as it would then become a work of someone else's intellectual property that you are making a profit from. I imagine that you did it as a labour of love, and if it's possible to make it available for all fans to enjoy - and possibly even arrange new performances superior to mine - then it will really be a true celebration of this much-loved work, that should really see the light of day again - now being a good time with the 2010 rerelease!!
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