The saga continues; now i'm embroiled in a situation with the NYC Gay Men's Chorus. In the 1980s I wrote a piece for their chamber choir, "Appalachian Carols," which I dedicated to my Dad. In 1990 or so, my publisher took the carols into their catalogue, and about four years ago I revised them before they were typeset. I consider this version definitive.
The Chorus, without advising me last month, decided to perform the carols in their holiday concert, which makes me happy, but they had someone set the original copy they had into type and the Chorus is rehearsing the earlier version. I'm disturbed because it's a copy I would not have allowed to be digitized and all my inquiries about unauthorized illegal copies getting passed around has me very perturbed. I've asked them to stamp the copies "DO NOT DUPLICATE" or with something implying their illegality but my inquiries to the Chorus on what's goign on are being brushed off. I am not happy, and, while I have no wish to back the Chorus into a corner, I don't like decisions made about my property without my involvement.