I have the option of hiring a score of a well-known choral work for £5 for a forthcoming concert. I’m not sure whether this reflects the actual expense of hiring, or whether the choir has added a markup, but when you add postage to me, it is only a pound or two short of what it would cost to buy a good used or even a new copy of the vocal score of the same work.
Is this now the going rate for score hire? At this rate I am going to start acquiring a library of the works I sing.