Believe it or not, in my G&S group, we have had several soloists who had a hard time
going just slow enough not to make mincemeat of the words, despite the music directors
insistence on sowing down. It seems that people unconsciously have the need to use
such pieces to show off what they can do
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Hans wrote:
> the "allegro" character is not only achieved by the number of beats per
> minute, but also by a certain "expression" of the single notes &
> mini-groups. Also neglected so often.
This phenomenon shows up often in Gilbert & Sullivan patter songs - they
tend to be
Thanks, Dr.Green, music is not just two-dimensional (speeking of speed
!), - isn´t "velocity" the better word ? - but three dimensional, as you
expressed by using "mood", something forgotten by our "rush" folks. So
the "allegro" character is not only achieved by the number of beats per
minute, but
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