Mishen
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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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. I was having a look around myself to see what was involved and it does look a bit complicated to say the least. How about seeing if you get an existing sheet music publisher to publish it on your behalf? They presumably are well set up to sort out copyright/ISMN numbers etc.?