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Please do not
hesitate to submit your own compositions for
publication by us, if you feel that they correspond
to our catalog.
We do
publish :-)
- music for
piano and organ
- music for
strings, classical guitar and harp
- music for
wood, brass and classical saxophone
- chamber music
(from duets to sextets, in any combination of
instruments)
- songs and
choral music (a cappella or
accompanied)
We do
not publish :-(
- jazz, rock,
pop or folk music
- symphonic
orchestra scores
- opera
- wind-band /
fanfare / brass-band arrangements.
We suggest :
- If you
would like to submit your compositions to us
for publication, choose a few of your works (two
or three) and submit them to other people for
their opinion: a composer, no matter how good,
is never the best judge of his or her own work.
In the first instance, submit shorter
compositions, for piano or chamber music
arrangements, rather than long and more
complicated compositions.
- Send
copies of your music to us by post. Never
send the originals &emdash; they might get lost
in the post. We do not accept submissions for
publication by fax or by email.
- It is
useful (but not essential) to enclose a
short CV and a list of works you have
composed, especially if some of these are
already published.
- You must
be able to affirm that these are your orginal
composition. Copying &emdash; whether
deliberate or accidental &emdash; is illegal and
can lead to the composer being very heavily
fined. Quotations within a composition are
allowed, but only where these are clearly
acknowledged and in some cases this will require
the express and written consent of the original
copyright holder.
- If the
composition is a song and the words are not
in the public domain, then the composer must be
able to prove that he or she has the permission
of the author (or the person who owns the
copyright on the text).
- Be sure
that your composition is in its final form,
ready for publication. Are you really sure that
this is the definitive version, and that you do
not want to make any adjustments ? Changes are
possible once engraving has begun, but they can
make life difficult for the engraver. Any
changes made to already engraved portions will
necessarily involve an extra cost.
- Please say
in an accompanying letter if the work has
been or is likely to be recorded on CD or played
in concert.
- Be
patient! We follow the standard publishing
practice of sending your work out for
evaluation, which requires a minimum of one or
two months. Once a work is accepted for
publication, it will be timetabled into our
program of publishing. The average lapse of time
between acceptance and publication is six
months. If we decide not to publish, you will be
informed within two months of its submission.
- If we
decide to publish, then we take on all the
engraving and printing costs. We will send you a
draft contract, which will detail the royalty
remuneration you will receive.
- We can
also rework music already set using
Finale®, Encore® or SmartScore® (for
both Mac and PC). In such cases, you can submit
your work on floppy disk. We are unable to
reprocess music set on any other
program.
Our adress is
:
Edition
musicale BAYARD-NIZET
c/o Mme Nicole NIZET
6, rue des Ecoles
B-4970 - STAVELOT
(Belgique)
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