Hear, hear! I've sung in a specialized Renaissance choir for several years and I can testify that *not* reducing note values makes all of the difference! We need to see the original notation.
Dear folks,
Note the words "specialized Renaissance choir." As a member of an early music consort for many years and director of a Collegium Musicum, I always insisted on performing from scores that were closest to the original notation - and even performed from facsimiles when I could get them. However, there are many more school and church choirs out there who find the earlier notation daunting. If there were time for them to get used to it, I would give them the music with all those white notes, but there isn't. With my own church choir, I was happy to use modern performance transcriptions to save time and frustration. I have had published a number of transcriptions intended for such groups. My publisher did not want to take the chance of losing sales by my insisting on original meters and clefs.
Hal
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