[Trombone-l] Pederson

[John Jay Hilfiger]

While your opinion that out-of-print music should be fair game, is NOT in line with the law, I agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly!   

Some of the music discussed in this thread was originally published by Kendor.  As a long time (since 1969) Kendor composer/arranger, with a number of items long out of print, this subject is close to my heart.  In case you were not aware, Kendor has, in the last few years, made a lot of their out-of-print works available for purchase as digital downloads.  Check the webpage: https://www.kendormusic.com/cc6/index.php <https://www.kendormusic.com/cc6/index.php>   I don’t know what Kendor’s plans are for the rest of their catalog.  If there is something that you really want, perhaps a request could get that item on the list of digital downloads.  

Note that some publishers have enthusiastically pursued reviving their back catalogs.  C.L. Barnhouse, for example, has almost completed the process of making every item they ever published, since the the late 1800’s, available for purchase.   from their webpage:

The C.L. Barnhouse Company is unique among publishing companies for preserving a nearly complete archive of all publications, dating back to 1886.  Virtually all of these products are available today, thanks to the Archive Edition series of publications produced on our in-house printing systems.  As a result, virtually no C. L. Barnhouse publication is out of print.  Additionally, the in-house printing provides for the immediate availability of extra scores and all other products, eliminating the back ordering process.   https://www.barnhouse.com/about-us/ <https://www.barnhouse.com/about-us/> 

John Jay Hilfiger
Composer/Arranger
Retired peripatetic music professor


> In my ever so humble, and ever so NOT legal, opinion, once a publisher lets music go out of print, it is fair game. this is a spirit of the law, not letter of the law, opinion, and I?m sure many of you will disagree with it!
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> Raymond Horton
> Composer/Arranger 
> Minister of Music, 
> Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church
> Retired Bass Trombonist,
> Louisville Orchestra, 1970-2016