I'm not sure there is "standard practice". The two std. rep. pieces for orchestra with narration that come to mind are Peter and the Wolf and Mendelssohn's MIdsummer Night's Dream. The Prokofiev includes the entire narration in the score, as I believe also does the Mendelssohn. (The parts for both only have excerpts of the narration as needed.)
If it were me, I would include the entire narration in the score in the pauses where they are to be delivered. At the very least I would look at both those scores before making a final decision. Fortunately, both are available from Dover and hence in the public domain. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Stephen Lamb <jstephenl...@jslweb.com> wrote: > I'm currently working on editing a piece for orchestra and narrator, and a > question came up about standard practice. Often, when the narrator is > delivering his line, there are rests in the orchestra with fermatas over > them. I've inserted cues, the last line the narrator reads, in all the > parts. Currently the score is set up the same way, with the conductor > seeing the last line, like the orchestra, with plans to include the full > narration on a separate page at the beginning of the score. How is it > usually done? Is it better for the full narration to be in the score, even > at a small print size, or would that just clutter up the score? > > Thanks for the help. > > Stephen Lamb > Nashville, TN > > _______________________________________________ > 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
