In Reply to: RE: Well, no it doesn't posted by Amphissa on November 16, 2015 at 14:13:00:
If a piece came along that would fill the seats, most orchestras would rent the parts pdq. (The parts in orchestra libraries are basically old public domain material.) I'm sure John Williams makes plenty of cash from all those symphony orchestra pops concerts of his movie music.My college orchestra rented the parts to do a number of 20th century works. But I went to a college with a very large endowment. And our concerts weren't free admission.
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- Well, not quite. - rbolaw 14:37:47 11/16/15 (4)
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- "Just as many of us on this forum do" - rbolaw 17:45:10 11/16/15 (1)
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