On 04.09.2007 John Howell wrote:
If we picture him as taking 3 months to rehearse for a Fall Concert, that simply is the wrong picture. Remember that in his first 2 years at Leipzig he turned out a new cantata EVERY SINGLE WEEK! Those boys and those musicians could sightread, folks. No question about it!!
ok, so how would the boys have known when to sing and when not to sing for the solos? Have you ever actually looked at those parts which you claim where used by three or more boys to sing from? There is no indication what is an aria and what is a choir piece. You get a double bar and a new meter, that's it.
Either the concept of sightread performances is wrong, or, more likely, the concept of several singers per part is wrong.
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