Yes, getting performers to play/sing what I wrote can be a strenuous
political exercise ("you can't mean THAT!"). A 45" choral piece stretched
a choir (=vocal quartet) director beyond his Mendelssohn to Debbie
Friedman comfort zone--he pointed to an octave skip I wrote and said "they
can't sing that." When I pointed out that the exact same skip appeared in
Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" he blew smoke of the "how dare you compare
yourself to Handel" variety. If I ever write anything for them that lasts
2 minutes we're really gonna have fun!Those notes that you see in Mahler scores such as "the F in the trumpet is NOT a mistake" can be quite telling. ajr > I imagine experienced violists have seen low B# on more than a few > occasions. > > > RBH > > > > > Christopher Smith wrote: >> >> On 22-Feb-08, at 12:46 PM, shirling & neueweise wrote: >>> >>> i did the orchestral parts for a not unknown orchestra in germany, >>> there was a repeated pattern played 10+ times (can't remember >>> exactly), the whole orchestra played almost the same rhythm, and all >>> voices had quite similar but not exact contours on different notes. >>> low note on the violas was C#, the whole pattern played in first >>> position. then, suddenly, the whole orchestra shifts down a semitone >>> for the final repetition. >>> >>> in this final repetition, the composer had written B#, which i felt >>> made sense in this context, and we talked about it. you know, new >>> music + orchestral score = sight reading in performance etc etc. we >>> discussed both sides and eventually agreed we would leave it written >>> as B# -- despite fingering considerations and other things -- because >>> it was so absolutely clear on paper and to the ear. >>> >>> so after the performance, some keener from the viola section sez to >>> the composer: "yeh you know you wrote a low B# in the viola part." >>> "yeh," sez composer with eyebrow raised in curiosity, "and?" to which >>> the violist replies that it was obviously an error so they played C# >>> instead. >> >> AHHHH!!!!! >> >> [knocks head against brick wall repeatedly to deaden the pain from >> hearing that] >> >> Christopher >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
