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Treasure Hunt: Choral Music in the Public Domain

Dr. Josh Nannestad

Director of Music Education

Associate Director of Choral Activities

11.19.22 Iowa Music Educators Association

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Budget

Ethics

Balanced Repertoire

Public

Domain

Music

cpdl.org

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imslp.org

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US Copyright Law is….complicated

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Jappalang, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998

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“Old dead white guys” balanced repertoire

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Ethical obligations

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Variables

  • supplementary material: rehearsal piano, realized continuo, text source, translation, rehearsal letters, measure numbers
  • editorial choices: articulation, breath marks, change of key-particularly in Renaissance
  • Font

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Hazards

  • wiki
  • TYPOS
  • Misnumbered measures - pickup measures
  • Poor text underlay
  • Spacing/Engraving difficulty

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Workarounds

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Categorical searches

  • Bach cantatas
  • German partsong tradition
  • Multimovement works
  • English catches

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Dr. Josh Nannestad

Director of Music Education

Associate Director of Choral Activities

nannestadj@morningside.edu

joshuanannestad.com

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