Score I'd like to post publicly is available to anyone via the Library of Congress Web site
Hi! (The images of) A score by Elliott Carter I'd like to post publicly--an excerpt from his Fantasy for Woodwind Quartet, 1950--is freely available for anyone to download from the U.S. Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200181918.1?st=gallery
May I assume, therefore, that it is in the public domain? If not, any idea how I can find out the current copyright owner to request permission? Thanks!
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If the author is not yet dead since at least 70 years, his/her scores most probably are not yet in the public domain. Elliott Carter died in 2012...
In reply to If the author is not yet… by Jojo-Schmitz
Shouldn't, therefore, the Library of Congress be indicating the source/basis of their permission to be publicly posting, free of charge, one of his scores? I see no such permission information on the linked page.
In reply to Shouldn't, therefore, the… by OlyDLG
Look again, I see it... allegedly that manuscript was a gift to them Gift of the composer, 1963
In reply to Look again, I see it… by Jojo-Schmitz
I saw that it (the manuscript) was a gift: does that confer right to publicly reproduce, even if the published version of the work is still under copyright? (I know, I know: consult a lawyer.)
In reply to I saw that it (the… by OlyDLG
As far as I can tell this gift involves just that manuscript, not the copyrights. But IANAL...