Public domain and Respighi

[Rick Denney]

When will the rest of the Respighi pieces be public domain? Namely, Pines of Rome, the other Rome piece (is it Festivals??), and Church Windows? I have the Cherry CD with Fountains, but given what I've heard about Church Windows I'd really like to start working on the bass trombone and tuba parts!

Respighi died in 1936, so his stuff that falls under modern copyright law will be protected in the U.S. until 2026 (or is it 2036? I can't remember if it's now 90 or 100 years after the author's death).

That is assuming that it was protected in 1979, when modern copyright law went into effect. Pines was published in 1924, Festival in 1928, and Church Windows in 1925, so all could well have still been protected in 1979, if the copyright had been properly renewed to achieve the full 56-year potential protection period. Fountains was published in 1916, and lapsed into the public domain in 1972, before it could be grandfathered into the new law.

In other words, find the publisher and buy the part.

Rick "who found this in two minutes of googling" Denney

[a2ba4u]

With the Respighi stuff, I'm pretty sure it's 95 years from date of publication. HOWEVER, thanks to the Sonny Bono "Mickey Mouse Protection Act," the public domain clock essentially stopped running for 20 years on all works published after January 1, 1923. The clock will not start running again until 2018. You can do the math.

Kyle

[sungfw]

That is assuming that it was protected in 1979, when modern copyright law went into effect. Pines was published in 1924, Festival in 1928, and Church Windows in 1925, so all could well have still been protected in 1979, if the copyright had been properly renewed to achieve the full 56-year potential protection period.

Unless they were first published outside the US, in which case the copyright term is 95 years after publication date (see Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States)

Also, unlike the US, the EU Copyright Term Extension Act DID revive copyrights that had already expired, so it is entirely possible that some works could have been placed in and subsequently withdrawn from the public domain.