shirling & neueweise wrote:
Re: Faerie's aire and death waltz
From: Christopher Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Carl Dershem wrote:
A friend just forwarded a file to me that shows that some notation
could not (and probably should not) be duplicated in Finale. Or at
least I hope not.
I didn't see anything there that was impossible in Finale, though it
would take a day or more, I would think. Jef chipewa certainly could
do it! (you can mail me my cheque for the free publicity, jef!) 8-)
hm, i was about to say i could do it in finale but was beaten to the punch.
i've already noted a number of errors in the score that would need
correcting, as well as a number of performance instructions that were
obviously written too hastily, without the larger implications of such
performance protocols being implemented in a work of such <ahem> calibre.
for example, i would suggest in the performance notes that the cows be
fed (if really necessary) but not given liquids 4hrs before the
performance and that the faucet in the greem room is left on full for
the 30 minutes before performance (you should be able to figure out ther
rest...). also if i remember correctly, it is not stated in the score
whether the cows are to be moved on stage during the piece, or if they
are already on stage when it begins... further to this point, is their
performance to be considered part of the scenery (aspects of design to
be taken into consideration?) or intended as "purely" musico-theatrical
elements?
i would say it is a good first sketch for the piece, but needs serious
editing.
Funny man - those notes obviously go to the stage manager, not the
musicians. And I'm still stumped as to how to enter the figure on the
second measure of E (or perhaps F, depending on where you look). And
finally, the third bar of I doesn't specify what sort of muts, and on
what instruments. :)
Fun, though, ain't it?
cd
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