I got a look at the other edition's violin parts, finally.
First and second violins are written normally for the entire symphony,
but there is a part for Violin 3 that has mvt. 1,2 and 4 marked Tacet!
I imagine the idea was to distribute this third violin part to selected
members of the firsts and/or seconds to substitute for the mvt. 3 they
had in their parts.
I kind of like the other edition's idea (having all three staves on
both firsts and seconds) much better, as our conductor did.
BTW, the concert was tonight; it went great!
Christopher
On May 12, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Owain Sutton wrote:
Thought that might be it...for that movement, both the Violin 1 and
Violin 2 parts have a three-staff system showing all parts. No
specification is given about how to divide it - having a 'rear section'
is common, but I've also played it with normal a3 divisi,
What's a "normal" a3 divisi? That was part of the original question,
too. The only answer I have managed to find is, "Whatever the conductor
tells you to do."
which produced
a wonderfully-uniform texture, but was more challenging both for
conductor and players.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Horton
Sent: 12 May 2006 20:14
To: finale@shsu.edu
Subject: Re: [Finale] 3 violin parts and rehearsal letters - numbers
This was a thread a couple of months ago. I believe someone
had a score
with 3 violin parts for a movement or so, and I suggested the
Shostakovitch Fifth as a precedent. I knew the score was
three distinct
parts for only the third movement, but was not sure how the
violin parts
were handled.
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