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Heinrich Schenker died in 1935, almost 78 years ago. This, unless I
am mistaken, places his writings in the public domain in all world
countries. Some of his major works are available free on Internet
(mainly on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://archive.org">http://archive.org</a>): <i>Ein Beitrag zur Ornamentik</i>,<i>
</i><i>Harmonielehere</i>, <i>Kontrapunkt</i> vols. 1 and 2, and <i>Beethovens
neunte Symphonie.<br>
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</i><i>Free Composition </i>is out of print since a long time and <i>Der
freie Satz</i> remains under copyright in its second edition
because of Oswald Jonas' editorial work. I wonder, however, why the
first edition of <i>Der freie Satz</i> has not been made available
on Internet. This book is extremely rare in Europe (one copy is in
the catalogue of the Bavarian State Library, where it appeared only
recently; this is the only copy I have been able to locate in
Europe), while it does not seem uncommon in the United States.<br>
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I wonder why it has not been made available on archive.org or in
some other similar project. Does anyone know if the book really is
public domain now? If not, why? And if it is, why has it not been
made available?<br>
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Nicolas Meeùs<br>
Université Paris-Sorbonne<br>
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