I've always wondered how the 3rd mvt of the Shostakovitch 5th, which has
three vln parts, is printed, but I never think to run over and look at
the violin parts when I've been in an orchestra that has played it
(which has been about ten times!). I have observed that it is often
played with the third section carved out of the back half of the first
and seconds. If that is the case, only the first and third parts would
be needed in the first violin part, and the second and third parts in
the second part. Either that, or there is a separate third violin
part. I will try to remember to ask at rehearsal tomorrow.
This would be the best precedent I can think of..
Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist,
Louisville Orchestra
On 3 Apr 2006, at 22:21, Andrew Stiller wrote:
I'm dealing with a 19th-c. orchestral score in which the lengthy slow
introduction features three violin sections instead of the usual two,
but later on, for the rest of the score, reverts to the standard two
sections.
How ought I to deal with this when I extract the parts? My tentative
solution is to create only two violin parts, but to indicate a triple
divisi for the slow intro in both the first and second parts. This
will distribute the 3 violin lines evenly and equally throughout the
entire violin section, which I'm not at all sure is what the composer
wanted. Also, the intro is highly contrapuntal, and a divisi in 3
will require three different staves continuing for 56 bars. And the
Vn. 3 line is itself divisi at one point!
There are several obvious alternative solutions to this problem, and
I'd like to know how the rest of you would solve it.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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