Hmm...I thought I'd heard all the cock 'n' bull stories, but this is a new one. The recordings I produced were done in Moravia, and they never said anything about minimal size for parts.
Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ----- Original Message ----- From: "shirling & neueweise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 10:14 PM Subject: [Finale] parts - german laws > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
