hi, recently a german orchestra refused to use the parts that i had prepared for them, claiming they didn't meet the laws on minimum size. it must be said that they were looking for pretty much any excuse not to play the piece in fact, and they found one in this law! the festival director worked it out in the end , and apparently the very elegant and well-bound cream-coloured 100g parts i used went in the trash or something and were replaced with photocopies.
i have worked a number of times with other orchestras in germany and have never heard of this, and have never had any complaints about my parts being too small. also, i was in contact with this orchestra early on - before i started extracting the parts - to discuss the timeframe and was not informed of this law (which in my opinion they should have done, if they are ready to use it). i was not contacted after dropping off the parts either, i found out about this after the dress rehearsal from the composer. the orchestra has still not mentioned a thing to me, although i was the contact for the score and parts.
i can't do anything to avoid things like the violist who stuck a white cloth on the tip of his bow and waved it above his head like a flag during the single run-through dress rehearsal, but i want to try and avoid having materials i spent time and money on being trashed in the future, if i can.
any suggestions? was kann man eigentlich damit (dagegen!) tun?! stehen diese regeln irgendwo offentlich? -- shirling & neueweise ... new music publishers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :.../ http://newmusicnotation.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
