Question by Dmitry: When can I find a DIFFICULT piano arrangement of Aram Khachaturian’s Waltz from the Masquerade?
For 2 hands. I have an easy edition which is not interesting to play(3 pages) and a difficult one in bad quality (impossible to play due to low quality) – about 9 pages. I want the difficult one in good quality. This is the sample of the difficult arrangement:
And it has to be free.
Please!
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Answer by Nemesis
Anything by Khachaturian (d1978) is at the very least in copyright until 2028, so what you are asking for, ‘free’, is simply illegal and would constitute plain theft of the composer’s heirs’ rightful dues. With ‘Masquerade’ being from 1941, it also fails to offer you solace under the US-only 1923-rule, so that’s not a viable avenue either.
In short, if you want it, you will have to pay for it, just like the rest of us do. With many of Khachaturian’s Western interests being looked after by Boosey & Hawkes, who will also be able to advise you as to any arrangements that have been made that they or other publishers hold, it is to them that you must wend your way as your first port of call:
http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=2750
All the best,
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