On Friday, November 21, 2003, at 04:20 AM, d. collins wrote:
Darcy James Argue écrit:Okay, so I'm faced with a movement of a piece for orchestra + chorus where only the men sing. The (highly unreliable) manuscript has the men divided three ways and calls them "tenor, baritone, and bass" -- but I'm not sure if that's the standard way of referring to that subdivision in a chorus. Wouldn't the standard nomenclature in this case be "tenor, bass 1, and bass 2"?
I think both would be possible. But the option with bass 1 and bass 2 would seem to imply that the tenors aren't divided, and that only the basses of the chorus are divided into two groups. Whereas the "baritones" could cover both the (low) tenors and the (high) basses. So I don't think I would change this, unless there are no tenors among the baritones.
Also, the abbreviated staff names look odd to me if we call the middle voice "baritone":
Not really odd, though things look nicer of course with only one letter for each voice - but I don't think this is a valid argument for changing the nomenclature.
Actually, I've since noticed on another version (I'm working from three different scores and one set of string parts, none of which correspond very well) that the Ten / Bar / Bass is scratched out in favor of: Alto + Ten. / Bass I / Bass II. I'm pretty sure that's how they want it performed now. The only oddity now is that the altos and tenors both have to share an 8vb treble clef. If that's a problem, I suppose I could give them each separate clefs, even though they sing identical music. But that seems like overkill.
- Darcy
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