Where to buy 20th century/modern scores...

the only significant public library nearby is Boston...but maybe the university a town over would let me check out their library

Originally Posted by Stevemc90

actually what pisses me off most are the prices for dead composers...stravinsky, berg, schoenberg, prokofiev, varese, etc. no reason they should be so high

get a job

You know what is also hard to find...Contemporary recordings...and i mean good ones. I have found it so hard to even find The Rite of Spring...at BORDERS! BORDERS IS A HUGE BOOK/CD STORE HERE.

Looks like Amazon is the only place to go...oh wait, they don't take paypal *in a snarky sarcastic tone*.
I wish it was so much more easier.

Originally Posted by goodridge_winners

You know what is also hard to find...Contemporary recordings...and i mean good ones. I have found it so hard to even find The Rite of Spring...at BORDERS! BORDERS IS A HUGE BOOK/CD STORE HERE.

Looks like Amazon is the only place to go...oh wait, they don't take paypal *in a snarky sarcastic tone*.
I wish it was so much more easier.

Umm....

I easily obtained a copy of La Sacre being played by the CSO, conducted by Ozawa. Pretty popular and great recording, though it's quite different than how it's normally done (most of the movements are much faster). It's a CD for god sakes, they aren't hard to get. Stop moaning and taking "extreme myspace pictures", write more and actually take some initiative. Wah wah wah, Borders doesn't have CDs. There are these things called LIBRARIES and the INTERNET, use them junior.

Speaking of Borders. They have a huge fuck CD selection, especially of classical music. And when I say huge, I mean HUGE. I doubt yours is any different.

Originally Posted by gms5287

Umm....
Speaking of Borders. They have a huge fuck CD selection, especially of classical music. And when I say huge, I mean HUGE. I doubt yours is any different.

Besides the internet Borders is where I get all of my recording AND scores!!! I LOVE BORDERS!!!

I am fortunate to be at a university with an extensive music library. However, I do find that I want some scores of my own because I am not going to be here forever to be able to pop in and grab a score I want.

I generally use musicroom.com and it is still not student friendly at all. Trying to get scores in mininuture is your best bet but still you have the problem of the fact its then so small you can't read it .

Originally Posted by Stevemc90

actually what pisses me off most are the prices for dead composers...stravinsky, berg, schoenberg, prokofiev, varese, etc. no reason they should be so high

yeah!
anyone should be able to buy a "dead composer" for a reasonable price!
have you tried a morgue?

The storage costs are the real problem there.

and to be quite honest, it's not so much the "music" that stinks....

I wonder if one could purchase some John Williams scores. Are they for sale anywhere?