[NewMusic] 20th century sheet music store

[Ron Lettuce]

No, I was definitely looking for sheet music. I've been to several music stores in the south bay, and most have a very selective memory which includes "classical" music up through the impressionists and later romantic period. 20th century consists of Rachmaninoff, a "little" Scriabin, then flash forward to Jazz/Pop/Rock...essentially what sells (if you can't hum it, you can't sell it to anyone but the people on BANEWMUS...) plus all that stuff after 1932? is still not in the public domain, so the sheet music people have to pay royalties on it, where as Mozart is all profit...

lettuce



----- Original Message ----
From: Moe! Staiano <moestaiano1 at yahoo.com>
To: Bay Area New Music Discussion Group <newmusic at music.mills.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 10:00:34 AM
Subject: Re: [NewMusic] 20th century sheet music store

Wait, are you looking for sheet music or just CD's? If CD's, then, yeah, I agree with Damon: both Amoeba stores have a great selection of 20th (and 21st Century music). The Berkeley store has a better selection on vinyl whereas, oddly enough, the SF stores does not. 
  
  -M!


Damon Smith <Damon at balancepointacoustics.com> wrote:
  
On Oct 9, 2007, at 9:43 AM, Ron Lettuce wrote:

> Another FAQ, that I co-incidentally need answered is
> Where is there a good music store in the bay area that has a good 
> stock of 20th century music? I'm looking for something more 
> adventurous than they sell in the south bay...which seems to stop 
> exactly where the line between public domain and copywritten 
> material begins...

Both Amoebas are pretty well stocked, the street light in Noe valley 
has a lot of rare 20 century vinyl for some reason, at reasonable 
prices.
I have been getting a lot from emusic.com they have mode, col lengo, 
harmonia mundi and a lot of other great labels. it is often less than 
$2 for an album that would be a $20 import.



Damon Smith

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